India's domestic flow in equity to be $300 billion in 10 years: Morgan Stanley

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 14:41

Domestic households are expected to put in a whopping USD 300 billion (about Rs 19 lakh crore) in equities over the next 10 years, a report by Morgan Stanley has said.

Mutual Funds exposure to bank stocks climbs to Rs 75,000 cr

Last Updated: Sunday, May 24, 2015, 10:56

According to the industry experts, fund managers have raised their allocation to bank stocks expecting a rate cut by the RBI.

MF houses pour in Rs 22K crore in debt markets in April

Last Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2015, 17:04

Mutual fund managers pumped in over Rs 22,000 crore in the debt market in April, mainly on account of positive investor sentiments and the government's reforms agenda.

Sebi notifies norms for mutual funds managing offshore money

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 16:26

Simplifying norms for domestic funds to manage offshore pooled assets, Sebi has dropped '20-25 rule', which required a minimum of 20 investors and a cap of 25 percent on investment by an individual, for funds from low-risk foreign investors.

MFs file papers with Sebi for 70 new offerings this year

Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015, 16:01

The documents for these 70 NFOs have been submitted with the Securities and Exchange Board of India since the beginning of this calendar year.

India's mutual funds base to top $325 bn by 2018: RCAM's Sikka

Last Updated: Sunday, May 10, 2015, 18:21

Riding on the overall positive mood on the Indian economy, the asset base of the mutual fund industry in the country is set to grow faster at 18.6 percent per annum to top Rs.20 lakh crore ($325 billion) by 2018, says a top industry expert.

MFs to have 10-cr investor a/c, Rs 20-trillion asset base by 2018

Last Updated: Sunday, May 10, 2015, 12:26

Mutual fund industry is set to achieve an investor base of 10 crore accounts in the next five years, while their asset base can touch Rs 20 crore in just about three years, helped by positive market sentiments and growing interest among retail investors.

MF asset base from smaller cities up 36% at Rs 1.89 lakh cr

Last Updated: Sunday, May 3, 2015, 11:04

Industry experts attributed the increase in contributions from B15 cities to huge compensation given to distributors, investor awareness and education programmes by MFs as well as incentive schemes launched by capital markets regulator Sebi.

Conduct stress test regularly on money market schemes: Sebi to MFs

Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 18:03

To safeguard mutual fund industry from possible defaults, market regulator Sebi on Thursday asked them to conduct stress test on all liquid and money market schemes every month.

SEBI asks asset managers to set up monthly stress tests

Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 16:24

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Thursday asked asset managers to conduct monthly stress tests on their liquid and money market mutual funds in a bid to improve risk management across the sector.

Retail investors' MF asset base surges 51% to Rs 2.43 lakh crore

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 15:47

The mutual funds assets base of retail investors rose by a staggering 51 percent to over Rs 2.43 lakh crore at the end of March 2015 as against the year-ago level.

Majority of equity, debt MFs underperformed their benchmarks

Last Updated: Monday, April 27, 2015, 14:57

Majority of equity and debt mutual funds underperformed their benchmark indices over the 5-year period ended December 31, 2014, shows data from the SPIVA India scorecard.