Capital gains tax: AMFI urges to restore indexation benefits for debt mutual funds after real estate breather

Capital gains tax: AMFI urges to restore indexation benefits for debt mutual funds after real estate breather

Capital Gains Tax: After Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made an announcement in the Union Budget regarding the reduction of tax on long-term capital gains from 20% with indexation benefits to 12.5% without indexation benefits, an amendment was introduced to The Finance Bill, 2024. This amendment allows taxpayers to select the tax rate that is more advantageous … Read more

Union Budget 2024: Pension-focused schemes with NPS-like tax benefits on wishlist. Check how NPS is taxed

Union Budget 2024: Pension-focused schemes with NPS-like tax benefits on wishlist. Check how NPS is taxed

Union Budget: In its list of demands to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) has asked the government to allow SEBI-registered mutual funds to float pension-oriented mutual fund schemes with tax benefits under the prevailing tax regimes. In a note to the government, the AMFI said the mutual fund … Read more

SEBI heat on Quant MF: What is front-running, how worried should investors be? An explainer

SEBI  heat on Quant MF: What is front-running, how worried should investors be? An explainer

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is reportedly probing alleged irregularities in the management and investment practices of Quant Mutual Fund. A search and seizure operation was conducted at locations in Mumbai and Hyderabad, according to a Moneycontrol report.  Quant dealers and people connected with the case were questioned on Friday, the report … Read more

Over 81 lakh new investor accounts added in Mutual funds in Apr-May FY25

Over 81 lakh new investor accounts added in Mutual funds in Apr-May FY25

Over 81 lakh investors’ accounts have been added in the mutual funds industry. The addition was noted in the first two months of the current fiscal (FY25), and are mainly due to consistent marketing efforts, celebrity endorsements and dedicated work of the distribution network.  Trivesh D, COO of stock trading platform Tradejini, told PTI that … Read more

As $1b limit nears, MFs told to suspend overseas ETF inflows

As b limit nears, MFs told to suspend overseas ETF inflows

Mumbai: India’s capital markets regulator has ordered local mutual fund managers to stop accepting money in plans that invest in overseas exchange traded funds (ETFs) as a $1-billion cumulative sectoral limit for such investments is close to being breached. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) regulates the fund inflows and outflows involving locally pooled investments … Read more

Old Bridge Mutual Fund launches maiden NFO; subscription window will be open from Jan 17 to 19

Old Bridge Mutual Fund launches maiden NFO; subscription window will be open from Jan 17 to 19

Old Bridge Mutual Fund, sponsored by Old Bridge Capital Management Private Limited, is making a foray into the mutual fund industry with its maiden new fund offer (NFO) for Old Bridge Focused Equity Fund, which is an open-ended multi-cap equity scheme that will invest in 30 stocks.  This scheme aims to provide investors a unique … Read more

Rs 10,000 a month in SIP in HDFC Flexi Cap Fund is now worth Rs 15 crore, says HDFC AMC’s Navneet Munot

Rs 10,000 a month in SIP in HDFC Flexi Cap Fund is now worth Rs 15 crore, says HDFC AMC’s Navneet Munot

Over the past few years, India’s mutual fund industry has experienced an impressive upsurge in investor engagement. There has been a substantial increase in the industry’s total assets under management (AUM), with a continuous influx of new investors joining in. On Wednesday, at the Business Today 500 Wealth Creator Summit in Mumbai, a high-powered panel … Read more