Riding the Tiger
Oct 08, 10:32 AM ET |
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| Originally launched as a bond fund manager, Escorts Asset Management has been adding a wide array of equity offerings to its fund family since 2001. Spearheaded by Escorts Opportunities Fund, the company’s product line-up is organized around tax-efficiency, capital preservation and consistency of returns. |
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Birla Sun Focus on Large Caps
Oct 07, 10:25 AM ET |
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| While India has one of the oldest stock exchanges in the world, investing in mutual funds is still limited to less than 5% of the households. Birla Sun Funds with its group of equity and bond funds are providing investment opportunities a wider public that is still risk averse and at early stage of investing. |
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Enhanced-Index Investment Strategy
Aug 20, 6:41 AM ET |
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| The Indian economy is rapidly expanding and, quite naturally, investment opportunities in the infrastructure development and consumer sectors are growing along with that. Large companies are expected to benefit from the rising government spending and the country’s expanding economy while small and mid-cap companies are likely to grow fast. The Kotak 30 Fund and Kotak Opportunity Fund look for investment in a spectrum of large and mid-cap companies. |
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Steadier Returns Through Indexing
Jul 29, 9:10 AM ET |
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| Index investing in India is yet to take-off. With the economic growth over 7% for more than five years, investors thought they will enjoy superior returns compared to indices by investing directly in stocks. With the recent sharp market correction, investors are discovering the virtues of diversification and index investing. |
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Liquidity with Quality
Jun 24, 11:57 AM ET |
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| Investors find cash management funds especially appealing when they look for higher-thanaverage returns, safety and liquidity all at one stop. Badrish Kulhalli, portfolio manager of the Principal Cash Management Fund, explains how this offering blends the tenets of safety of principal with the management team's three-layer research process. |
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Matching Maturities to Redemptions
May 26, 8:28 AM ET |
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| Liquidity is most important factor in management of any debt funds. Alok Singh, Fund Manager for Fortis Money Plus Fund takes advantage of arbitrage between corporate and government bonds and between short and medium term corporate and Treasury bonds. The Fund’s first priority is the safety of the principal of its clients and selecting bonds that are liquid enough to buy and sell. |
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Liquidity Driven
Apr 23, 9:42 AM ET |
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| Liquidity is the most important factor for investments in money markets, especially in
cases of emerging markets like India. Ritesh Jain, Head of Fixed Income Funds with Canara Robeco, insists that return of principal is more important than the return on principal. Instead of taking chances from high risk, high return opportunities the management team’s investment strategy allows the fund to benefit from their views on interest rate. |
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Safety in Liquidity
Apr 21, 2:10 PM ET |
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| Money Market Funds gives an opportunity to investors as an alternate to current savings accounts wherein they can earn returns while still remaining highly liquid. Ramanathan K., VP & Head of Fixed Income at ING Investment Management believes that safety of investments while still managing investment returns is of utmost importance. ING Liquid Fund focuses primarily on the safety of investment first, liquidity second, while maintaining the returns. |
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