A few months back, I had written that the removal indexation benefit in debt fund meant that investors would start looking for alternatives. And it was only a matter of time before AMCs found a way around this new development…
Read More Don’t Rush to New Multi-Asset Allocation Funds to avoid Increased Debt Fund Taxation
Many people at the start of their earning years, had got introduced to LIC via some relative/friend of the family who forced them to buy LIC New Jeevan Anand at the start of their careers as investments and for tax-savings.…
Read More Should I Surrender LIC New Jeevan Anand & Instead Invest in Mutual Funds (2023)?
Recently, SEBI came out with a consultation paper reviewing the Total Expense Ratio charged by AMCs and the need to rationalize them. You can check the detailed paper here on SEBI website. But there was one interesting insight in the…
NSE has announced the launch of India’s first ever index focused on REITs and InvITs. The name of the index is NSE REITs & InvITs Index. This new index will track the performance of REITs and InvITs that are publicly…
Read More New NSE REITs & InvITs Index – Should You Invest (2023)?
Indian investors were shocked to see the surprise announcement by the government recently, to remove LTCG indexation taxation in debt fund from FY2023-24. Now all the gains in debt funds are taxed as per the investor’s income tax slab. The…
Read More Should I Switch to Hybrid Funds from Debt Funds to avoid Increased Taxation?
The taxation of debt mutual funds will change from 1st April 2023. Here is how your debt fund capital gains will be taxed from 1st April 2023: If the Mutual Fund holds less than or equal to 35% of Indian…
Read More Debt Funds Taxation Change from 1st April 2023 (FY2023-24)
AMFI has announced that all AMCs or mutual funds will now move to T+2 redemption payment cycle for equity funds. What this means is that going forward, under the T+2 redemption cycle, the money from redemption will be credited to…
Read More Get Money Faster on Selling Equity Funds. MF move to T+2 Cycle.
The last 2 years have not been good for debt fund investors. Returns of almost all debt fund categories (except one) have been low. But this will change, pretty soon.
How have the active largecap funds done compared to their passive counterparts, passive largecap index funds in 2022? Have a look at the data below. And just have a look at the large share of passive index funds in the…
Read More Active Largecap funds Vs Passive Index Funds in 2022
Here is a listing of all equity funds that are at least 1 year old. The list is sorted on the basis of 2022 returns. Have a look. Or you can search for the funds that you have in portfolio…
There is a sudden interest in target Maturity Funds in India. So here is an updated list of Target Maturity or Debt Index Funds available in India in 2023 Updated list of Target Maturity or Debt Index Funds available in…
Read More List of Target Maturity Fund (Debt Index Funds/ETFs) in India (2023)
After SEBI allowed the launch of passive (index-based) tax-saving ELSS funds, finally an AMC, IIFL has decided to launch India’s first tax-saver index fund. The fund - IIFL ELSS Nifty 50 Tax Saver Index Fund, as the name suggests tracks…
Read More India’s 1st Passive Tax-Saver ELSS Index Fund Launched. But Don’t Rush to Invest
Indian stock markets are at new All-TIme-Highs. Unlike other markets which are down a lot this year (till now). So when markets are making new highs, many people feel that even their mutual funds should also make new highs in…
Read More Nifty At All-Time-High. How much % is NAV of MFs below All-Time-Highs?
If you invest in mutual funds online, then you need to know this. Because, if you don’t get this done, then many of your mutual fund transactions like redemptions, STP, SWP, etc. will stop working from July 2022 onwards. Don’t…
Read More What is Two Factor Authentication (2FA) for MF Redemption (SEBI Circular 2022)?
Even though international funds invest in stocks (equities) outside India, for taxation purposes, the capital gains in international funds are taxed similar to debt fund taxation in India. That is, investments held for less than 3 years are classified as…
Read More How are International Funds taxed in India (2022)?
