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Stride Ventures announces new fund, targets corpus of up to Rs 1,875 crore

Investment firm Stride Ventures on Tuesday announced a debt fund for Indian startups with corpus that can go up to Rs 1,875 crore

Franklin unitholders to get Rs 1,200 cr in second tranche next week

Sources said SBI Funds Management will distribute the proceeds to unitholders following liquidation of some securities held under the scheme

Equity MFs under stress, report outflows for eighth month running in Feb

Multi-cap, focused, and large and midcap were the only three categories to see net inflows

Ease interest risk with target maturity debt funds, say experts

Investors will only be protected if they hold these funds until maturity

MF industry will grow at 20% CAGR for the next five years: Amfi CEO

In a Q&A, N S Venkatesh says there are enough inefficiencies in the market right now, which will help fund managers generate alpha over the index

Debt alternative investment funds investors lower return expectations

AIFs are privately pooled investment funds approved by the capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India for different categories of asset classes

Mutual Funds and FPIs were among the biggest traders of govt debt in 2020

While they hold no more than 5% of GOI debt stock jointly, their buying and selling stood out in 2020, when Centre and state govts expanded their market borrowing plans

Don't chase last year's outperformers in debt funds, advise analysts

For 2021, in keeping with the law of mean reversion, analysts have modest return expectations from last year's outperformers

'No' vote could mean emergency liquidation of securities: Sanjay Sapre, FT

President of Franklin Templeton India Sanjay Sapre speaks ahead of the vote on whether the fund house should be allowed to wind up troubled schemes

Insurance funds should invest in low-rated instruments: SBI chairman

Speaking at the CII Partnership Summit, Khara said, as of now such funds are only into AAA and AA papers

Franklin Templeton: SC asks Sebi to appoint observer for e-voting process

The apex court said that its December 3 order, in which it had said that for the time being, there will be stay of redemption payment to the unit holders, would continue in the meantime.

Franklin warns investors may lose for voting against $4 bn wind up plan

Electronic voting will take place Dec. 26 to 28 on the asset manager's plan, according to a statement from the company Monday

Street signs: Debt funds under pressure, diagnostic firms go weak and more

Buying shares of companies that operate in the cold storage space is emerging as a hot theme on Dalal Street

Debt MFs see Rs 1.1 trn inflow in Oct on robust investment in liquid funds

Gilt funds came back under investors' radar in October after witnessing net outflow for two consecutive months

Equity MFs see fourth straight month of outflows over profit booking

Multi-cap funds saw the highest outflows among equity funds to the tune of Rs 1,903 crore

Equity MF continues to see outflow; investors withdraw Rs 2,725 cr in Oct

Overall, the MF industry witnessed a net inflow of Rs 98,576 crore across all segments

What makes managing debt funds a challenge for mutual funds industry

In the last couple of decades, the regulator has had to constantly tinker with the guidelines but new problems have cropped up every few years

HNIs tap new ways to protect debt investments amid record fund raising

Many are looking at covenants previously available only to institutions, such as first loss default guarantees. Covered bonds also gaining in popularity

Karnataka High Court defers judgement on Franklin Templeton case

The asset manager said last week that its six shut schemes had received Rs 8,262 crore from maturities, pre-payments and coupon payments after closing down in April

Best of BS Opinion: Beyond FCRA, raise demand via govt spending & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day