One of the unintended fallouts of the clean-up of state-owned banks is that for the first time in about four quarters they would have gone ...

Rates would now be revised every quarter making the RBI policy the benchmark, defying years of skepticsim about it, traders said.

If there was any doubt about the availability of capital for big projects, one has to just look at the rush for the tax free bonds subscrip...

Mutual funds do not foresee any immediate compression in yields pursuant to RBI expanding foreign portfolio investment limits in state deve...

In its note to MF distributors, the AMC claimed that it has not given any preferential treatment to any set of investors before imposing so...

Arbitrage schemes, which have been fetching returns similar to a fixed income instruments, fall under the equity category for taxation.

Audit teams hired by Sebi have questioned the way several asset management companies sell liquid schemes - the most popular mutual fund pro...

The government may soon take the first step to liven up mutual funds by giving them the elbow room to pay more commission to distributors.

MFs have raised exposure to short-term securities issued by NBFCs to 14% of their total debt assets under management as on Dec 31st.

At current yields, fixed-income managers hope to generate 10-10.5% returns on debt securities included in an MIP portfolio.

Assets under this category have fallen 82 per cent since January 2010 to 300 crore.

Structured MF debt schemes that promise higher returns are finding many takers among affluent investors and cos nowadays.

The number of folios under ETFs have grown 130% and assets have expanded 170% as on March 31, from the same day the previous year.

Banks are borrowing at 6.5% from RBI and investing in liquid mutual fund schemes, which offer around 8.5% on redemption.

Out of 30 FMPs, Axis Mutual Fund and Fidelity Mutual Fund together account for 16 plans, according to ETIG data.

Investment advisors welcome move to drop taxes on withdrawals, but say debt tag may weigh down the fund

An optimistic outlook for short-term bonds and the recent volatility in equities have given mutual funds and distributors a chance to push ...