Sebi to mutual funds: Protect investors in small and mid-cap plans

Mid cap mutual funds refer to schemes which invest a minimum of 65 percent of their assets in mid-cap stocks i.e., securities of companies that are ranked between 101 to 250 on stock markets as per market capitalisation.

SEBI has introduced the “Corporate Debt Market Development Fund”, a backstop facility for specified debt funds during market dislocations and to prevent recurrences of events such as the one with Franklin Templeton MF.

If we just look at data of the last five years of emerging market performance in dollar terms – it is negative, and India is about 7% to 8% positive in the dollar terms. It is negative is because China, Russia, etc., everything has disappointed. Overall, eventually people will realise that this basket approach of investing with BRICS or EMs, etc. in India, may not be working for them. It is probably not a scientifically constructed basket..

Small and mid-sized funds have seen high inflows, causing concern among authorities about how they would hold up in the event of a sharp market selloff. The Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has also been reviewing stress tests conducted by such funds, sources have previously said.

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Indian equity market at record level but valuations still at long term mean; attractive for FIIs due to pro-business government policies and growth potential. SIPs and mutual fund schemes help navigate uncertainty, says Sunil Subramaniam of Sundaram Mutual.

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SIPs are an effective tool for systematic and disciplined wealth building. SIPs allow you to build up a sizable corpus with only sporadic little investments.

Mutual fund managers and advisors have been asking conservative and new equity investors to invest in balanced advantage funds to tide over the volatile phase in the market. They believe these schemes are ideal to invest in stocks without worrying too much about the market levels and valuations.

At least three asset management companies (AMCs) have together opened 16 international equity mutual fund programmes for lump-sum investments up to the amounts legally permissible. The Finance Bill amendments, applicable from the next financial year beginning April 1, will remove indexation benefits for debt-oriented savings plans.