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Ultra-short duration funds are debt mutual fund schemes which invest in debt and money market instruments such that their Macaulay Duration is between 3 to 6 months. Ultra short duration funds usually invest in commercial papers (CPs), certificates of deposits (CDs), Treasury Bills, overnight securities (TREPs) etc. The...

Arbitrage Funds are equity-oriented hybrid funds that leverage arbitrage opportunities, like differences in the pricing of shares in two different exchanges, or in the prices at the spots and futures market etc. Since there is a simultaneous buy and sell, they do not carry the volatility...

AssetPlus, a leading fintech platform for Mutual Fund Distributors (MFDs) in India, is celebrating a phenomenal milestone – surpassing 10,000+ empaneled partners! This achievement signifies AssetPlus's unwavering commitment to empowering MFDs and their clients in the ever-evolving wealth management landscape...

Aditya Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity Fund has completed more than 20 years since its launch. Over this period the equity market went through several cycles of bull and bear markets, but this large cap fund created substantial wealth for investors (see the chart below). If you had invested Rs 10,000 in Aditya...

SBI Mutual Fund launched SBI Balanced Advantage Fund last year in August. The scheme manages its asset allocation dynamically based on valuations and some other parameters. SEBI does not have asset allocation upper and lower limits for dynamic asset allocation funds or balanced advantage funds. In other words...

If you invested Rs 10 lakhs in Canara Robeco Emerging Equities Fund at its New Funds Offer (NFO) in March 2005, your investment would have multiplied 18 times to nearly Rs 1.8 crores (as of 21st August 2023). The CAGR of Canara Robeco Emerging Equities Fund since inception is 16.9%. The chart below shows...

FY 2021-22 was a great year for Indian equities. The Nifty 50 TRI gave 19% return in the last 12 months ending 31st March 2022. However, equities have been facing headwinds over the last several months. Even though the economy is on the recovery path from COVID-19 shock, high commodity prices and...

If you started a monthly SIP of Rs 10,000 in Canara Robeco Bluechip Equity Fund at the time of its inception(August 2010), you could have accumulated a corpus of nearly Rs 56 lakhs (as on 31st July 2024) with a cumulative investment of just Rs 16.8 lakhs. This large cap fund has recently completed 14 years...

Services Sector is one of the most attractive sectors for equity investors in India. Service sector growth in India is led by rising purchasing power, fast growth in social mobility and increasing urbanization needs. Over and above this, outsourcing by foreign companies in the business services, BPO and IT services segment have given Services sector in...

To begin, let me applaud the huge efforts of all our Mutual Fund Distributor friends for a commendable effort in promoting SIPs as a wonderful tool for their clients to participate in Indian Equity Markets, India Growth Story, their Long-Term Financial Planning linked to Goal setting. Further, the...