MF investors can transact via WhatsApp, apps

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 18:12

These new facilities will help investors in buying or selling mutual fund (MF) products in a simpler and faster manner.

Ease of doing biz: MF investors can transact via WhatsApp, apps

Last Updated: Sunday, March 22, 2015, 13:30

To attract retail investors, mutual fund houses are tapping social media platforms like WhatsApp and a host of other calling and messaging apps to facilitate transactions in MF products.

Mutual Fund assets base crosses Rs 12 lakh crore mark in Feb

Last Updated: Monday, March 9, 2015, 14:24

Buoyed by robust capital inflows and strong participation of retail investors, the asset base of mutual fund industry has crossed Rs 12 lakh crore mark in February.

Sebi gears up for larger role, mulls roadmap to deepen markets

Last Updated: Sunday, March 8, 2015, 16:35

Tasked with greater responsibilities, Sebi is working on a new roadmap to attract larger number of retail investors towards capital markets, develop a vibrant bond market and create a unified regulatory regime for all segments of derivatives, including commodities.

Budget 2015: Expectations of Retail investors

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 12:46

Here are some changes that the Retail investors expect in this year’s Budget that would benefit them.

Individual investors' asset base rises by 32% to Rs 5.24 lakh crore

Last Updated: Thursday, February 5, 2015, 14:54

Individual investors have increased their assets base by 32 percent over the last nine months of the current fiscal year (2014-15) to Rs 5.24 lakh crore.

Mutual Fund folio count surges by over 7 lakh in Apr-Dec

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 14:04

Driven by addition in equity fund folios, mutual fund houses have registered a surge of more than seven lakh investor accounts in the first nine months of the current fiscal.

Retail investors to get greater pie in next PSU disinvestments

Last Updated: Sunday, December 7, 2014, 11:10

Government has decided to double the quota reserved for retail investors to 20 percent for the forthcoming stake sales in bluechip companies like ONGC and Coal India.

SEBI eases OFS norms for retail investors

Last Updated: Monday, December 1, 2014, 22:42

Easing the norms, SEBI Monday said retail investors can put in their bids at cut-off price for shares sold through the Offer for Sale (OFS) route.

IPO grades not a factor in investors' decision making: Studies

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 18:18

A large number of investors are not influenced by the grades provided for IPOs, various studies had showed, which led market regulator Sebi to do away with mandatory grading norms for initial public offerings.

NSE bets on ETFs, other new products to expand market

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 17:27

Retailing of government securities and other bonds can be another big draw among small investors, National Stock Exchange's MD and CEO Chitra Ramkrishna said.

Cos mop up Rs 15,000 cr via retail NCDs during Apr-Nov period

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 15:07

Indian companies mopped up over Rs 15,000 crore in the April-November period by issuing non-convertible debentures (NCDs) to retail investors, nearly three times the amount that was targeted by such offerings.