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'Motilal Oswal Focused 25 Fund is well placed to withstand current economic environment'

Apr 2, 2020, 03:21 PM IST

Siddharth Bothra, Senior VP and Fund Manager, Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund, listed various investments and largest holdings to support his claim.

Sebi asks brokers, MFs, others to ensure compliance with prevention of unlawful activities law

Apr 2, 2020, 09:55 AM IST

Market intermediaries have been asked to comply with anti-money laundering guidelines and obligation for combating terrorism financing.

DSP Mutual Fund to open DSP Small Cap Fund for lumpsum investments

Mar 30, 2020, 04:46 PM IST

DSP Mutual Fund has announced that the fund house would be revoking the temporary suspension of lumpsum investments in DSP Small Cap Fund with effect from April 1, 2020.

Responding to coronavirus crisis, RBI slashes rates

Mar 27, 2020, 02:51 PM IST

The Reserve Bank of India slashed interest rates on Friday, following other central banks that have taken emergency measures to counter the economic fallout from the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic.

Tata Arbitrage Fund re-opens for fresh subscriptions

Mar 26, 2020, 02:42 PM IST

Arbitrage funds look to benefit from the price anomalies between the cash and futures markets.

L&T Mutual Fund launches 2 Nifty index funds

Mar 24, 2020, 10:17 AM IST

These open-ended index funds seek to replicate the performance of the Nifty 50 index and Nifty Next 50 index and operate mostly in the large cap space.

Coronavirus scare: Mutual fund houses to allow only online transactions for now

Mar 23, 2020, 02:42 PM IST

Association of Mutual Funds in India or Amfi said that mutual fund houses will allow only online transactions through various electronic modes for now, as they have been asked to close their collection centres / branch offices from today.

5 mutual funds that fell less than the Nifty

Mar 23, 2020, 08:39 AM IST

Here are five schemes that have fallen lesser than the Nifty in the turmoil.

MFs seek support from RBI as liquid funds see sharp rise in redemptions

Mar 23, 2020, 08:38 AM IST

Amfi has urged the central bank to reinstate the liquidity window to mutual funds to help them tide over the current liquidity crisis.

Mutual funds add 3 lakh investor accounts in February

Mar 19, 2020, 01:32 PM IST

In January, the industry added 14 lakh folios and in December, the number was over 6 lakh. Mutual fund houses added just 2.6 lakh investor accounts in November.

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No work-from-home for mutual funds

Mar 18, 2020, 04:51 PM IST

Financial intermediaries depend on trading terminals for price updates and feeds in order to place bets.

Investment via SIP rises 5.2% to over Rs 8,500 crore in Feb

Mar 19, 2020, 09:54 AM IST

According to the data, SIP contribution in February stood at Rs 8,513 crore, which was higher than Rs 8,095 crore clocked in the same month last year.

Sensex tanks 811 points; Nifty ends below 9,000

Mar 17, 2020, 04:17 PM IST

Equity benchmark BSE Sensex plunged 811 points in fag-end selloff on Tuesday after a see-saw session as the coronavirus pandemic-led recession fears kept investors jittery.

Liquid, other debt mutual funds see Rs 28,000-crore outflow in February

Mar 17, 2020, 12:13 PM IST

Although most individual categories that invest in fixed-income securities or debt funds saw inflows, outflows from liquid, overnight and credit risk categories were significant enough to negate most of the positive flows in other segments.

Index funds seek relief on Yes Bank lock-in

Mar 16, 2020, 09:25 AM IST

The final reconstruction scheme for Yes Bank mandates a lock-in for existing shareholders up to 75% of their holding for three years. This means these passive funds will have to hold most of their Yes Bank shares even if the lender is not part of the Nifty.

US Fed slashes rates to near zero to cushion coronavirus blow

Mar 16, 2020, 10:03 AM IST

Fed said it could increase bond-buying and use other tools to support market functioning.

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