Investors have put in more than Rs 76,000 crore in various mutual funds in 2012-13 after pulling out money from such schemes in the preceding two years.

The mutual fund industry is looking to introduce uniform valuations of debt securities across asset management companies in a bid to increase the transparency in the valuation of debt securities.

The asset management joint-venture between Life Insurance Corporation of India and Japanese financial services firm Nomura has merged four of of its schemes with a fifth, on account of which the National Stock Exchange has halted transactions in the

Gilt mutual fund schemes, which invest in government securities (G-Sec), are back in vogue, as institutional investors and rich individuals are betting the ongoing rally in these bonds would fetch them double-digit returns.

Gilt mutual fund schemes, which invest in government securities (G-Sec), are back in vogue as institutional and rich individuals are betting that the ongoing rally in these bonds would fetch them double-digit returns.

Despite a recent bull run in the stock markets, retail investors accessing equities through mutual funds chose to close their accounts and exit investments.

Shriram Asset Management Company Limited (SAMC), the BSE-listed arm of Chennai-based Shriram Group, is set to launch an open offer as part of a plan to renew its mutual fund (MF) business.

Launched on October 8, 1995, Tata Balanced Fund is an equity-oriented hybrid fund with average assets under management (AUM) of Rs 509 crore for the quarter ended March.

During the financial crises, mutual funds were said to have often transferred illiquid assets from one scheme to another to meet redemption requests.

Cobra Post's recent revelations on money laundering involving several banks and insurance products has given an opportunity to mutual fund sector officials to raise their collars.

The mutual fund industry’s month-end assets under management (AUM) rose by 18% or Rs 1.24 lakh crore to Rs 8.26 lakh crore in April 2013 from Rs 7.01 trillion in March as per the monthly numbers released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India

India's equity mutual fund schemes have yet again reported a net outflow at the beginning of the current financial year. After a better show in the immediate previous month, the equity segment witnessed net outflows in April.

The mutual fund industry lost more than 36 lakh investors, measured in terms of individual accounts or folios, in the 2012-13 financial year.

The equity-diversified schemes of mutual witnessed a good run in the month of April, said a report by mutual fund tracker Morningstar India.

Mutual funds sold shares worth nearly Rs 23,000 crore during the last fiscal, 2012-13, making it their biggest sell-off in 12 years.

It is likely India's equity mutual fund sector recorded a good performance in April, thanks to a decline in redemption requests and better inflows.

When it comes to the number of stocks your mutual fund (MF) hold, less is not more.

The measures taken by the capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) last year to push sales of mutual fund products in smaller towns and cities seem to be showing positive signals now.

Axis Mutual Fund today appointed Chandresh Nigam as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.   Nigam was till now managing products across asset classes at the asset management arm of private sector lender Axis Bank.

accThe Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) is looking to get entities who distribute Indian mutual funds abroad to register with it.