Debt Funds Gravitate towards G-secs Fundwire 06-May-2015 Anticipations of rate cuts are making debt funds pump money into sovereign bonds. Also, gilt funds have gained new fan-following
Balanced Funds Have Risen in Popularity Fundwire 14-Apr-2015 Balanced funds provide both equity advantage and debt cushion, along with automatic rebalancing, which have placed these funds in a sweet spot
Impact of the Union Budget 2015 Fundwire 06-Apr-2015 The Union Budget made two announcements which impacted mutual funds. While the first one is positive, the second one has disappointed investors
Year of Closed-ended Schemes? Fundwire 12-Mar-2015 Over 100 hybrid debt-oriented schemes launched during 2014 managed to collect more than Rs 10,000 crore
Direct Plans Offer a Little Extra Fundwire 04-Feb-2015 The difference in returns of direct plans and regular plans, though small, could be substantial over a longer period of time
Do regular plans pay more dividends? Fundwire 06-Jan-2015 A comparison of the dividends declared under direct and regular investment options reveals some interesting facts
Thematic Funds: Still Awaiting a Comeback Fundwire 29-Dec-2014 There are quite a few equity funds, primarily theme-based funds, which are still away from their peak values and AUM despite the surge in the market
Income Funds Lose, FMPs Gain Fundwire 18-Sep-2014 Over the past year or so, fixed income investors have moved from income funds to FMPs and liquid funds
Debt Fund Dividends Take a Hit Fundwire 24-Jul-2014 Budget 2014 saw a change in the methodology of calculating DDT on debt funds, which means investors will lose out on dividends
Banking and PSU Debt Fund Fundwire 22-Apr-2014 Quite a few Banking and PSU debt funds have been launched to deliver much needed stability and higher yield to the fixed income investor
