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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.
In view of liquidity strains imposed on Mutual Funds by Covid-19 global pandemic, RBI has announced Rs 50000 crore Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds (SLF- MF).
Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) refers to a fund created or incorporated in India by pooling of funds from various investors whether Indian or foreigner by way of private placement for investment in a portfolio of securities in accordance with the defined investment policy for the benefit of its investors.
Background to the FT Fund Closure Franklin Templeton has voluntarily decided to wind up six of its fixed income debt schemes effective from April 23rd 2020. Other funds – Equity and hybrid – are unaffected by Franklin Templeton’s decision. Starting April 24 existing investors in the scheme will not be able to withdraw their investments, […]
This write up is the sequel to my previous article on Mutual Fund, if you have not read it yet, you can check it out at Mutual Fund – The Beginning. In this write-up, I am going to touch upon various terminologies/jargon used in mutual industry (i.e NAV, Sharpe Ratio, Beta, Standard Deviation, Factsheet, etc.), […]
Trust you are all are safe, amid COVID 19. COVID 19 has rendered our economy in a very bad position, the stock market has fallen like anything. To capitalize this fall, I was going through various investment opportunities. What I realized is there are a plethora of instruments available in the market. One which particularly […]
Sec 194K of the income tax act clearly states, that TDS is to be deducted by mutual fund companies only on the dividend payment made of mutual funds. No tax is required to be deducted in the case of capital gain arising on the transfer or sale of mutual fund units. section 194K explicitly provides […]
SEBI vide its notification dated 06th March, 2020 amends the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996. These amendments in Mutual Funds regulations have come into force from March 6, 2020. Mutual funds are regulated by the SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations, 1996. What is mutual Fund? Different investment avenues are available to […]
