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Financial advisor is a person who help investors in undertaking investmentdecisions to achieve a desired goal. There are generally 2 types of financial advisors – mutual fund distributors and registered investment advisors (RIAs). Mutual fund distributors are registered with AMFI and sell mutual fund products to investors. They get a...

Axis Mutual Fund is launching a New Fund Offer (NFO) which will invest in global equities. The NFO is a fund of fund investing in Schroder International Selection Fund Global Equity Alpha. Schroder is one of the leading Asset Management Companies (AMC) of the world. The underlying fund, Schroder International Selection Fund...

As per SEBI guidelines, focused equity funds is a category of mutual fund schemes where each scheme is focused on a few stocks – the maximum number of stocks a focused equity fund can invest in is 30. These schemes are less diversified than schemes which invest in a larger number of stocks and thus have higher...

Principal Equity Savings Fund is an open ended hybrid equity oriented mutual fund scheme. The scheme was launched in May 2002. From a taxation standpoint, this fund is treated like an equity fund scheme. Long term capital gains (holding period of more than 12 months) in this fund is tax free. Short term capital gains are taxed at 15%. The...

Debt mutual funds invest in a variety of fixed income securities like treasury bills, commercial papers, certificates of deposit, corporate bonds and government bonds, primarily with the objective of generating income for investors. Almost all fixed income securities have a specified maturity period. They pay periodic (e.g. quarterly, yearly...

The equity market has been highly volatile since the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic. Though Sensex has recovered handsomely in the last 3 months, it is still almost flat on a trailing twelve month basis. Almost all industry sectors have been badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with one exception – healthcare, a sector which was...

Different asset classes have different risk / return characteristics and give different returns in different market conditions. The chart below shows calendar year returns of different asset classes over the last 10 years; BSE 100 TRI is used as the proxy for equity, CRISIL Short term Bond Fund Index for debt and MCX Gold futures for Gold...

With banks reducing FD interest rates, we are seeing investor interest in debt mutual funds over the last few months. However, many investors are concerned about credit risks affecting debt funds. With the economy contracting and company revenues severely hit in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic credit risk concerns are likely to...

Multi Asset Allocation funds are hybrid mutual fund schemes which invest in 3 or more asset classes. According to SEBI regulations multi asset allocation funds must invest minimum 10% each in at least 3 asset classes. Apart from the two most popular asset classes, debt and equity, these schemes invest in asset classes like gold, real estate...

Asset allocation is a strategy to balance risk and returns by investing in different asset classes. The major asset classes are equity, fixed income or debt and in some cases, also gold. Financial planners suggest that right asset allocation is critical in achieving your financial goals, since it is the most important attribute of portfolio performance...