Market regulator SEBI has ordered mutual fund houses to disclose the total expense ratio (TER) of each scheme under both direct and regular plans on a daily basis.

In the recent monetary policy review meet, RBI hiked repo rates by 25 basis points and adjusted the reverse repo rate under the LAF to 6 per cent. The marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate is now 6.50 per cent.

The markets regulator SEBI has slashed the 'additional expense' charged by mutual funds. The additional expenses have been lowered to just 5 basis points, eyeing a further increase in penetration of mutual fund products among investors.

To determine the efficiency of the fund manager and the performance of the mutual fund, alpha is used. Alpha is a statistical tool which measures the difference between the actual returns and the expected returns of the fund.

How much cash should you be holding at any moment in time, this is a very debatable topic as it varies from individual to individual

The market regulator SEBI has taken one more step to develop the bond market. It has suggested uniform procedure to determine pricing of thinly and non-traded, traded non-convertible debt securities

Despite the poor performance of the S&P healthcare index and the underperformance of the pharma category some of the fund houses see this sector as an opportunity and are coming up with NFOs in this sector. 

In the last three months, benchmark index Nifty has remained flat, however, mutual fund schemes focused on PSU stocks have fallen around 3-10 per cent roughly. 

Continuous slide in the shares prices of Manpasand Beverages during the past three day have given worries to many investors. The mutual fund industry as a whole is impacted and returns of many schemes are hampered with this slide.

There are various strategies for allocating capital to different kinds of mutual funds. Let’s see some types of asset allocation strategies.