Passive investments have seen significant growth in recent times, driven by increased investor interest in the benefits they offer. According to te Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), the share of passive funds in the mutual fund industry grew from 5.8% in April 2019 to 17.5% in March 2024. Passive investing involves tracking a … Read more
The year is 2034. America’s “magnificent seven” firms make up almost the entirety of the country’s stockmarket. For Jensen Huang, the boss of Nvidia, another knockout quarterly profit means another dizzy proclamation of a “tipping point” in artificial intelligence. Nobody is listening. The long march of passive investing has put the last stockpickers and stock-watchers … Read more
Fund of funds (FoFs) that invest in overseas exchange traded funds (ETFs) will stop accepting fresh inflows from 1 April as the mutual fund industry is close to hitting its $1-billion limit to invest in overseas ETFs. However, investors can still diversify globally as some international funds have headroom to invest in international stocks. These … Read more