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Franklin Templeton: six debt scheme unit-holders to receive third tranche of Rs 2,488.75 crore this week

MAS Team 03 May 2021
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Investors in the six schemes of Franklin Templeton that are under winding up process will get their third tranche of money back this week, writes The...

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Sebi asks mutual funds to reduce information overload on customers

MAS Team 30 April 2021
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Markets regulator Sebi has asked mutual funds to make a disclosure about scheme risk-o-meter, performance and portfolio details to investors only for...

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Mirae Asset launches NYSE FANG+ based MF Schemes

MAS Team 16 April 2021
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Mirae Asset Investment Managers India has announced the launch of India’s first FANG+ based products,

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CAMS launches eKYC using OTP based Aadhaar verification for MF investors

MAS Team 09 April 2021
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Computer Age Management Services (CAMS) has unveiled an e-KYC facility using an one time password based Aadhaar verification to serve the new mutual...

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Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund rolls over seven FMPs due to low-yield concerns

MAS Team 09 April 2021
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Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund has rolled over seven FMPs which were maturing in the month of April, 2021, writes The Economic Times.

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MF Investors Are Making Lesser Returns than their Schemes, finds Axis Mutual Fund

MAS Team 02 April 2021
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Mutual fund investors earn much lesser returns that the schemes they invest in, shows a recent research done by Axis Mutual Fund.

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Axis Mutual Fund launches Axis Technology ETF

MAS Team 19 March 2021
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Axis Mutual Fund has launched Axis Technology ETF (exchange traded fund) tracking the Nifty IT index.

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Sebi’s directive on perpetual bonds may trigger huge losses in some MF schemes

MAS Team 12 March 2021
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Investors in debt mutual funds holding perpetual bonds are staring at losses with the new valuation norm for the instrument expected to spark a sharp...

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Franklin Templeton MF: Sebi issues show-cause notices for lapses in risk-management process

MAS Team 05 March 2021
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Securities market regulator Sebi has issued show-cause notices to Franklin Templeton Asset Management Company (AMC), trustees and key managerial...

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NPCI glitch cost mutual fund investors the bull rally in equities

MAS Team 11 February 2021
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Hundreds of thousands of mutual fund investors may have missed out on the stock market rally in the past 10 days,

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