Prashant Jain’s AIF returns 58% in its first year, with little help from SMID caps

Prashant Jain’s AIF returns 58% in its first year, with little help from SMID caps

Former HDFC AMC chief Prashant Jain’s 3P India Equity Fund 1 has comfortably beaten the Nifty 50 index in its first year, despite largely ignoring small and mid cap stocks. According to the latest data, as of 28 June, the category-3 alternative investment fund (AIF) delivered a 58.4% return since it was launched in May … Read more

Small-, mid-caps erase most losses since mid-March

Small-, mid-caps erase most losses since mid-March

“While the year-end profit booking, Sebi advisories to mutual funds to curb froth in smids (small- and mid-cap counters) and overvaluation in some counters caused the broader market indices to correct sharply till the middle of last month, selective picking by funds and other investors at lower levels erased the losses in the second-half, which … Read more

Amfi writes to MFs about Sebi concern over froth in small, mid caps space

Amfi writes to MFs about Sebi concern over froth in small, mid caps space

Mumbai: Industry body Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) has asked mutual funds to put in place safeguards to protect the interests of all investors in mid- and small-cap funds. Amfi sent this letter after markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) raised concerns of “froth building up in small and midcap … Read more