Life Cycle Funds automatically shift investments from equity to debt as the target date approaches. Here is how these mutual funds work, who should invest, how to choose the right maturity period and ...

IPO mutual funds remain a niche category, with some schemes investing in newly listed stocks and others tracking IPO-focused indices. Here’s how fund managers approach IPOs, when they buy or sell, and ...

Tax-efficient funds are mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) designed specifically to minimize your tax liability. Paying less tax means you keep more of your investment earnings, thus ...

A unit linked insurance plan takes each premium, deducts a portion towards life cover and applicable charges, and invests the balance in market-linked funds that the policyholder selects. It carries a ...

Choosing mutual funds is only one part of managing a portfolio. Investors must also decide how much to put in each category, check whether their schemes hold many of the same stocks and determine when ...