Mutual Funds and ETFs Articles

Key Takeaways HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth recorded a NAV of ₹2,121.91 on 23 October 2026, declining 0.57% over the day. Its trailing returns stood at -6.76% over one year, 14.38% annualised over three years and 14.28% annualised over

Key Takeaways Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth recorded a NAV of ₹88.9695 on 23 October 2026, with the Direct Plan NAV declining 0.49% over the valuation day. The scheme's three-year annualised return stood at 12.28%, providing a l

Key Takeaways Only four of 37 flexi-cap schemes in the dataset generated annualised three-year SIP returns above 8%. ITI Flexi Cap Fund led the sample at 10.16%, followed by Bank of India Flexi Cap Fund at 9.09%. Returns across

Key Takeaways Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC's September-quarter net profit declined 8.4% year on year to ₹221 crore. Revenue from operations increased 5% to ₹484 crore, while expenses rose 21% to ₹230 crore. Quarterly average assets under

Key Takeaways The average estimated time to liquidate 50% of a small-cap fund portfolio fell to 11.9 days in September from 18.8 days in January. The corresponding time for 25% of portfolios declined to 6.2 days from 9.6 days. Small-cap fun

Key Takeaways Only 21% of equity funds in the top quartile over a five-year period remained there during the next five years on average. For three-year comparison periods, 26% of top-quartile funds retained their ranking. Perfor

Key Takeaways HDFC Silver ETF was down about 2.7% during 22 October trade. Silver ETFs from Tata, SBI, Kotak, UTI, Axis, Mirae Asset and DSP were down more than 2%. Spot silver fell 3.4% internationally to around $55.97 during t

Key Takeaways Sundaram's Select Equity Ex-Top 100 Long-Short Fund NFO opened on 21 October and closes on 4 November. The portfolio is expected to hold around 25 to 40 stocks, mainly outside India's top 100 companies by market capitalisa

Key Takeaways Nippon Life India AMC paid ₹96.76 crore towards settlement of the Yes Bank AT-1 bond matter. SEBI has provided in-principle approval, while the formal settlement order is still awaited. The one-time charge affect

Key Takeaways The Nifty Smallcap 250 TRI recorded a minimum annualised 10-year rolling SIP return of -0.13%. The Nifty Midcap 150 TRI recorded a 17.61% average 10-year rolling SIP return, compared with 15.01% for small-caps and 12.95% for lar

Key Takeaways International gold was trading around $4,025 an ounce on 23 October after falling almost 3% in the previous session. The previous session's close was the lowest for bullion since 20 July. Individual gold ETF returns can differ

Key Takeaways The Nifty Smallcap 100 traded more than 30% below its previous peak on 36% of trading days since January 2004. The index was over 10% below its peak on 63% of trading days, compared with 47% for the Nifty Midcap 100 and 33% for