During the Union Budget 2021 speech, Finance Minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman announced a proposal to set up a permanent institutional framework to enhance corporate bond liquidity during times of stress and to, generally, enhance liquidity in the secondary market. The proposed institution will purchase investment-grade debt securities both in stressed and normal times and facilitate…

Exposure to select stocks/sectors can give your portfolio the much needed push to generate higher returns. One kind of mutual fund that can do this is Focused Funds. It aims to invest and capitalise on high conviction ideas across market capitalisation and sectors that may be well placed to withstand volatility as well as have…

Finance Minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman today presented the first Union Budget after the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. As you are aware, the pandemic-induced lockdown restrictions dealt a severe blow to economic activity across sectors. On this backdrop, there were a lot of expectations from various segments of the economy for growth stimulus. As the…

While investment in equity mutual funds has the potential of generating high returns, its performance can suffer during phases of high market volatility. Investing in debt mutual funds provides the much-needed stability to your investment portfolio especially during uncertain and volatile market environment. Hence, debt funds are an important avenue from a diversification standpoint which…

Few days after the S&P BSE Sensex touched the historic milestone of 50,000 points, the equity market has started witnessing selling pressure. Notably, while the stellar rally seen over the last few months have helped key market indices touch an all-time high, it has been ahead of the fundamentals. Therefore, we can expect the markets…

If you are an investor in equity market, the pandemic-induced market crash of March 2020 must have probably brought back the memories of the 2008 financial crisis. But unlike the 2008 market crash which lasted for over a year, this time the market was quick to recover. The Central bank in India took proactive measures to infuse…

Three years after the small cap space witnessed a severe correction, small cap funds are back in the limelight. In the last one year the category has outpaced its larger sized peers by a remarkable margin. This can be attributed to various government initiatives that are expected to strengthen the growth prospects of small companies.…

As the adage goes,“Patience is a virtue”; after waiting months, investors in the Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund’s (FTMF) six debt schemes that were wound up last year finally have reason to be optimistic. As stipulated by the courts, FTMF recently conducted a three-day voting process between December 26 and December 29 to seek investors consent to wind up these schemes.…

The year 2021 has begun on a high note on the news of COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The event holds great importance as it is expected to bring the sagging economy back on the growth track. As a result, the equity market has soared to all-time highs. However, with looming challenges of COVID-19 and the economic…

The pandemic crisis has ignited a big shift in consumer trends as well as the way organizations work. For many of us, cloud computing, remote working, electronic payments, machine learning, over the top (OTT) streaming, among other technological trends, have become an integral part of the ‘new normal’. This shift in trend is expected to…