Investors looking to earn more than bank deposits and unwilling to take risk in equities at elevated valuations are logging on to bond platforms to buy into higher yielding fixed-income instruments. Platforms such as bondbazaar, indiabonds, bondsindia, GoldenPi, and several others offer investors an opportunity to buy a variety of bonds ranging from PSUs, tax-free … Read more
After indexation removal, the flows have slowed down in duration funds, Marzban Irani, CIO of Fixed Income at LIC Mutual Fund AMC, tells ETMarkets. However with September interest rate cut almost a certainty now, debt investors can gain from longer-duration assets, he recommends. Excerpts: Q: After Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech, it is … Read more
Mumbai: Overseas debt purchases via the voluntary long-term investment route have accelerated sharply, with foreign holdings so far in May marking their highest monthly level in two years and this year’s commitments crossing the billion-dollar threshold in the latest demonstration of India’s emergence as a global debt investment option. FPI investment in the debt-voluntary retention … Read more
Mumbai: Pension funds, driven by the National Pension System (NPS), continue to deploy money in sovereign debt, with the sector’s ownership of government bonds climbing to a record 4.4%, or ₹4.67 lakh crore, in the last quarter of 2023, up from 3.91%, or ₹3.66 lakh crore, a year ago, as per latest Reserve Bank of … Read more
Mumbai: Regular income, long-term cash flow visibility and better risk-adjusted returns have led to fund managers investing in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs). These products, considered by fund managers as a separate asset class, deliver returns between equity and fixed income. As per data from Accord Fintech and the ET … Read more
Mumbai: Gold should remain a key component of investor portfolios in 2024 to help mitigate the volatility expected in equities and fixed income amid crucial local and global events, said experts. While an easing interest rate environment is seen propping up prices of the yellow metal, double-digit returns like those in 2022 and 2023 are … Read more
