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Sebi's guidelines on mutual funds to reduce clutter: Experts

Sebi's recent guidelines on consolidation and merger of mutual fund schemes will make it simple for the investors to compare various mutual fund schemes.

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Mutual funds log Rs 2 lakh crore inflows in Apr-Sep FY'17

Investors have pumped in over Rs 2 lakh crore into various mutual fund schemes in the first six months of the current fiscal.

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India's Reliance Nippon Life AMC IPO seeks to raise up to $237 mln

RNLAM's IPO seeks to raise up to 15.42 billion rupees ($236.7 million) with the company on Thursday setting a price range of 247-252 rupees per share.

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Reliance Nippon Life IPO gets Sebi go-ahead

Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Ltd has received the go-ahead from Sebi for its estimated Rs 2,000 crore initial public offer.

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India leads most markets in mutual fund disclosure practices: Morningstar report

Anothony Serhan, CFA, MD, Research Strategy, Asia-Pacific, Morningstar, released the report at the Morning Star Investment Conference, 2017.

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Sebi moves forward with plan to consolidate mutual fund schemes

Wealth advisors said the move will impact bigger fund houses more than their smaller peers.

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NSE to extend trade in gold ETFs, sovereign gold bond on Dhanteras

The exchange will also conduct muhurat trading session on account of Diwali Laxmi Pujan on October 19 from 1830 hours to 1930 hours, NSE said in a notice.

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IDFC AMC introduces Artificial Intelligence powered PMS

The fund house believes explosive growth in data generation now allows tracking several activities like goods and shipping movements and traffic patterns to better estimate demand.

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MFs' AUM rises 7.6% to Rs 21 lakh crore in September quarter

Prior to this, it had touched a record high of Rs 20.6 lakh crore in August-end.

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BSE to extends trade in gold ETFs, Sovereign Gold Bond on Dhanteras

Besides, the exchange will conduct muhurat trading session on account of Diwali Laxmi Pujan on October 19 from 1830 hrs to 1930 hrs, the BSE said in a notice.

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DSP BlackRock Mutual Fund launches Equal Nifty 50 Fund

The DSP BlackRock Equal Nifty 50 Fund is an equal-weighted variation of the Nifty 50 index with the same constituent set of companies.

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Mutual funds can use IRF to hedge risks, says Sebi

Sebi allowed mutual funds to use interest rate futures contracts to hedge risks from volatility in interest rates.

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Morgan Stanley sees Sensex at 1 lakh in next 10 years

The firm said that digitisation will provide a boost of 50 to 75 basis points to GDP growth.

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Indian mutual funds may get nod for trading in commodity derivatives in 6 months

SEBI is likely to allow mutual funds to trade in commodity derivatives and a decision is expected within six months.

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Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC launches new fund scheme

The fund aims to generate capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity and equity-related securities.

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