Indian mutual funds will soon have to report their monthly, quarterly and annual numbers to the regulatory authority (SEBI) in XBRL. For doing this they need to buy a software which will convert their excel sheets into xbrl documents. This tool is a must because the returns have to go very often (MCR is a […]
Either the financial services industry is full of people who announce business plans for time pass or I have brilliant 20/20 vision. When Big Bazaar group entered the financial services business, there was a chuckle. However they hired a top notch very (and frightfully) expensive executive….rumored to be paid a few million dollars (US!) then […]
The mutual fund industry is cribbing about there being no investments. Of course there are no investments. The industry has spent all its time pampering, requesting, cajoling the distributor. They have no direct communication with the investor. Do the fund houses need the distributor? Yes. What a tight situation, is it not? Has any fund […]
One of the kids in our office said “I can write well”. To me that is like music! So I said, ok write an article on ‘how to select a good broker’. This is what she wrote…Please read it carefully, and read my comments below the article. Do not take it seriously, it is the […]
In the pre Sebi and pre NSE days, the BSE (actually it used to be called The Stock Exchange, Mumbai) used to do its settlement once in 15 days. Then it came down to once a week… This meant a lot of weak players would do transactions for a much longer period than what they […]
I was so amused at a suggestion that Rs. 100 will be paid as a one time transaction cost for some select mutual fund agents, that I have no clue how to react. Yesterday 2 media companies wanted to know how it would work. I said I have no clue – will they pay Rs. […]
What is happening in the mutual fund industry? Well it is a little funny. Most of the fund houses are not getting any money in their equity schemes. A few schemes which are doing well are able to get some money – which is customer driven. A 15 month SIP in a good scheme would […]