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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is finalising a second round of reforms for the mutual fund (MF) industry. The regulator is considering a slew of measures intended to protect investors interests and to ensure that fund houses have smoother and better regulated operations.
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Investors favoured mutual funds over hedge funds for commodity investments in the first quarter of 2009, seeking the protection of regulated money managers, data from EPFR Global and Gardner Finance AG show.
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The Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) is considering a common platform for mutual funds (MFs), which would enable investors, distributors and registrar and transfer agents (RTAs) to access and transact in products of all fund houses.
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I am a non-resident Indian (NRI) and have been investing regularly in mutual funds for the past five years. I am worried about my portfolios high allocation to the energy sector (21 per cent). And I am unable to change this. My portfolio lacks substantial debt exposure. As I plan to invest for a long time, I will wait for some recovery in the equity market before shifting to debt. Investments in mutual funds are the only source of my future income.
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Depressed markets, Sebi queries, change in guidelines halt launches.
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With the year-end approaching, mutual funds are becoming cautious. Fund houses have sold almost Rs 2,400 crore worth of shares in the first two months of calender year. During the same period last year, they bought shares worth Rs 5,625 crore.
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If you depend on the marketing efforts of asset management companies (AMCs) and distributors to get to know about mutual funds, chances are you have no money in balanced funds. Just take a look at the record of new fund launches. Since the stock market started rising in 2003, 12 new equity-oriented balanced funds have been launched, as against 157 new equity funds during the same period. That's 13 equity funds for every balanced fund.
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Debt mutual funds continue to have high exposures to realty and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs).
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Sebi is working on the details of a variable load structure.
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In the last couple of years, many fund houses have tried to tap investors with fund of funds (FoF) an offering that is an amalgam of the best performing funds.
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Seventy eight private equity players are looking to raise $24 billion in 2009 for investing in India, three times that of last year, when 30 private equity players raised $9.2 billion, a research report says. This also includes real estate funds.
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After facing a severe liquidity crunch in the later part of 2008, the mutual fund industry has shown signs of growth.
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Some fund houses have modified the terms of Their schemes.
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In such volatile times, isn't the dividend payout option better than growth? At least, the investor stands to earn something, thereby shielding one from accruing more losses. This way, at least one has some 'realised' gains rather than 'unrealised gains/loss'.
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As soon as January comes, a large number of investors suddenly realise that the end of the financial year is also approaching fast. This means, you have till March-end to complete your tax-planning exercise.
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