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Ah.. Finally, SEBI has cracked the whip on AMCs, asking them to get in shape their audio-visual ads for mutual funds. Readers know what kind of ads these are; on radio or TV, and said with an extremely hurried tone like someone just pressed the fast forward button.. :-p These ads are disclaimers meant to [...]

Morningstar Inc, a Chicago based independent investment research company has commenced operations in India. Aditya Agarwal has been appointed as the Managing Director of the company in India. Agarwal was one of the founders of MutualFundsIndia.com (later acquired by ICRA). Morningstar already has a presence in India; it’s data centre, which houses around 150 people. This centre was part [...]

SBI Mutual Fund has launched an equity–based micro SIP called SBI Chota SIP.  This scheme is targeted at low income households in rural and semi-urban areas. The idea behind the scheme is basically to introduce them to long term investments in equity.

Well well, according to ValueResearchOnline, the close-ended Morgan Stanley Growth Fund launched in January 1994 – is all set to become become open-ended from January 15, 2009. When it was launched, it generated huge hype with newspapers showing pictures of long queues of investors waiting to buy the application form ! A lot has happened since [...]

With the stock markets continuing their downward spiral, investors are on the lookout for different avenues to park their funds, like fixed deposits, Gold ETF and Fixed Maturity Plans. Those looking for novelty can try this. Enter India’s first Silver ETF (Exchange Traded Fund), courtesy Benchmark Mutual Fund.

One of India’s best sites on mutual funds, ValueResearch Online has got a makeover.  

Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) has decided to buy the mutual fund business of Standard Chartered for $205 million (Rs.830 crore). This is significantly higher than the $135 million UBS was willing to shell out a year ago. The UK major has a 74.9% stake in the AMC with the remaining being held by Atul Choksey, the former [...]