A mutual fund investor’s (5-minute) guide to Budget 2020

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A mutual fund investor's (5-minute) guide to Budget 2020 If you are opting for the new tax regime for convenience, you should be careful about your savings and investments. Should you say bye to ELSS, Section 80C, and opt for new tax rate? Many mutual fund advisors fear that many individuals would opt for the new personal tax rate for inconvenience and neglect their investments. Budget 2020: dividends from mutual funds to be taxed at slab rate from April; TDS in Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to change the current system of mutual funds paying the DDT and move to the classical system of taxing dividend in the hands of the unit holders or investors. Sebi may reclassify mid cap, small cap mutual funds to offer more flexibility Mutual fund managers claim the categorization had taken away their flexibility to invest, resulting in money flowing into a set of stocks. This has impacted performance of mutual fund schemes, say a few fund managers. LTCG tax stays; budget 2020 disappoints mutual fund investors Many mutual managers and investors were hoping that the government may do away with LTCG tax to boost the market sentiment. However, the finance minister did not address the issue in her budget speech. Top Mutual Funds SCHEME NAME RATING 3 YRS(%) 1 YR(%) 6 M(%) 1 M(%) Axis Bluechip Fund Direct Plan-Growth ★★★★★ 20.39 25.31 15.20 4.70 Invest Now Axis Bluechip Fund-Growth ★★★★★ 18.84 23.87 14.54 4.60 Invest Now Canara Robeco Bluechip Equity Fund Direct-Growth ★★★★★ 15.50 23.51 17.46 3.50 Invest Now HDFC Index Sensex Fund-Growth ★★★★★ 14.40 15.62 10.51 -0.13 Invest Now Sundaram Select Focus Fund Regular-Growth ★★★★★ 14.35 19.23 11.92 1.76 Sebi seeks reply from Franklin Templeton MF on markdown in Vodafone Idea Sebi Chairman Ajay Tyagi parried questions on whether such a move is illegal or if it hurts the broader cause of protection of investors' interests. For patient long-term investor, small cap funds are attractive, says S Naren Budget 2020 was an attempt by the government to spur consumption by leaving more money in the hands of the lower and middle income individuals, says S Naren.

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New Fund Offers Fund Name Category Type Open Close Min Inv IDFC Emerging Businesses Fund Reg-D Equity: Small Cap Open-ended 03 Feb 17 Feb 5000.00 IDFC Emerging Businesses Fund Direct-G Equity: Small Cap Open-ended 03 Feb 17 Feb 5000.00 IDFC Emerging Businesses Fund Reg-G Equity: Small Cap Open-ended 03 Feb 17 Feb 5000.00 IDFC Emerging Businesses Fund Direct-D Equity: Small Cap Open-ended 03 Feb 17 Feb 5000.00 ICICI Prudential India Equity FOF Direct-D Equity: Multi Cap Open-ended 05 Feb 19 Feb 5000.00 More >>

Forthcoming Dividend Fund Name Category Type Record Date Div Per Unit Franklin India Equity-D Equity: Multi Cap Open-ended 14 Feb 2020 2.16 Nippon India Power & Infra-D Equity: Sectoral-Infrastructure Open-ended 14 Feb 2020 2.50 DSP Tax Saver-D Equity: ELSS Open-ended 14 Feb 2020 0.35 ICICI Pru Banking and Financial Services-D Equity: Sectoral-Banking Open-ended 14 Feb 2020 3.10 ICICI Pru Banking and Financial Services Direct-D Equity: Sectoral-Banking Open-ended 14 Feb 2020 3.10 * Funds with daily dividend distribution frequency options are excluded More >>

Weekly Mutual Funds Activity Date Equity ( Cr.) Debt ( Cr.) Gross Purchase Gross Sale Net Pur./Sale Gross Purchase Gross Sale Net Pur./Sale 12-02-2020 2545.20 2303.61 241.59 7826.87 7573.92 252.95 11-02-2020 3029.45 2587.43 442.02 12306.16 10982.19 1323.97 10-02-2020 2236.65 2656.05 -419.40 7317.19 5953.32 1363.87 07-02-2020 2998.53 3206.04 -207.51 8134.98 7257.61 877.37 06-02-2020 3425.72 3356.06 69.66 11214.26 7770.56 3443.70 05-02-2020 3904.76 4078.77 -174.01 8358.41 8598.37 -239.96 04-02-2020 2941.05 2878.18 62.87 10636.49 9494.59 1141.90 Click here to view all WMF >>

Top Mutual Funds of the week (5-Star Rating) Scheme Name Nav Returns Ratings AUM(Cr.) Style Box Expense Ratio Equility Debt Axis Focused 25 Direct Plan-Growth 35.6800 2.41 8759.16 - 0.66 Axis Focused 25 Fund-Growth 32.7100 2.38 8759.16 - 1.85 Axis Bluechip Fund Direct Plan-Growth 36.5400 2.24 9120.49 - 0.63 Axis Bluechip Fund-Growth 33.6300 2.22 9120.49 - 1.74 Axis Long Term Equity Direct Plan-Growth 56.6194 2.13 21037.72 - 0.92 Click here to view all TMFW (5 Star) >>

Top Mutual Funds (All Ratings) Scheme Name Nav Returns Ratings AUM(Cr.) Style Box Expense Ratio Equility Debt BOI AXA Tax Advantage Direct-Growth 65.9200 2.57 254.31 - 1.51 Canara Robeco Equity Tax Saver Direct- Growth 76.7600 2.55 985.58 - 1.33 BOI AXA Tax Advantage Eco-Growth 63.7800 2.54 254.31 - 2.65 BOI AXA Tax Advantage Regular-Growth 60.0600 2.53 254.31 - 2.65 Canara Robeco Equity Tax Saver Regular - Growth 73.3100 2.52 985.58 - 2.31 Click here to view all TMF ( All Ratings) >>

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