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What is Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund

About Mutual Fund

What is Mutual Fund

A mutual fund is a professionally-managed investment scheme, made up of a pool of money collected from many investors to invest in securities like stocks, bonds, money market instruments, and other assets.
 
Mutual funds are operated by professional money managers, who allocate the fund's assets and attempt to produce capital gains or income for the fund's investors.
 
A mutual fund's portfolio is structured and maintained to match the investment objectives stated in its prospectus.
Mutual funds give small or individual investors access to professionally managed portfolios of equities, bonds, and other securities.
 
Each shareholder, therefore, participates proportionally in the gains or losses of the
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HDFC MF offers new scheme tracking Nifty100 Quality 30 Total Returns Index

Fund house says scheme meant for investors seeking 'financially stable and resilient companies with robust balance sheets'

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Updated On : 29 Jan 2025 | 1:33 PM IST

Quality stocks fairly valued, avoid low-growth bubbles: PGIM India MF CIO

Earnings growth may face downward revisions, leading to market volatility and drawdowns. However, the medium- to long-term outlook for the equity markets remains healthy

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Updated On : 26 Jan 2025 | 10:18 PM IST

Jio Financial Services, BlackRock joint venture sets up broking unit

The JV's wholly owned subsidiary will be called Jio BlackRock Broking, which will undertake "the business of broking subject to regulatory approvals"

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Updated On : 21 Jan 2025 | 5:13 PM IST

Groww MF launches first-ever ETF tracking Indian railways PSU Index

This ETF replicates the Nifty India Railways PSU Index-TRI, featuring PSUs vital to the railways sector, covering infrastructure, financial services, logistics, and technology

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Updated On : 14 Jan 2025 | 3:16 PM IST

Sector-thematic NFOs: Beware lack of track record, concentration risk

With growing awareness, demand for passive funds has also risen, prompting fund houses to launch more products

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Updated On : 10 Jan 2025 | 7:54 PM IST

Record SIP closures in Dec amid market volatility; inflows stay strong

Investors open 5.4 million accounts, close 4.5 million last month

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Updated On : 10 Jan 2025 | 11:28 PM IST

Budget 2025: Why MF industry's top wish is tax relief for debt funds

The industry seeks a 12.5 tax rate on long-term capital gains (LTCG) for redeeming debt mutual fund units held over a year, aligning it with the rate applicable to listed bonds

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Updated On : 08 Jan 2025 | 7:14 PM IST

Equities may deliver 8-12% in 2025: Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund

Fund house expects similar returns from gold, debt

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Updated On : 07 Jan 2025 | 11:22 PM IST

Passive funds have to sell Rs 1.5K crore ITC Hotels shares after listing

Passive MF schemes, especially those tracking the Nifty 50 and Sensex, will need to offload their holdings in ITC Hotels as the stock will be excluded from these indices

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Updated On : 07 Jan 2025 | 11:25 PM IST

Six new fund houses set to join Rs 68-trillion MF industry in 2025

Angel One, Unifi set to launch first fund this year; four more likely to secure licence this year

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Updated On : 07 Jan 2025 | 11:08 PM IST

Large-cap cut-off surpasses Rs 1 trillion as 11 new stocks join the list

These midcap stocks that have earned an upgrade include CG Power, Rail Vikas Nigam, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Polycab India, Indus Towers, Cummins India and Info Edge

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Updated On : 06 Jan 2025 | 10:57 PM IST

MFs' equity buying exceeds Rs 4 trillion in 2024 for the first time

MFs have the largest institutional buyers in the equity market in two of the last three years - 2022 and 2024. In 2023, they were only slightly behind foreign institutional investors (FIIs)

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Updated On : 03 Jan 2025 | 10:46 PM IST

UTI MF launches Quant Fund focusing on quantitative investment theme

Fund seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing in equity and equity-related instruments

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Updated On : 03 Jan 2025 | 1:33 PM IST

Active largecap funds set to outperform for second consecutive year

More number of funds likely to beat the benchmark this year vis-a-vis 2023

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Updated On : 25 Dec 2024 | 11:01 PM IST

Shift to 12-13% growth will create a selective market: Vinit Sambre

Says caution is warranted for segments with stretched valuations and peaking business cycles, such as engineering and capital goods or automotive

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Updated On : 23 Dec 2024 | 4:49 AM IST

Sebi targets NFO mis-selling with new rule to prevent portfolio churn

Regulator puts an end to switching of funds by distributors for higher NFO commissions

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Updated On : 19 Dec 2024 | 11:04 PM IST

What is MITRA? Platform proposed by Sebi to track inactive mutual funds

The mutual fund investment tracing and retrieval assistant, or MITRA, platform will help trace inactive and unclaimed folios, thereby preventing potential misuse

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Updated On : 17 Dec 2024 | 5:43 PM IST

Mutual funds go big on fresh issuances in November, shows data

Most of the MF investments in the three companies (Swiggy, Zomato and NTPC) are likely to have happened in the primary market, with mutual funds being major investors during the IPO anchor allotments

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Updated On : 12 Dec 2024 | 11:41 PM IST

RBI approves Canara Bank's stake sale in MF, insurance subsidiaries via IPO

Canara Robeco AMC was established in 1993 and was initially known as Canbank Mutual Fund

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Updated On : 05 Dec 2024 | 10:41 PM IST

Rise in DIY investing: Direct plans now make up around 40% of SIPs

Investors can purchase direct plans directly on MF websites and online investment platforms

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Updated On : 04 Dec 2024 | 10:56 PM IST