Definition: A mutual fund is a professionally-managed investment scheme, usually run by an asset management company that brings together a group of people and invests their money in stocks, bonds and other securities.
Description: As an investor, you can buy mutual fund 'units', which basically represent your share of holdings in a particular scheme. These units can be purchased or redeemed as needed at the fund's current net asset value (NAV). These NAVs keep fluctuating, according to the fund's holdings. So, each investor participates proportionally in the gain or loss of the fund.
All the mutual funds are registered with SEBI. They function within the provisions of strict regulation created to protect the interests of the investor.
The biggest advantage of investing through a mutual fund is that it gives small investors access to professionally-managed, diversified portfolios of equities, bonds and other securities, which would be quite difficult to create with a small amount of capital.
Potential for huge NRI money coming into India via GIFT city: Bhavin Shah“We have investments in large private sector banks, some regional private sector banks, NBFCs, MFI, microfinance, wealth management, life insurance, so pretty much across the board. We continue to find a large number of stocks that are still reasonably valued. We also are overweight on aviation,” says Bhavin Shah
Quant Mutual Fund probe: Should you stay invested or exit your investment?All things considered, and drawing parallels with the past cases, there is little logic in investors rushing to exit Quant funds based on what we know so far. While it’s possible that the circumstances may be worse than they currently appear to be, a wait and watch approach might be the most prudent policy at this stage.
Punjab & Sind Bank plans to raise Rs 2,000 cr via QIP likely in H2 FY25State-owned Punjab & Sind Bank plans to raise Rs 2,000 crore in the second half of this fiscal via Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) to fund business growth. "The board has already given approval, and merchant bankers should be on-boarded by August," Punjab & Sind Bank managing director and CEO Swarup Kumar Saha told PTI.
How Quant Mutual Fund schemes performed versus peers, benchmarks in the last one year?Quant Mutual Fund, which finds itself in the thick of a controversy regarding alleged front-running, is one of India's fastest growing asset managers and has seen its assets under management (AUM) grow by 251% over the last one year versus industry growth of 53%.
Vinay Paharia on 4 sectors that may provide good opportunities for solid returnsNow, in the last one year, we have seen a huge outperformance of companies in the low quality and low growth basket. It is in this space where the valuations have actually significantly re-rated and most of the companies are now trading at a materially higher level in terms of valuations compared to their longer-term averages.
Top up your SIPs for a bigger equity gullakFor example, an investor with a SIP of ₹10,000 in the BSE Sensex TRI (Total Returns Index) after 25 years would reach ₹2.71 crore. However, an annual top-up of ₹1,000 on the monthly SIP of ₹10,000 would grow to ₹4.26 crore, while an annual top-up of 10% on the same SIP of ₹10,000 would grow to a substantial ₹5.52 crore,