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All you need to know about mutual funds last week

Updated : February 18, 2020 08:45 AM IST

The mutual fund industry witnessed inflows of Rs 7,877 crore in equity schemes in January, up 70 percent from December where the inflows stood at Rs 4,499 crore. The Assets under Management (AUM) of the mutual fund industry rose to Rs 27.85 lakh crore in January from Rs 26.54 lakh crore in the previous month.

The total AUM inflow through SIPs till date touched Rs 3.24 lakh crore in January. The total inflows through SIPs stood at Rs 82,929 crore for the current financial year. In January, the mutual fund industry saw 12.07 lakh new SIP folios added.

Sebi has banned upfront distributor commissions and introduced direct plans for PMS investments. While PMS providers can charge annual fees as a percentage of the investor's corpus they have been barred from charging upfront fees to customers directly or indirectly. In it’s circular published on 13 February, SEBI has also introduced a direct option for those PMS investors who do not wish to invest through distributors. Maximum exit load that can be charged in PMS schemes has been capped at 3 percent, 2 percent and 1 percent in the first, second and third year of investment, respectively.

On the macro front, retail inflation in India rose to the highest since May 2014. Consumer Price Index inflation stood at 7.59 percent in January 2020 compared to 1.97 percent in January 2019, as per data from the National Statistics Office. This is the second consecutive month that retail inflation has remained above the upper limit of 6 per cent set by RBI.

Index Returns

Index	1W	1Y	3Y
NIFTY 50	0.1%	12.7%	11.3%
NIFTY NEXT 50	-1.9%	9.8%	5.9%
S&P BSE SENSEX	0.3%	15.0%	13.3%
S&P BSE SmallCap	-1.1%	9.8%	3.0%
S&P BSE MidCap	-1.5%	11.0%	5.5%
NASDAQ 100	2.4%	36.9%	22.2%
S&P 500	1.6%	23.0%	13.1%

Source: BSE / NSE

Top 5 best performing funds

Name	1W	1Y	3Y
PGIM India Global Equity	2.6%	26.5%	17.9%
Edelweiss Greater China Equity	2.6%	32.7%	19.9%
Franklin India Feeder US Opp...	2.5%	29.1%	21.3%
Mirae Asset Healthcare	2.4%	18.7%	NA
SBI Healthcare Opportunities	2.4%	14.7%	0.6%

Source: Kuvera.in

Top 5 worst performing funds

Name	1W	1Y	3Y
HDFC Infrastructure	-4.4%	2.3%	-4.1%
ICICI Prudential Midcap	-3.2%	10.7%	6.4%
ICICI Prudential Yield Equity	-3.2%	3.6%	2.7%
Kotak Infrastructure & Economic	-3.0%	18.3%	6.0%
Nippon India Tax Saver	-2.9%	9.2%	2.2%

Source: Kuvera.in

What Investors Bought

We saw the most inflows in these 5 Funds –

Name	1W	1Y	3Y
Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip	-0.5%	22.2%	14.6%
Axis Bluechip	1.5%	25.4%	20.4%
Parag Parikh Long Term Equity	0.2%	17.4%	14.6%
Axis Mid Cap	-0.2%	25.3%	18.8%
Axis Small Cap	-0.2%	38.8%	16.6%

Source: Kuvera.in

What Investors Sold

We saw the most outflows in these 5 Funds –

Name	1W	1Y	3Y
DSP Nifty 50 Index	0.1%	NA	NA
Aditya Birla Sun Life Frontline	-0.4%	12.7%	9.1%
HDFC Mid Cap Opportunities	-0.5%	14.1%	7.4%
HDFC Small Cap	-1.9%	-0.8%	9.4%
ICICI Prudential Smallcap	-0.5%	28.9%	7.6%

Source: Kuvera.in

Most Watchlisted Fund

Top 5 funds added to watchlist by Kuverians

Name	1W	1Y	3Y
Axis Bluechip	1.5%	25.4%	20.4%
SBI Banking & Financial	-0.6%	27.1%	21.0%
Axis Focused 25	0.9%	28.8%	19.0%
Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip	-0.5%	22.2%	14.6%
Axis Long Term Equity	0.7%	27.4%	17.9%

Source: Kuvera.in

Top ELSS funds

Name	1W	1Y	3Y
Canara Robeco Equity Tax Saver	1.5%	22.7%	15.2%
BOI AXA Tax Advantage	1.2%	31.3%	15.4%
Axis Long Term Equity	0.7%	27.4%	17.9%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Relief96	0.7%	13.4%	12.6%
Taurus Taxshield	0.6%	13.5%	12.6%

Source: Kuvera.in

Movers & Shakers

1/ SBI Mutual Fund has approved the change in scheme name of SBI Magnum Taxgain Scheme to SBI Long Term Equity Fund with effect from 17 February 2020.

2/ Sundaram Mutual Fund has announced that Dwijendra Srivastava has been appointed as the co-Fund Manager (Fixed Income) of Sundaram Arbitrage Fund, with effect from 04 February 2020.

3/ Canara Robeco Mutual Fund has announced that R A Sankara Narayanan, Associate Director has resigned from the services of Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Limited, with immediate effect.

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All you need to know about mutual funds last week

Index Returns

Top 5 best performing funds

Top 5 worst performing funds

What Investors Bought

What Investors Sold

Most Watchlisted Fund

Top ELSS funds

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