EPFO hits equity markets: How it may affect you

Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2015, 10:22

The government's employee's provident fund on Thursday made its maiden investments in the country's equity markets.

Your pension money hits equity market: 5 things you want to know

Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2015, 09:34

This is the first time that the EPFO, in its 64-year history, has invested in the equity markets.

EPFO enters Dalal Street, plans to hike investments further

Last Updated: Thursday, August 6, 2015, 17:48

In a big boost to equity markets, fund-flush Employees Provident Fund Organisation Thursday entered Dalal Street through exchange-traded fund route with an initial corpus of Rs 5,000 crore, which could go up to nearly Rs 15,000 crore next year.

ETFs catch on, daily average value on NSE up 70 times in 10 years

Last Updated: Friday, July 10, 2015, 16:47

An ETF is a marketable security that tracks an index, a commodity, bond or a basket of assets like an index fund. Unlike mutual funds, an ETF trades like a common stock on a stock exchange.

To get EPFO funds listed firms need at least Rs 5,000 cr m-cap

Last Updated: Sunday, May 17, 2015, 14:33

To get EPFO funds, listed companies would need to have a minimum market capitalisation of Rs 5,000 crore, even as the retirement fund body will invest only the exchange traded funds (ETF) in the current financial year.

Global equity mutual funds, ETFs post $88 bn inflows in 2015: TrimTabs

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 23:06

Global equity mutual funds and exchange-traded funds attracted $88.3 billion of net inflows so far in 2015, putting them on track to surpass the previous four-month record total of $86 billion from December 2005 through March 2006, TrimTabs Investment Research said on Tuesday.

Labour Min may notify new investment norms for EPFO soon

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 18:05

The Labour Ministry may soon notify new investment norms for EPFO allowing the retirement fund body to invest up to 5 percent of its huge corpus of Rs 6.5 lakh crore in exchange traded funds (ETF).

NSE, BSE extend gold ETF trading hours on Akshaya Tritiya

Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015, 23:42

Leading stock exchanges NSE and BSE Thursday announced extended trading hours for Gold Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) till 7 PM on April 21, on account of Akshaya Tritiya.

Equity funds underperform Sensex for first time since 2008

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 14:11

India’s diversified equity mutual funds rose in 2013 but underperformed the broader markets for the first time in five years.

Investors pour $54.2 billion into equity mutual funds: TrimTabs

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 10:08

Investors poured some USD 54.2 billion into all equity mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in October, the third-largest inflow on record, data from TrimTabs Investment Research showed on Sunday.

Mutual fund accounts drop by 15 lakh during Apr-Sept

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 14:22

Mutual funds have lost an estimated over 15 lakh investors, measured in terms of individual accounts or folios, in the first six months of the current fiscal, mainly due to profit booking and various merger schemes.

ICICI Prudential AMC to launch thematic ETFs going ahead

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 19:32

Currently, the mutual fund house has an asset under management under various ETFs of around Rs 200 crore. The total equity assets managed by the AMC is around Rs 16,000 crore.