Page 9 - Retail Investors

BSE to provide non-competitive bidding facility in SDLs to retail investors

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its various measures to encourage retail participation has extended access to primary auctions to SDLs.

MF investment in equities halves on low participation from retail investors

Fund managers had bought shares worth about Rs 1.12 trillion during January-October 2018, according to the data provided by the Securities and Exchange Board of India

Big bet on SIPs: MFs garner over Rs 49,000-cr in first six months of FY20

Currently, mutual funds have 2.84 crore SIP accounts through which investors regularly invest in Indian mutual fund schemes

NBFCs lure retail investors with high yields as banks tighten purse strings

Tata Capital Financial Services, a subsidiary of Tata Capital, said it would hit the market with tranche 2 of its NCD to raise up to Rs 4,126 crore

Retail investors forfeit Rs 1.33 trillion since Budget; m-cap falls 10%

Combined market cap of listed firms down Rs 14.8 trillion

Retail investors raise bets on penny stocks despite high investment risk

The value of equity can get wiped out as some the companies will be going through legal proceedings for debt recovery

Give priority to safety, do not chase high returns in company FDs

In the current stressed credit environment, give higher priority to safety of capital by sticking to the highest-rated instruments

Investors should wait for Lok Sabha election results before taking a call

Retail investors also find themselves in a sweet spot after the 2,000-point rally in the last two trading sessions

Credit-oriented schemes: Debt papers' downgrades spook retail investors

Data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India shows that the combined outflows in credit risk funds and medium-duration schemes in April was Rs 1,783 crore

Retail investors' long-term assets cede ground on market volatility

According to experts, investors who had long-term money could be redeeming their investments, leading to a drop in the share of long-term assets

Educate, don't micro-manage

Sebi's move to set trading limits based on net worth is ill-advised

Retail investors might get custodians, all you need to know about them

Custodians, like intermediaries for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), will manage the back-end operations of investors after a trade has been carried out

Sebi plans to link retail investors' exposure to derivatives with income

Sebi plans to address with the new norms any inefficiencies present in the market

Inevitable correction: Retail investors must show patience

Long-term returns from broadly diversified equity holdings exceed returns from every other asset class

Exit or stay invested? Too-fast-too-soon gains put small investor in a spot

Investors in a dilemma over whether to invest more or to take-profits; Trading, leveraged bets should be off the table now, say experts

Behavioural science, anyone?

Understanding how retail investors think or feel is likely to be very important

Retail investors push equity MF inflows to Rs 20,000 cr in Nov

This has taken the total inflow into such funds to over Rs 1.16 lakh crore in the first eight months of the ongoing financial year

Balanced schemes gain traction

Retail investors preferred to have more balanced approach when it comes to investments in mutual funds (MFs) in 2017

Street signs: Retail investors' loss is everybody's gain

The recently-concluded Bharat-22 exchange-traded fund offered a 3% discount to all investors applying in NFO

When the dam breaks

The fund manager was referring to the current huge investments in equity schemes when he spoke about retail investor psyche