India is taking strides to adopt and implement new technologies that can lead several industries and the government to undergo a technological revolution. The banking and financial services sector has seen a swift penetration of digitization since the 2016 demonetisation. The recent uncertainties amid the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a huge shift to digital…
Investing in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) is one of the convenient ways for investors who have long-term goals and want to invest in equity without taking too much risk. ETFs aim to replicate a particular index and offer a diversified portfolio of stocks; this reduces the fund managers’ risk of any bias while stock selection. Moreover, amid…
Index funds are a kind of mutual funds that replicate the underlying index and track an index representing a particular market cap segment, style or asset class. Index funds are a low-cost investment option that offer diversification to a particular asset class along with transparency to investors, as the underlying index constituents are available on…
The passive investment strategy has been in flavour for the past few years. Accordingly, many fund houses have launched Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) since the start of the financial year looking at investors’ rising interest towards passive equity investing. The passive investment strategy has been preferred over actively managed mutual fund schemes by some investors…
As per the capital market regulator’s new definition, released in September 2020, a Multi-cap Fund is required to allocate a minimum of 25% of its assets each in large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap stocks. Earlier Multi-cap Funds continued to hold a large-cap biased portfolio, but with this definition investments into the respective market capitalisation segments were…
The Indian equity market offers a multitude of investment opportunities across the market cap spectrum. For investors, the key to wealth creation is identifying potentially growth-worthy investment opportunities and investing in schemes that could sustain various market cycles. A Multicap fund offers investors a disciplined approach towards investing. It aims to invest in companies that…
Real Estate continues to remain an asset class where retail investors are under-allocated. A real estate dedicated fund allows you to take meaningful exposure in this asset class. A traditional portfolio of equity and bonds can be complemented by adding real estate, as it can help you in diversifying the portfolio further. Global Real Estate…
Taiwan is among the world leaders in science and technology with logistical and systemic advantages. No wonder it has second-highest weight in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and ranked 8th in IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking, 2021. Taiwan’s economy and markets are largely based on Semiconductors and Electronics industries, which in turn have a very…
New trends and new business models tend to offer attractive investment opportunities in the banking and financial services sector. One can participate in a multi-year secular growth opportunity as India’s penetration across corporate and retail loans, insurance, investments and mutual funds is still low as compared to many emerging economies. Traditional banking players are currently…
Index Funds are a simple solution for investors; it offers well-diversified portfolio, reduces your time and efforts to track and review the benchmark index, adds good performers and eliminates bad performers on every rebalance. Investors looking beyond the large-cap stocks universe, seeking an exposure to large and mid-cap stock indices, without worrying about issues such…
