Crowd-funding is the pooling of resources by a group of people for a common goal. Crowd-funding is not new to India. There are many instances of organisations reaching out to common people for funding. However, the emergence of platforms that… Read more
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Mutual Funds outflow of funds..
The mutual fund industry is going through a lot of crisis. New money is not coming in, people from other industries are not too keen to join the industry, aum is falling. Of the new money that is coming, it… Read more
The Networth requirement for an asset management company
Many of our regulators – IRDA, TRAI and now SEBI may all be having good intentions, but the way it is being expressed is rather amusing. Now SEBI is saying that an Asset Management Company should have a net-worth of… Read more
How to select a Mutual Fund
How to select a good mutual fund. Selecting a mutual fund for investing is a very important step indeed. It is not just important it is crucial. However it is the second step, not the first. It is surprising at… Read more
How many schemes should I hold?
One young couple came to me recently wanting to do some ‘financial planning’. Their idea of ‘fp’ was they could give some haphazard information (either for want of data at their end or not wanting to share the data, LOL)…. Read more
Well Managed fund
English is a very beautiful language. And unlike excel allows you to be as unprecise as you wish. Imagine running an advertisement driven business. You need everybody to advertise. So if you choose one scheme – you are antagonising 54… Read more
Start a mutual fund blog
It is funny that to be in any business you need to have some qualification. Let us take the mutual fund business for example. To be the Asset management company – you need to have 5 years of track record… Read more
How to invest in a mutual fund:Online
There are a few ways how you can invest in a mutual fund online. You already have an IFA (and you think he is adding value to your life): In this case you may already be an investor and may… Read more
Funds Returns vs Investor Returns
If an investor is getting poor returns there is blame to be spread all around. Obviously there is conflict of interest, sales pressures, excessive loads, high fees, charges not being transparent, etc. However one thing the media surely does not… Read more
How many fund schemes should I hold?
Recently 2 Nris asked me this often asked question. I remember Srikant doing a story on Moneycontrol sometime back regarding the same. I come from a school of thought that ‘whatever happens in my life is because of me’. However… Read more