Equity MFs

Fund houses have started publishing their own stress test results for smallcap schemes every fortnight since March, amid concerns of "frothy valuations"

The sequential 9.4 per cent drop in July from the previous month was due to profit booking at record high levels

Foreign portfolio investments declined to its lowest level in 12 years

In the financial years ending March 2023 and March 2022, MFs had cornered over 6 per cent of household savings. In FY21, this figure had been a mere 1.3 per cent, according to RBI data

Nippon India, Mirae Asset stop taking fresh investments in their international schemes

SIP flows, investments into debt funds remain buoyant

Data shows that SIPs now account for 34 per cent of the total equity AUM compared to 25 per cent at the end of FY19

In 2021-22, mutual funds (MFs) added over 4 million new investors, taking the total unique investor count to 37.7 million

Overall, domestic institutional investors (DIIs), which include MFs, made a net investment of Rs 2.56 trillion in last financial year

Experts cite poor near-term returns, fall in investable income

Interest in low-risk equity products of mutual fund schemes see interest after extended period of outflows

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Coal India, HCL Tech and L&T were among the most-sold stocks by domestic funds in October even as they rallied between 10% and 16%

The figure is 18% below monthly average for the year; However, sustained inflows into SIPs endured for 16th straight month

Geopolitical tension due to Russia- Ukraine war, concerns over surging crude prices and uptick in domestic inflation have weighed on market performance in recent months

Record net inflows of Rs 28,463 crore in March

If your funds' decline on that day left you unnerved, you need to re-examine your holdings

The tally was lower than Rs 25,706 cr garnered in December 2021, but is still a respectable number considering there were no large NFOs in January, unlike the previous month

Flows into equity mutual funds more than doubled to Rs 25,000 crore in December on strong SIP (systematic investment plan) numbers and robust inflow into multi-cap fund category

Strong SIP book and new fund offers blaze the trail