Index funds have made quick inroads into the Indian mutual fund space. They have even beaten actively managed funds over the last one year. Their low cost is tempting to many investors. Should you make a switch to them? Read the lead story to find out the answer. Also find our coverage of the best tax-saving funds as well, among other insightful articles.

In Mutual Fund Insight's May issue, we look at:
1. Why funds investing in international ETFs have been barred from accepting fresh inflows
2. The 3 newly-launched funds that delivered blockbuster returns in 2023-24
3. A snapshot of how the biggest 50 equity-oriented funds have performed over time
4. Mid-cap mogul Kenneth Andrade provides insights into his stock picking philosophy and his fund house's maiden fund launch
5. 10 growth funds you can consider adding to your core equity portfolio
6. Loan vs provident fund: Which is the better option to finance your dream home?

In Mutual Fund Insight's April issue, we look at:
1. The 8 stocks that have caught fund managers in a frenzy
2. Why does fund managers' experience matter for funds' performance?
3. Despite a lean period, why international funds deserve a place in your portfolio
4. Should you be a hurry to repay your education loan?
5. Why investors need to proceed with caution while investing in mid- and small-cap funds
6. Our guest columnist, Shyamali Basu, explains why women need to take money matters in their own hands

In Mutual Fund Insight's March issue, we look at:
1. 15 mutual funds that gained from Warren Buffett's 'buy-and-hold' mantra
2. Why multi-cap funds are raging ahead of flexi caps
3. Is switching back from the new to the old tax regime a wise idea?
4. Our cover story, 'Small-cap funds, ' explores whether adding them to your portfolio is a smart investment move
5. Why ELSS remains the best tax-saving option
6. Our guest columnist, Shyamali Basu, explains the downsides of buying too many insurance policies

In our second issue of the year, we look at:
1. The funds and fund houses that struck gold in 2023
2. R Srinivasan of SBI AMC discusses why their strategy has become conservative of late
3. How you can secure your retirement by generating additional income
4. Active large caps outshine their passive rivals after a sluggish two years
5. The 10 large-cap funds handpicked by our analysts
6. Our guest columnist, Shyamali Basu, describes the magic of compounding

In our final issue of the year:
1. The 9 best hybrid funds investors should pay attention to.
2. Which performs better, Sensex or Nifty?
3. Know what the ideal budget and EMI for buying your first home are, along with a tax hack.
4. NPS offers more than just tax benefits.
5. The ideal frame to help you minimise losses and make money.
6. Our columnist, Shyamali Basu, provides her take on the best time to start preparing for retirement.
7. Mahesh Patil of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC discusses why mid-cap and small-cap companies appeal investors.
8. SBI's Dinesh Balachandran takes us on his success journey, the reasons behind the fund's remarkable performance and why gold is good for multi-asset funds.

In this anniversary issue:
1. A model portfolio for 25 to 35-year-olds.
2. A comprehensive investment plan for 35 to 50-year-olds.
3. Ideal investment strategy for 50 to 60-year-olds.
4. What should a retiree's portfolio look like?
5. Succession planning for everyone above 40.
6. Mutual fund house CEOs on passive funds, debt funds, digitalisation and more.
7. Our exclusive supplement with the Big 50 largest equity oriented funds list curated by our analysts.
8. Another special supplement with the most rewarding SIP funds.

In this issue: 
1. The answer everyone wants! Know exactly when to sell your underperforming fund
2. Get the 10 Best Equity Funds list curated by our analysts
3. Know how to save tax in the new tax regime
4. Our columnist, Shyamali Basu, explores if you should invest in small-cap funds right now
5. Invesco's Taher Badshah also gives his take on the small-cap space and if it can go up even further
6. HSBC's CEO Kailash Kulkarni outlines the roadmap to crack India's mutual fund industry

In this issue: 
1. Invest less, earn more: The art of keeping a simple, decluttered portfolio
2. Our recommended small-cap funds and mid-cap funds
3. In which stocks are small-cap funds investing?
4. Did you know there's a difference between national inflation and your inflation?
5. Why international mutual funds still make sense

In this issue:
1. Conquer your retirement fears
2. ELSS: Criminal injustice
3. A special report on equity savings funds and why these funds are ideal for safe investors, especially retirees
4. Interview with Sohini Andani, Fund Manager at SBI Funds Management, on the active-versus-passive debate, the AMC’s conservative near-term outlook, among others.
5. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. How to build a crashproof portfolio
2. Mutual funds or NPS Tier-2: Which is better?
3. The best large-cap funds
4. Interview with Rajeev Thakkar, CIO - PPFAS Mutual Fund, on the AMC’s journey, his views on current global trends, among others.
5. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. Investing blunders: False beliefs that can derail your financial future. 
2. A tax in time saves you dime
3. Best flexicap/large & mid-cap/value funds
4. Interview with Neelesh Surana, CIO – Mirae Asset Investment Managers India Pvt. Ltd., on his optimism for new-age companies, among others.
5. Chasing performance is futile
6. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis

In this issue:
1. Mastering Mutual Fund Tax Changes
2. How to save big on your health insurance premium
3. Are Axis funds still safe?
4. Interview with Harsha Upadhyaya, Chief Investment Officer – Equity, Kotak Mahindra AMC, on the reasons for his funds’ lean phase in 2020-21 and the recovery thereafter.
5. How to invest in direct plans
6. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis

In this issue:
1. Let India make you rich 
2. A 2023 roadmap for international investors
3. Fund Analyst's Choice: Best short-duration funds
4. The Plan: Should you prepay your home loan?
5. Interview with Rahul Singh, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) – Equities, Tata Asset Management, on what’s worked and what’s not since he took over the reins of Tata AMC’s equity division.
6. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis


In this issue:
1. India’s best life insurance plans
2. Fund Analyst's Choice: Best tax-saving funds 
3. The Plan: How to save income tax at the last minute
4. Budget & You
5. Interview with Roshi Jain, Senior Fund Manager, HDFC AMC, on her tenets of managing the schemes of the AMC. 
6. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis

In this issue:
1. Welcome 2023: Lessons from the year gone by and how to profit from them this year
2. The Plan: how to save tax after selling a house 
3. How to surrender your life-insurance policy
4. Interview with R Srinivasan, CIO, Equity at SBI Mutual Fund and the chief architect of SBI Small Cap Fund’s dream run, on his stock holdings, market valuations and the small-cap universe.
5. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. Getting high: What to do amid the ongoing market euphoria 
2. Best large-cap funds 
3. How to file a health-insurance claim 
4. Interview with Niket Shah, Fund Manager at Motilal Oswal AMC, on the performance of the fund, among others
5. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. Paying for higher education
2. Time to exit international funds?
3. The investment philosophy of Samir Arora, CEO and founder at Helios Capital Management.
4. Views of Jinesh Gopani, Head – Equity, Axis Mutual Fund, on the performance of the AMC’s funds, among others
5. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. The journey of mutual funds in India: What’s hot, what’s not
2. Inspirational investors 
3. Investment stalwarts
4. The CEO’s desk
5. Bonus reports 
6. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. How successful investors buy low & sell high
2. When & how to change your NPS pension fund manager
3. Funds in action
4. Interview with Sankaran Naren, Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, ICICI Prudential AMC, on various lessons in value investing.
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. 8 funds to supercharge your portfolio
2. A legacy of value: Prashant Jain
3. Tax-saving heavyweights
4. Interview with Vinit Sambre, Head – Equities at DSP Investment Managers, on the reason for the rough patch being faced by DSP’s equity funds, among others.
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. India's best mid-cap and small-cap funds
2. Witness the magic
3. Interview with Pankaj Tibrewal, Sr. VP & Fund Manager (Equity) at Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company, on investing in the mid-cap and the small-cap segment, among others.
4. ELSS or NPS: Where should you invest?
5. More than meets the eye
6. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. Ideas to retire rich
2. Where should retirees invest now?
3. How to port your health insurance
4. Should you invest in REITs?
5. Interview with Manish Gunwani, CIO - Equities, Nippon India Mutual Fund, on when the next round of growth can be expected for the Indian markets and where it will come from, among others.
6. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. Frozen funds, angry investors
2. Eleven hand-picked growth funds
3. Interview with Krishna Sanghavi, CIO – Equity, Mahindra Manulife Investment Management Private Limited, on the markets, portfolio construction, the active–passive debate, among other things.
4. Should you trade stocks to generate a second income?
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. How to invest overseas now 
2. Best aggressive hybrid funds 
3. How to decide your asset allocation
4. Funds for first-timers
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. War & investing:  What to do and what not to
2. How to file a life-insurance claim
3. Four hand-picked short-duration debt funds
4. Interview with Sandeep Tandon, CIO & Founder, quant Mutual Fund, on the fund house’s ‘VLRT’ framework and how he manages his fund.
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. Your ideal tax-saving plan 
2. ULIP vs ELSS: Which is better?
3. Which is the best NPS plan?
4. Guide to buying health insurance online
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. What to do if interest rates rise.
2. Should you invest in silver ETFs?
3. Two hand-picked international equity funds.
4. The most comprehensive fund scoreboard with key performance numbers and investment details. 
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. The promise and peril of balanced advantage funds
2. All you need to know about RBI Retail Direct
3. Have at your fingertips seven hand-picked large-cap funds. 
4. Interview with Gaurav Misra, Co-Head Equity, Mirae Asset Investment Managers (India) Pvt. Ltd., on the market and economic scenario, Mirae’s investment philosophy, his Large Cap and Focused Funds and his career lessons.
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. The passive party: NFO euphoria in ETFs, index funds and FoFs and what’s in it for you
2. Credit-risk funds: Should you invest in them now?
3. Best tax-saving funds at your fingertips
4. Interview with Anand Radhakrishnan, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Emerging Markets Equity – India, Franklin Templeton, on the AMC’s equity funds and their performance, along with other current issues.
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

May 2024

April 2024

March 2024

February 2024

January 2024

December 2023

November 2023

October 2023

September 2023

August 2023

July 2023

June 2023

May 2023

April 2023

March 2023

February 2023

Mutual Fund Insight has helped investors invest in mutual funds with confidence since 2002. It contains information, analysis, opinion and advice on mutual funds and personal finance. Each issue contains a comprehensive scorecard of all Indian mutual funds. This magazine is not for those looking for hot investment ideas. The magazine is a steady and conservative guide meant for those who want to enhance the returns on their long-term investments and savings without taking more risks than they can handle.

1. You agree that the use of Magzter.com, the application and its services, are at solely at your own risk. Neither Magzter.com nor its associates nor employees nor third party content providers guarantee that the service will be completely uninterrupted or error-free or foolproof against miscreant activities. Nor do they warranty that you will get the exact results as expected or promised by the website or product.

11. THE SERVICE AND ALL PUBLICATIONS ARE PROVIDED ON AN 'AS IS' AND 'AS AVAILABLE' BASIS. MAGZTER, ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS AND AGENTS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER MAGZTER NOR ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS OR AGENTS, MAKES ANY WARRANTY THAT (I) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (II) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (III) THE INFORMATION THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE OR THAT MAY BE CONTAINED IN THE PUBLICATIONS WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, OR (IV) THE QUALITY OF ANY PUBLICATIONS OR THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING RELIABLE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY AND YOUR DEVICE. MAGZTER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INABILITY TO DOWNLOAD CONTENT. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR MOBILE DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM MAGZTER OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY.

2. You will maintain and promptly update that information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account, including the selection and use of all content and services.

2.You will maintain and promptly update that information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account, including the selection and use of all content and services.

3. In no event will Magzter.com or any person or entity or third party involved in the creation, production and distribution of the content on the website and the application be liable in contract or legally for any damages, including and not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, special, and consequential incurred to you while or on using Magzter.com. By registering on the website or downloading the application, you agree that the provisions mentioned in this section shall apply to all use of and content on the website and the application.

3. Without prior written or authorised permission from Magzter, you should not modify, copy, distribute or sell any content obtained from Magzter as everything published here is the proprietary property of Magzter or its licensors. As such unauthorised use may also violate applicable laws including copyright and trademark laws, Magzter strictly prohibits these and will terminate your access and account if any such illegal activity is proved or detected. You should also stand liable for the damages caused by these unauthorised activities. Except as permitted by the Publication's lawful owner, you acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading Publications accessed through the Service. Except as explicitly required under copyright law or permitted by the features of the Service you may not modify, reverse engineer, publish, transmit, display, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works of, or in any way commercially exploit or provide to a third party the content of the App, the Publications, or any portion of them without the express permission of Magzter and the owner of such content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of Magzter or Magzter's licensors.

5. You specifically acknowledge that Magzter.com is not liable for any kind of defamatory or offensive or illegal conduct of other users or third parties or their content and that the risk of injury from the foregoing rests entirely with you.

8. Magzter reserves all rights to monitor the content published and inputted by you for the purpose of determining whether you are compliant with these terms and conditions and other operating rules determined by Magzter. Magzter has the right to take decisions about the content and delete them at its own will.

9. Magzter is a distributor and NOT a publisher of the Publications and so Magzter has no editorial control over the content, including opinions, advice, statements, services, offers etc., that is represented in the magazines. So Magzter will not take responsibility for the accuracy or the reliability for any information or facts provided therein or that is made available through the service, by anyone other than authorised Magzter employees who are acting on their official capacities. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered by the Service, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of Magzter. Magzter will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information obtained through the Service or from the Publications. The Service may contain links to other Internet sites and third-party resources and Magzter does not assume any responsibility or liability for communications or materials available at such linked sites. These links are provided for your convenience only. You are solely responsible for understanding any terms and conditions that may apply when you visit or place an order through a third-party site.

Details of the objectionable content, including its link on our platform

Download your favorite titles and read them offline, anytime and anywhere

Gift your loved ones with a Magzter Gift Card instantly and give them the freedom to read their favorite magazines and newspapers from thousands of best-selling titles.

Gift your loved ones with a Magzter Gift Card instantly and give them the freedom to read their favorite magazines from thousands of best-selling titles.

Gift your loved ones with a Magzter Gift Card instantly and give them the freedom to read their favorite magazines from {{magCount}} best-selling international titles.

Girish Ramdas is the Co-founder and CEO of Magzter, a New York based startup that has been making waves in the global digital publishing business. Magzter has crossed 80 million users since its inception in 2011 from more than 150+ countries with 1000s of magazines, newspapers and books from more than 4,500 publishers worldwide. He has more than 25 years of experience in cross-platform publishing, including print, mobile, and Web development. During this period, he has co-founded and run three successful start-up businesses. He has enabled magazine companies to go digital and helps them monetize their content across the digital world. Girish's deep industry experience in online, mobile and publishing ecosystems has made him an expert in acquisition, marketing and monetizing digital content across platforms globally.

In the event that you encounter any objectionable content on our platform, we have put in place a grievance redressal policy to address your concerns.

Magzter Inc. (“Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared. Please read the following privacy policy (the “Policy”) to learn more about our privacy practices. By visiting any of the websites operated by the Company, and any sub-domains thereof, or using any of our mobile applications and other methods of content distribution (collectively, the “Service”), you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Policy, and you hereby consent that we will collect, use, and share your information in the following ways.

Magzter Inc. is the World's largest and fastest growing self-service, cross-platform digital newsstand with over 80 million users since its inception in 2011 and thousands of magazines and newspapers across 40+ categories and 60+ languages. Headquartered in New York, Magzter has its local presence in Amsterdam, London, Mexico City, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Singapore, and will soon be expanding to other countries. Founded by global entrepreneurs, Girish Ramdas and Vijay Radhakrishnan in June 2011, Magzter enables magazine and newspaper publishers around the world to create and deliver digital editions of their titles to global consumers.

Magzter is committed to providing a safe and secure platform for our users. Please note that Magzter is merely a platform for publishers to distribute their content. We do not control or endorse the content published on our platform. We cannot be held responsible for the actions of our publishers or their content.

Magzter is not responsible for compensating any party that has suffered damages or incurred costs due to any content, or part of the content, that violates their rights. Magzter is not liable to face any legal action in civil court for any violation of rights caused by any content, or part of the content, that infringes the rights of a third party.

Magzter offers the world’s largest {{allyoucanread}} subscription service called {{gold}} which gives digital readers unlimited access to 8,500+ magazines and newspapers for a monthly subscription price. Magzter also has the largest number of stories in the world with its game-changing ezRead 2.0 feature for its apps, which enables smartphone and small-screen mobile users to enjoy magazine content the way it was meant to be enjoyed, with article text that is easy to read and is accompanied by stunning videos and high resolution photography.

Magzter offers the world’s largest “All-You-Can-Read” subscription service called Magzter GOLD which gives digital readers unlimited access to 8,500+ magazines and newspapers for a monthly subscription price. Magzter also has the largest number of stories in the world with its game-changing ezRead 2.0 feature for its apps, which enables smartphone and small-screen mobile users to enjoy magazine content the way it was meant to be enjoyed, with article text that is easy to read and is accompanied by stunning videos and high resolution photography.

Name

Note: This will only share the cover and the publication information, but not the content.

Please fill out this form if you need any help regarding publishing your content on Magzter

Prior to Magzter, he was the President of Dot Com Infoway (DCI) and Galatta Media. His duties included strategic marketing, partnership development, and monetizing content globally. DCI grew from a small team of 3 in 2000 to 300 by 2011 and was dealing with web, software and app development for clients globally.

Since we launched, Magzter has been committed to partnering with global organizations to provide the greatest possible newsstand technology & service to our customers. Whether you are looking to offer magazine subscriptions to your customer database or just want to learn more, Magzter is committed to helping your business grow. To find out more, please fill out the questionnaire below:

The DMCA allows us to restore the removed content if the party filing the original DMCA Notice does not file a court action against you within ten business days of receiving the copy of your Counter Notice.

This Policy covers Company’s treatment of personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) and other information about you and your computer or device that Company gathers when you are accessing the Service. We may collect Personal Information from you, as explained in more detail below, and we use this Personal Information internally in connection with our Services, including to personalize, provide, and improve our products, services, content, and advertising, and to allow you to set up a user account and profile, to contact you, to fulfill your requests for certain products and services, and to analyze how you use the Services. In certain cases, we may also share some Personal Information with third parties, but only as described in point 4.

This title is included with your Magzter GOLD subscription

To analyze the quality of content and provide appropriate feedback to publishers

We have designated a Grievance Officer to address any complaints related to objectionable content.

We request that any complaint related to objectionable content be sent to the Grievance Officer through email to the above-mentioned email address. We also request that you provide the following details when making a complaint:

and the App that provides you the capability to order, subscribe to and receive the delivery of various magazines, books, news and magazine and publication related content (collectively known as 'Publications') and to have these digital versions of the Publications delivered to you

c. We also collect information associated with your use of the application in order to make personalized recommendations. If you provide your third-party account credentials to us, you understand some content and/or information in those accounts (“Third Party Account Information”) may be transmitted into your account with us if you authorize such transmissions, and that Third Party Account Information transmitted to the Service is covered by this Policy.

f. The Personal Information we collect allows us to respond to your requests, improve our products and services, customize the advertising and content you see, and communicate with you about new products.

is the World's largest and fastest growing self-service, cross-platform digital newsstand with over 87 million users since its inception in 2011 and thousands of magazines and newspapers across 40+ categories and 60+ languages. Headquartered in New York, Magzter has its local presence in Amsterdam, London, Mexico City, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Singapore, and will soon be expanding to other countries. Founded by global entrepreneurs, Girish Ramdas and Vijay Radhakrishnan in June 2011, Magzter enables magazine and newspaper publishers around the world to create and deliver digital editions of their titles to global consumers.

n. We will also use usage information in order to ensure users adhere to our Terms of Use. For example, a user’s usage information will help us confirm that a user only downloads a magazine or other content a permitted number of times or to a permitted number of devices.

which gives digital readers unlimited access to 8,500+ magazines and newspapers for a monthly subscription price. Magzter also has the largest number of stories in the world with its game-changing ezRead 2.0 feature for its apps, which enables smartphone and small-screen mobile users to enjoy magazine content the way it was meant to be enjoyed, with article text that is easy to read and is accompanied by stunning videos and high resolution photography.

{{magzter}} is the World's largest and fastest growing self-service, cross-platform digital newsstand with over 87 million users since its inception in 2011 and thousands of magazines and newspapers across 40+ categories and 60+ languages. Headquartered in New York, Magzter has its local presence in Amsterdam, London, Mexico City, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Singapore, and will soon be expanding to other countries. Founded by global entrepreneurs, Girish Ramdas and Vijay Radhakrishnan in June 2011, Magzter enables magazine and newspaper publishers around the world to create and deliver digital editions of their titles to global consumers.

Mutual Fund Insight Magazine - October 2019

Mutual Fund Insight Magazine - October 2019

In this issue

Mutual Fund Insight Magazine Description: