SEBI : The regulator prohibited mutual funds from participating in pre-IPO placements due to concerns over illiquidity, valuation uncerta...
Finance : This case explains the importance of using SIP calculators for estimating mutual fund returns. It highlights that such tools provi...
Finance : The issue is how investors can efficiently monitor mutual fund investments. The article explains that online platforms, apps, and ...
Finance : The content explains how SIP calculators help estimate potential returns and simplify investment decisions. It highlights their ro...
Finance : Market fluctuations often create uncertainty for investors. Using a mutual fund calculator provides perspective by focusing on lon...
SEBI : SEBI has proposed extending standing instruction facilities for SWP and STP to mutual fund units held in demat form. The move aims...
SEBI : Rapid industry growth and layered amendments made the old rules complex and bulky. The new regulations consolidate, simplify, and ...
SEBI : SEBI releases a consultation paper for a comprehensive review of the 1996 Mutual Fund Regulations, aiming for simplification, clar...
SEBI : SEBI seeks public comments on allowing liquid mutual funds as deposit option for Investment Advisers and Research Analysts. Submit...
SEBI : Securities and Exchange Board of India Monday 30th September 2024– SEBI Board Meeting Sub: Amendments to the Securities and Exch...
Income Tax : Denial of DTAA benefits to UAE resident over capital gains on debt mutual funds. The case examines whether 'liable to tax' require...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai rules on Anushka Shah vs ITO case, addressing capital gains taxability on mutual fund units under the India-Singapore ...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai allows tax exemption on capital gains for NRI under India-Singapore DTAA, rejecting AO's classification of mutual fund...
Income Tax : Explore the DCIT vs K.E. Faizal case where the ITAT Cochin ruled on taxation of mutual fund gains, analyzing the application of In...
Finance : Franklin Templeton Trustee Services Private Limited and Another Vs Amruta Garg and Others (Supreme Court of India) Prior-consent f...
SEBI : SEBI clarified conditions under which mutual funds can use intraday borrowings to address redemption payout timing mismatches. The...
SEBI : SEBI has introduced a voluntary lock-in facility allowing investors to freeze debits from mutual fund folios. The measure aims to ...
SEBI : SEBI has superseded Clause 2.6 of the Master Circular, introducing revised scheme categories, overlap limits, and standardized nam...
SEBI : SEBI has reclassified REITs as equity-related instruments from January 1, 2026, enabling mutual funds and SIFs to increase partici...
SEBI : SEBI's latest amendment includes REIT units in mutual fund investment rules, raises the liquid scheme limit to 97%, and adjusts cr...
In India, the income from long term capital gains on transfer of Shares and Mutual Funds on which security transaction tax (STT) has been paid, is exempt from levy of income tax under section 10(38) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’). This is a well known exemption amongst the tax payers and investors in India.
Introduction: Equity Mutual fund seems to have become a great investment option in recent times. In-fact mutual fund companies (With their famous tag line “Mutual Fund Sahi Hai”) are leaving no stone unturned to bring the common man into the wild market commonly known as the Share market. But can mutual funds outperform the market […]
Article explains What is Switching, Benefits of Switching, Tax effect of Switching If the units are held as stock-in-trade and Tax effect of Switching If the units are held as investments. Hi, almost all of us are aware of investing in Mutual Funds and their respective Tax effects. However, some areas still remain Grey for […]
No Mutual fund schemes shall invest in physical goods except in ‘gold’ through Gold ETFs. However, as mutual fund schemes participating in ETCDs may hold the underlying goods in case of physical settlement of contracts, in that case mutual funds shall dispose of such goods from the books of the scheme, at the earliest, not exceeding the timeline prescribed below
The central government has revised its borrowing program by INR 4.2 lakh crores to INR 12 lakh crores for the full financial year. At approximately 2% of GDP, this is at the lower end of the expected requirements for additional financing by the government and by no means sufficient to bridge both the revenue gap as well as the discretionary stimulus ahead.
Let me begin by describing the meaning of a Mutual Fund. It is a financial product that pools money of different individuals and invests on their behalf into various assets such as equity, debt or gold as per the objective of the scheme. Based upon the investor’s financial goals and risk appetite, there are several funds to choose from.
Article explains about Income Tax on Income distributed to Unit Holders by Mutual Funds (Detailed analysis with amendments made by Finance Act, 2020 and with illustrations on pre and post budget 2020 changes). India has plethora of investment instruments which are available, for an investor, to park his idle funds. At times, it becomes really […]
ABOUT FRANKLIN TEMPLETON – Franklin Templeton is the country’s ninth-largest mutual fund house and manages assets worth ₹1.16 lakh crore. – It has been an early and patient investor in India. They have worked to build a long-term business in India over our 25+ year history here. This is also reinforced by the fact that […]
The unprecedented lockdown of the Indian economy in the wake of Covid-19 has impacted livelihoods and businesses across the country. Despite several measures by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the liquidity in certain segments of the corporate bond markets has fallen-off dramatically and has remained low for an extended period. In this scenario, mutual […]
Mutual funds were facing a lot of redemption requests after Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund suddenly shut six of its debt mutual fund schemes on Friday. They are unable to sell some of their investments in the debt market due to poor liquidity. In other words, there are no buyers for lower rated instruments. If mutual funds have to sell them, they will be forced to sell it at a steeply lower price. It will result in sharp fall in the net asset values or NAVs of schemes.
