The meetings will begin in Bengaluru on 17th November, followed by Chennai on 24th November and Mumbai on 1st December.

"The first learning ironically was to be wary of IPOs. Being in the merchant banking division, I could see that many new promoters would raise money from the equity markets and a few years down the...

"Companies which are harbingers of digital and technolgical revolution, will outperform market."

Uncertainties are a part and parcel of equity investing and one cannot wish them away. Balance sheet strength and management quality in our investee companies is something that we focus on a lot ,...

Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund (PLTEF), the flagship equity scheme of PPFAS Mutual Fund, has completed seven years on May 24. Currently, the scheme manages assets of Rs 2925 crore as on April 30.

'We have stayed away from frothy valuations. This has helped in withstanding the severe selloff seen in 2018 in the broader markets.'

Only time will tell whether the decision is right or wrong but today as portfolio managers we have remained underweight on telecom stocks and this is primarily driven by our inability to understand...

Given the attractive valuations, we have been buying shares on a daily basis in the last few days. We will be fully deployed in the coming days.

“Investor behaviour comes into picture when it is about equity investing, real estate and corporate bonds, where things cannot be put in a neat formula.” Rajeev Thakkar of PPFAS Mutual Fund discussed...

The total inflows into equity schemes in October were Rs 6027 crore. Here is what CEOs of the top three fund houses think contributed to the inflows.

Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund is one of the most talked about equity schemes these days. The scheme has been topping the chart in one-, three- and five-year horizons.

Markets are at fairly valued plus level but they are not in a bubble.

"Central banks the world over have been guiding towards somewhat elevated interest rates and lower liquidity. The equity markets, however, are continuing to value assets like they were when the rates...

It is not timing but the time in the market which makes money for you, says Shah

"Compared to global standards, Indian mutual funds are already cost effective."

Many investors continue to bet on flexi cap mutual funds to achieve their financial goals. However, they continue to be nervous about the market.

He has said that bonds are not the place to be in now but has not said where to invest instead.

The new TER of 1.01 per cent will come into effect on October 15.

LTCG tax was zero on equity schemes earlier, before the then finance minister Arun Jaitley levied a tax of 10 per cent in the Budget 2018

“The market is willing to take either the liquidity risk or the price risk.”

ICICI Prudential AMC has decided to change fundamental attributes of ICICI Prudential Focused Bluechip Equity Fund.

"Due to the recent changes in debt taxation, there could either be some change to our existing hybrid scheme or a new scheme offering may be considered given the changed environment. Our preference...

Rajeev Thakkar, CIO, PPFAS MF, says the FAANG stocks may be facing techlash in the US but there are plenty of new businesses where one can invest in a big way in the future. In India, tech companies...

The mutual fund portfolios have been created for three different individual risk profiles: conservative, moderate and aggressive.

Neil Parikh was speaking at the 14th edition of ET Wealth Investment Workshop held in Surat on July 12.

Equity is one such scheme that has consistently delivered better returns than its benchmark index and peers even in shorter periods.

Reliance Pharma Fund has surprised investors with 16 per cent returns in the last year.

Similarly, investors should focus on periodic regular savings, investing in simple and effective investment products and forgetting those investments (at least for 6 months to a year),” Thakkar says.

We spoke to Rajeev Thakkar, CIO, PPFAS Mutual Fund, to get some perspective. Thakkar, known for maintaining a cool head, says, “If you have stuck to your appropriate asset allocation, that is great....

AMFI data shows that the mutual fund industry added about 86 lakh SIP accounts every month on an average during the FY 2017-18.

​PPFAS Mutual Fund completed 10 years in May. In an interview Neil Parikh shared his plans for the fund house.

Many Investors are worried about their investments in Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund after it was forced to stop accepting lumpsum and SIP investments from February 2.

We have avoided names where the valuations are stretched and are invested largely in names/sectors which we believe currently offer value.

With a 7-year return of 14.51%, the fund has outperformed both the category average (10.17%) and the benchmark (9.03%) by a wide margin.

PPFAS Mutual Fund is planning to start its sixth Annual General Meetings (AGM) later this year. The meetings will begin in Bengaluru on November 30, followed by Mumbai on December 7, a press release...

DSP Midcap Fund and DSP Small Cap Fund have outperformed their benchmarks and categories in the long term. Other equity schemes, including DSP Equity Opportunities, DSP Equity and DSP Tax Saver are...

Lower oil prices, higher liquidity and lower interest rates and FPIs exiting China to enter India possibly could become a trend. All these things put together markets have resulted into a short...

Depending on the financial plan, risk appetite based asset allocation for many may have a debt allocation.

"We prefer bottom up stock picking and wherever we find valuations comfortable we invest considering that the businesses are doing well and the outlook is good," says Neil Parikh of PPFAS MF

As CEOs, heads of asset classes and fund managers, women in the mutual fund space are doing a great job and this womens day we tell you about their remarkable work.

Depending on the financial plan, risk appetite based asset allocation for many may have a debt allocation.

We select prospective companies with a philosophy that is based on decent business models, competent management with good corporate governance, and decent growth visibility.

A share buyback where all shareholders participate proportionately is economically no different as compared to a dividend.

DSP Mutual Fund is a respected name in the mutual fund industry. It has been two years since the fund house parted ways with its foreign partner and started operating on its own. We spoke to Kalpen...

As the Coronavirus cases across the World touched the one million mark, the economies across the globe are staring at uncertain times. No one currently knows how this pandemic is going to be contro...

The scheme will invest 0-100% in equities and equity related instruments including derivatives, 0-100% in debt securities and money market instruments including margin money deployed in derivatives...

"The longer term impact of GST and demonetisation will be a shift of business from the unorganised to the organised sector, led by increased tax compliance."

Mid caps in the last three years have gone through challenging times. But this is not alien to the concept of mid cap investing.

Debt is a complicated asset class for most people. Furthermore, there are 16 categories for debt funds which complicate and confuse investors.

Large & mid cap mutual fund schemes, a relatively new inclusion in the equity funds basket has done fairly well in the last couple of years.

We wanted to stick with one scheme which does not confuse the end-investors.

Radhika Gupta says that the world will have a lot of black swan events. While you can't predict black swans, you can prepare your portfolios better for black swan events.

The stock market has been going through a rough phase lately due to the widespread pessimism in the economy.

"Due to the recent changes in debt taxation, there could either be some change to our existing hybrid scheme or a new scheme offering may be considered given the changed environment. Our preference...

Dhawal Dalal, CIO-Fixed Imcome at ‎Edelweiss Mutual Fund, discusses the important happenings in bond markets in 2017 and his outlook for 2018.

Close to 65.5% of the schemes portfolio is invested in well-placed large-sized or bluechip companies in India.

My past experience is that at the bottom of the market forms at the peak of the crisis because that is where people become most pessimistic, says MD, Kotak AMC.

Many investors, especially new ones, bet on smallcap mutual fund schemes to maximise returns.

Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund reopened for fresh investments on yesterday after a gap of little over a month. ETMutualFunds reached out to Rajeev Thakkar, CIO, PPFAS MF, to find out about the reasons...

Due to our bottom up stock picking approach we have been able to create outperformance through superior stock selection. Financials, IT, pharma and industrials are our top sectoral positions.

The economy went through Samudra Manthan in the past few years, writes Nilesh Shah.

Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company announces two new fund offers- Motilal Oswal Asset Allocation Passive Fund of Fund – Aggressive and Motilal Oswal Asset Allocation Passive Fund of Fund –...

Though past performance is not an indication of a how a scheme will fare in the future, historical return analysis can throw up interesting points.

"We have recently launched a tax saving scheme. For three to five years we will go slow and will concentrate on building a track record. If our performance is good after three to five years, we will...

Mutual fund advisors and fund managers see a huge dip in Asia-pacific markets, including China, as a great opportunity to invest in funds focused on Chinese markets.

Motilal Oswal Focused 25 Fund and Motilal Oswal Long Term Equity Fund have also slipped to the lower quartile.

The scheme will be benchmarked against Nifty 50 Arbitrage Total Return Index (TRI). The scheme will be managed by Rajeev Thakkar, Raunak Onkar, Raj Mehta, and Rukun Tarachandani.

"A disciplined approach to investing, with focus on 'quality up to a reasonable price', has helped us deliver a satisfactory track record."

"De-carbonisation is going to be one of the very interesting themes over the next three to five years."

A Balasubramanian, CEO, Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Funds, started his journey in the mutual fund industry in 1992.

Best Mutual Funds 2018: Get the list of Best Mutual Funds to Invest in 2018 on Economic Times.

SEBI has mandated mutual funds to set apart a small portion of their net assets for investor education.

PPFAS Long Term Equity Fund has around 27 per cent of its total portfolio invested in overseas equities.

Many Investors are worried about their investments in Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund after it was forced to stop accepting lumpsum and SIP investments from February 2.