Edelweiss CRISIL IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL Short Duration Index Fund will replicate CRISIL IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL Short Duration Index by investing in a diversified portfolio of Indian Government Bonds and SDLs, subject to tracking errors.

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The minimum application amount is Rs 5,000 and in multiples of Rs 1 thereafter. The fund will invest predominantly in equity and equity related instruments across market capitalisation- large cap, mid cap and small cap companies.

This belief has translated to flexicap category being the largest equity investment category in the given scheme classification of mutual funds. The category has garnered approximately Rs 2.49 lakh crores of AUM which is in 1.25 crore folios.

Several fund managers believe that time is right for the government to introduce a debt mutual fund option under Section 80C. AMFI says it will also help to channelise household savings into the bond market and deepen the bond market.

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The purpose of this was to see how many schemes consistently beat their benchmarks in different periods like three, five, seven, and 10 years. Mutual fund advisors often ask investors to choose schemes that have consistently beaten their benchmarks over a long period of time.

Returns from equity mutual funds are taxed depending on the period of holding the investment. ULIPs are not taxed as they are considered insurance products.

Conservative investors who are moving from deposits to mutual funds or those worried about a full-equity portfolio’s volatility and wanting a small allocation to stocks can consider equity savings funds.

As of December 31, 2022, 66% of the company’s total monthly average AUM is contributed by individual investors compared to 58% for the industry.In an exchange filing, the company said that it had a market share of 12.8% of the individual monthly average AUM in the industry, making it one of the most preferred choices of individual investors.

Gunwani also served as the Deputy CIO (Equities) at ICICI Prudential AMC. Gunwani graduated from IIT Madras and has a postgraduate diploma in management from IIM Bangalore.

Investors must focus on the processes and controlling the controllable and not worry too much about other things, for e.g., macroeconomic factors like interest rates, inflation and crude oil prices which are beyond one’s control.

According to fund managers, the government will most likely meet its fiscal deficit aim of 6.4% of GDP in FY23 aided by robust tax revenue growth and higher than budgeted growth in nominal GDP.

Most of the schemes in the category had high exposure in private banks. Among PSU banks, the best performing schemes had investments in Bank of Baroda, State Bank of India, and Punjab National Bank.

To help mutual funds penetrate further into smaller towns and cater to investors long term goal like retirement, here are a few recommendations made by Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) for the Budget 2023.

The fund house managed Rs 79,000 crore in fixed income and Rs 28,360 crore in equity as on December 31, 2022.

"A rising price (of gold) puts some pressure on investors, with people holding back investments."

There are a total 24 schemes investing in gold at the moment. Silver funds are a new entrant to the mutual fund market. There are 12 schemes in the category, including ETFs and FOFs.

We examine the key fundamentals of the fund, its portfolio and performance to help you make an informed investment decision.

A radically different investing style has put the fund house in the spotlight.

"There is a case to make pension plans from insurance companies on a par with NPS which has a separate limit. Globally, we have seen that separate tax saving limits for insurance goes a long way in increasing penetration and India is no exception," said Tarun Chugh, CEO Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance.

Three Indian issuers that are rated A- and below are scheduled to raise funds next week via shorter tenor bonds, indicating an improved investor appetite for such notes. The rates for these papers are in the range of 10.50-14.00%.

Currently, 10 new mutual fund offers are open for investment. They are from balanced advantage fund, multicap fund, multi asset allocation fund, gilt fund, fixed maturity plan, and ETF categories.

There are seven index schemes in the small cap mutual fund category. These schemes are benchmarked against Nifty Smallcap 50 - TRI, and Nifty Smallcap 250 - TRI. Three small cap index funds were launched in 2022.

In response to an additional question, more than 60% of respondents, 55 of 89, said the Fed was more likely to hold rates steady for at least the rest of the year than cut. That view lined up with the survey's median projection for the first cut to come in early 2024.

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Debt Mutual funds too went through a torrid phase over the last few years lurching from one crisis to another, starting with credit defaults by ILFS and others, to the massive liquidity crisis for investors in Templeton debt funds.

Many fund houses launched multi asset funds recently and some more are in the pipeline. In this scenario, the question is- are multi asset allocation funds really worth the hype?

As per Sebi mandate, medium duration funds must invest debt in and money market instruments with Macaulay duration of three and four years. As you can see, these schemes are suitable for investors looking to invest for three to four years or more.

The Fed's benchmark overnight lending rate currently sits in a target range of 4.25% to 4.50%, and investors expect the Fed to lift that rate by a quarter of a percentage point at the end of its Jan. 31-Feb. 1 meeting.

Long term funds lose money when the interest rates are going up. However, they make double-digit returns when the rates starts to fall . If you can take risk, here are our picks for 2023.

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Out of 69 schemes that have been in the market, 44 schemes have offered double-digit returns in the last three months. The top performers in this category were technology ETFs. Mirae Asset Hang Seng TECH ETF has offered the highest return of 39.97% in the three-month duration, followed by Mirae Asset Hang Seng TECH ETF FoF which offered 39.25% returns.

Over the last few months markets have seen a bounce back from deeply oversold readings. The European and other emerging market stocks have also seen a sharp recovery.

The active versus passive debate is raging in mutual fund circles. Here is a primer on how an actively managed scheme works and how it differs from a passive scheme.

According to the press release, the fund house’s proprietary model will provide broad guidance regarding the relative valuation levels and scope of the asset allocation opportunities in the market.

There are 11 index schemes in the mid cap mutual fund category, according to Ace Mutual Fund database. These schemes are benchmarked against Nifty Midcap 150 - TRI, Nifty Midcap 50 - TRI, NIFTY Midcap150 Quality 50 - TRI, and Nifty Midcap150 Momentum 50 - TRI.

The scheme will have two Plans: Regular and Direct. Each Plan offers growth option and income distribution cum capital withdrawal (IDCW) option. The maturity of the scheme will be December 31, 2026.

We are optimistic on Autos, not only from a valuation perspective but from a growth perspective also. Apart from autos, banking is expected to do well as credit growth is picking up. Third sector that is a value buy is IT.

“Financials is the largest sector in our portfolio because we anchored the fund weights around the index weights to the extent possible. So the top five sectors in the fund will also be the top five sectors in the index. We are focussed on quality as the core anchor of the stock selection and these type of stocks tend to be less vulnerable to economic cycles.”

The SIP book has grown consistently from Rs 11,305 crore in December 2021 to an all-time high of Rs 13,573 crore in December 2022. This was also the third time in a row, when monthly SIP contributions touched over Rs 13,000-crore.

According to the latest update with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), Alpha Alternatives filed its applications with the regulator on November 8, 2022.

There are 54 index schemes in the large cap mutual fund category.These schemes are benchmarked against Nifty50, S&P BSE Sensex, Nifty50 Equal weight Index, Nifty100 Low Volatility30 Index Fund, Nifty100, Nifty100 Equal Weight Index, Nifty Next50 Index, among others.

The New Fund Offer (NFO) opens for subscription on January 16 and closes on January 30. Thereafter the scheme re-opens for continuous sale and repurchase after allotment.

“We should be prepared for a reasonably volatile first half followed by rebound or a positive back half of the year. In the volatile first half, one should invest in tranches and there are four or five themes that I would be bullish on investing in from a 3-year perspective.”

The fund has seen a sharp shift towards outperformance in past two years, aided by the market tilt towards value stocks. It remains to be seen if the fund can sustain improvement in return profile over the long run.

Persistent lag in several actively managed funds cannot be ignored. Focus on investing principles before pursuing either path.

BSE Star MF has also processed 37.75 lakh transactions on December 12, 2022, surpassing its previous best single-day record of 34.29 lakh transactions on October 10, 2022.

As per Sebi norms, these schemes must invest 80% of their corpus in government securities. Since these schemes invest in government papers or they lend to the government, they don’t have any credit risk or they face zero defaults.

Morningstar India's Krishnan also said that concerns around rising inflation, a rising interest rate cycle, and the falling rupee have all likely led to a diminishing investor interest across debt fund categories.

The S&P 500 opened lower by 6.71 points, or 0.17%, at 4,053.72, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 41.94 points, or 0.36%, to 11,470.47 at the opening bell.

The consolidated results include the earnings of its wholly owned subsidiaries -- Bajaj Housing Finance, Bajaj Financial Securities, and its associate company Snapwork Technologies.The asset quality of the non-banking finance company improved with gross non-performing assets falling to 1.14% at the end of December against 1.73% a year back. Net NPA was at 0.41% against 0.78%.

Accordingly, Sebi has barred the entities "from accessing the securities market for a period of three years ... and are also prohibited from buying, selling or otherwise dealing in securities, directly or indirectly, or being associated with the securities market in any manner, whatsoever, for the same period"

From Friday, Indian equity markets moved to a T+1 settlement cycle for all stocks, shortening the settlement cycle by a day and making the availability of funds a day sooner than at present.

To settle short-delivered trades, exchanges conduct a 30-minute auction from 2 PM on T+1 (used to be T+2). If the short-delivered stock is a mid or small-cap stock, then the price can trade as much as 20% away from the current market price due to low participation in auctions

The company received total bids of 4,70,160 shares against the issue size of 4,55,06,791 shares. The portion reserved for retail investors got bids for 3,99,880 shares against 2,29,08,464 shares on offer.

State-controlled Life Insurance Corp. of India is spending about 3 billion rupees ($37 million) as an anchor investor in a $2.5 billion new share sale by Adani Enterprises Ltd., according to a filing. The investment would add to its current holding of 4.23%.

Founded in 2017 by Nathan Anderson, Hindenburg Research is a forensic financial research firm which analyses equity, credit and derivatives. On its website, Hindenburg says it looks for "man-made disasters," such as accounting irregularities, mismanagement and undisclosed related-party transactions. The company invests its own capital

Gold prices fell due to a strong US economic data that could prompt the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates higher for longer. Fed officials are expecting the rates to be above 5 per cent by the end of this year," Navneet Damani, Senior VP - Commodity Research at Motilal Oswal Financial Services, said

Technically, any pullback rally from here could encounter strong overhead resistance of around 17,750 levels, as per the concept of change in polarity and that could be a sell-on-rise opportunity for the coming sessions. Weakness is likely to continue for the next 1-2 sessions

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The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 874.16 points at 59330.9

The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 874.16 points at 59330.9

The NSE Nifty index closed 287.6 points down at 17604.35

"We need revenue augmentation and divestments will help us to get those additional revenues. I know that during elections, things can be a little bit more sensitive but this government has been very strong and confident in how it acts and that is why we continue to see the momentum in these areas."

Touchwood Entertainm, Advitiya Trade India, Jindal Saw, Bombay Super Hybrid and Gretex Industries, hit their fresh 52-week highs during the day.

The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 874.16 points at 59330.9

The NSE Nifty index closed 287.6 points down at 17604.35

The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 874.16 points at 59330.9

The company's operating revenue stood at Rs 33,691 crores for the quarter ended December 2022 against Rs 33,697 crores reported in the quarter ended December 2021.

In the Nifty pack, 13 stocks closed in the green, while 37 stocks ended in the red.

Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Wednesday reported a 77% on-year jump in December quarter profit after tax at Rs 1,247 crore. Its revenue jumped 27% YoY to Rs 6,770 crore

The Nifty Realty index closed 1.26 per cent down at 407.55.

The stock exchanges, NSE and BSE, earlier in a joint statement, announced that they would implement the T+1 settlement cycle in a phased manner, starting February 25, 2022, with the bottom 100 stocks in terms of market value

“The move from consumption-driven economy towards investment cycle driven economy and also from a very long period of a market where valuations stopped mattering, we are going into a market where valuations will matter or have started. These two trends together is what we are keeping in mind when we look at our portfolio allocations.”

The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 874.16 points at 59330.9

The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.55 per cent up at 12508.05.

Adani Ent., Adani Ports SEZ, SBI, ICICI Bank and IndusInd Bank were among the top losers on NSE in today's trade.

New loans booked during the quarter were the highest ever at 7.84 million, the company said. The total assets under management (AUM) as of December 31 stood at Rs 2.31 lakh crore, 27% higher than the year-ago period.

Hours after the rupee was left to the market forces to decide its worth, the IMF announced that its delegation will be visiting Pakistan from Jan 31 to Feb 9 to discuss its 9th review of a bailout package agreed for $6 billion in 2019, and topped up to $7 billion last year.

The Nifty IT index closed 0.92 per cent down at 29766.45.

The Nifty Auto index closed 1.02 per cent up at 13089.7.

Public sector undertaking firm NTPC is among a range of domestic companies that will announce earnings on Saturday. Here are some of the key corporate earnings to watch out for.

“The trend is firmly down and the nearest important level for me is 17,428 on the Nifty spot. So, if the market sprints to 17,428 not even a close just a print, it will confirm and extinguish all remaining hopes for the bulls that the market is headed for below the June 2022 low.”

On Thursday, the Pakistani rupee fell 9.6% against the dollar in the inter-bank market, the biggest one-day drop in over two decades, a day after foreign exchange companies removed a cap on the exchange rate.

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The RBI's suspected intervention prompted short speculative dollar positions to exit and importers to step up hedges for near maturities, a trader at a private sector bank said.

Shares of Adani Transmission, Adani Green Energy, and Adani Total Gas were locked in the 20% lower circuit. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone hit a 2-year low, and Adani Enterprises a 5-month low. Describing Hindenburg's 32,000-word report as maliciously mischievous and unresearched, Adani Group threatened to take punitive action against the firm in both US and Indian courts.

"Revenue growth has been below expectation as consumer electronics, lighting and mobile phones key verticals for the company has seen steep decline. We however upgrade the stock to Neutral as the stock has already corrected sharply and strong growth momentum is expected to resume. We roll forward our valuation multiple

“People are not sure whether tomorrow any other big name would get attacked because of whatever the instrument just created outside the purview of the market and the regulator also might be clueless. They are not getting the clarity as to how to plug this kind of attack which comes on to the market and creates this kind of panic or nervousness.”

In the last two trading days, Thursday being a market holiday, the 60-year-old Ahmedabad-based college dropout has been left poorer by around $29 billion, pushing him to the seventh slot in the elite list of world's richest billionaires.

The NSE Bank Nifty Index dropped as much as 3.5%, extending declines of the previous session, underperforming broader stock benchmarks. Bank of Baroda and State Bank of India were among the biggest decliners, falling at least 5% each. LIC’s shares extended their drop to 4.3% intraday before paring some losses.

“There was a dip in the rural demand and post the harvest, the high commodity prices and due to the wedding season overall, there was a good uptick in the rural demand in this quarter. I am anticipating that at the back of pretty much similar reasons, we should see the demand momentum continuing to go forward but the growth rate is slightly tempered.”

The short seller report has cast doubts on how investors will respond to the company's record $2.45 billion secondary sale.

Adani Ports is also a keen contender for acquiring the government’s stake in Container Corp, given its growth ambitions in logistics, adjacent ports offerings, and large balance sheet and benign leverage.

TeamLease Services, incorporated in the year 2000, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 4139.38 Crore) operating in Services sector.