Tata Mutual Fund has launched a truly new NFO. But being novel is one thing, being robust is another. Analysis by ML Research Desk

At last, in a sea of me-too funds, Tata Equity Management Fund has something different. At a time when the market is at stratospheric levels and market volatility is so high, Tata Mutual has launched a product that would use derivatives to mitigate risk and that...

Unknown to investors, mutual fund distributors are working against them - at the behest of funds. SEBI wants to end the abuse

The role of mutual fund distributors, including large public and private banks, has attracted a lot of attention ever since it became evident that they played a major role in persuading investors to flip their investments from existing mutual fund schemes to new...

Standard Chartered Enterprise Equity Fund will buy IPOs and flip it over. Since it may mainly make short-term, price-based bets, retail investors should stay away from it

Mutual funds use clever names and marketing gimmicks to raise money. They also have a tendency to follow each other (see me-too funds in the May 7 issue). Despite spending crores in marketing, Indian mutual funds are...