ELSS Fund

Making a start now will give you time to choose instruments prudently and avoid mis-selling

Fund pick: Franklin India ELSS Tax Saver

Choose one whose rolling returns have surpassed the benchmark a high percentage of times over a long span

The only categories which saw net outflows were ELSS (Rs 141.15 crore) and Largecap (Rs 110.6 crore). This was the fifth consecutive month where the large cap witnessed net outflows.

An ELSS as a tax-saving option is mostly preferred by younger taxpayers

Some see potential in the newly introduced passive option, other see promise in active ELSS

NPS and medical insurance are sound non-Section 80C options

What are pros and cons of investing in equity-linked savings schemes?

Of all types of investments deductible under Section 80C, ELSS tends to be one of the most popular and efficient tax-saving instruments. Here is all that you need to know about ELSS funds

Last year, Sebi modified scheme characteristics of 'multi-cap' schemes, wherein at least 25 per cent of the corpus had to be invested in large, mid, and small-cap stocks each

ELSS funds: Tax benefits and factors to consider before investing

Why should investors invest in ELSS? Is there any down side to investing in ELSS? How should one select the right fund? In this podcast, we discussed how to go go about investing in ELSS funds

This will ensure at least one of your funds performs in any market condition

The shares of civic services provider Antony Waste Handling Cell has already lost a third of its listing gains a week after its market debut

More than 80 per cent large cap funds underperformed over 3- and 5-year periods

Nearly half of large-cap funds, over half of equity linked saving schemes (ELSS) and over three-fourths of composite bond funds have underperformed their respective indices in the year to June 2020, a report said on Thursday. The latest S&P Indices Versus Active (SPIVA) compared the performance of actively managed Indian mutual funds with their respective benchmark indices over one, three, five and ten-year investment horizons. The study found that for the one-year period ending June 2020, 48.39 per cent of Indian equity large-cap funds, 59.52 per cent of the ELSS funds and 82.31 per cent of Indian composite bond funds underperformed their respective indices, as per a statement. The story is similar over a longer term horizon as well, it said, adding 67.67 per cent of large-cap funds underperformed the large-cap benchmark over the 10-year period ending in June 2020. During this period, the large-cap funds witnessed a low survivorship rate of 65.41 per cent, it added. In the first

These funds have, on an average, run up 9.57 per cent over the past three months

At Rs 7.5 trillion, the equity AUM accounted for 34 per cent of industry assets in September

The start of the financial year is a good time to begin your SIP investments in ELSS

Fund houses have launched closed-end equity-linked savings schemes that offer nothing new

When looking at fund returns, avoid looking at just the past 12 months' performance

Here is a look at 5 key pitfalls investors need to avoid when selecting a tax-saver fund this season