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EPFO to pay 8.5% interest for FY20 in two instalments, cites Covid impact

Organisation is considering crediting interest rate in a staggered manner with the remaining 0.35% to be paid in December 2020

Gold rush 2020: ETFs now hold more yellow metal than any central bank

Total fees for the top 10 gold ETFs, based on current prices and holdings, are about $610 million a year, according to a Bloomberg News calculation

India-focused offshore funds, ETFs see $1.5 bn outflow in June quarter

The total outflow from the category has reached to $6.5 billion so far in this calendar year (until June 2020), which is noticeably higher than the $5.9 billion outflow in the full 2019 calendar year

Investors should use expense ratio as elimination criterion, say experts

Eliminate all those funds from your selection universe where the expense ratio is extremely high

India's stock market is barometer of economic concentration: Shankar Sharma

It is not all gloom and doom. The rural economy has held up quite well and we should start appreciating it even more, says Sharma in an interview with Puneet Wadhwa

Second tranche of Bharat Bond ETF receives bids worth Rs 10,000 cr

The second series of ETFs were launched with a green-shoe option of an additional Rs 11,000 crore over and above the base issue size.

The liquidity tide

Dangers of global liquidity glut are the same as the last crisis

Wealth managers advise clients to invest in US-oriented offshore products

International funds delivered 6.8% returns in one year, against large drawdowns in domestic funds

India-focussed offshore funds, ETFs see $5-bn outflow in March quarter

In comparison, a net outflow of $2.1 billion was witnessed during the quarter ended December

After 6 yrs, gold ETFs witness inflows of over Rs 1,600 cr in 2019-20

As per Amfi data, investors put in a net sum of Rs 1,613 crore in 14 gold-linked ETFs in the just concluded financial year, while they had pulled out Rs 412 crore in 2018-19.

ETFs liquidate at quickest pace since 2017 as coronavirus roils markets

A total of 72 ETFs with $1.4 billion in assets shut down and returned their money to investors in the first quarter as the coronavirus outbreak roiled markets

Tipping point: Yellow metal is safe haven, don't wait to invest in gold ETF

Whenever there is a high level of fear or panic, either in the economy or the markets, money tends to move into gold.

As market correct, it's better to stay away from leveraged businesses

Movng to stronger, more diversified ones will be prudent

India-focused offshore funds see $1.2-billion outflows in February

Listed emerging market flows were negative for all countries, except Brazil and Russia.

EM ETF outflows topped $4 billion last week; China, India among worst hit

This was the fourth straight week of outflows and also the biggest weekly outflow in more than a year

Passive global funds, algos may have magnified market crash

ETFs are similar to index funds, except that these may be bought and sold on the exchanges. They're preferred by institutional investors

Street signs: The SBI Cards IPO math, ETF overhang for YES Bank, and more

Grey market premiums have dropped to 10% after last week's market fall.

Global markets got knockout blow last week from emerging market ETFs

ETFs, which invest in Hong Kong-listed Chinese stocks, saw outflows of nearly $1.4 billion - most among Ems

AUM for gold ETFs up 30% in one year as investors rekindle interest

Hopes of further gains in the price of the previous metal could sustain inflows into gold ETFs

PSU exchange-traded funds yet to get tax benefits proposed in Budget 2019

Among the key proposals of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden Budget was extending the Section 80C tax advantage to PSU ETFs. However, the proposal is yet to be notified