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Updated Mar 01, 2021 | 12:49 IST
SBI MF, India s biggest AMC by assets, has launched its first international fund, ‘SBI International Access – US Equity FoF’. The NFO is now open and closes on March 15. Representational image
New Delhi: Asset Management Companies (AMCs) are lining up a series of new fund offers (NFO) for international funds as investors appetite for investing in tech companies such as Apple, Tesla, Google has surged following blockbuster returns from these stocks over the last few years. According to data from Value Research, average return from international funds over the last year was 33.59% as compared to 30.6% return from Nifty.
Synopsis
Threefold rise in folios in international funds over one year, on the back of higher returns, is driving AMCs to launch new fund offers in the space
Agencies
Financial planners have been urging investors to make a 10-15 per cent allocation to international equities for geographical diversification as well as a hedge against the dollar.
MUMBAI: For decades, that annual summer trip to Oxford Street or Orchard Road defined global shopping for the resident Indian. This year, objects in the cart have a very different look and feel. Stocks and securities are what people seem to be buying these days instead of that exclusive evening wear or gold-plated cuff links.
Synopsis
Threefold rise in folios in international funds over one year, on the back of higher returns, is driving AMCs to launch new fund offers in the space
Agencies
Financial planners have been urging investors to make a 10-15 per cent allocation to international equities for geographical diversification as well as a hedge against the dollar.
MUMBAI: For decades, that annual summer trip to Oxford Street or Orchard Road defined global shopping for the resident Indian. This year, objects in the cart have a very different look and feel. Stocks and securities are what people seem to be buying these days instead of that exclusive evening wear or gold-plated cuff links.
The domestic mutual funds industry has come a long way with current assets under management (AUM) topping Rs 30 trillion. However, global brokerage firm Jefferies believes it still has tremendous growth potential as it has barely scratched the surface when it comes to AUM growth. An analysis done by Jefferies shows India’s MF AUM as a percentage of GDP at 12 per cent is among the lowest and a fraction of global average of 63 per cent. Smaller emerging market peers, such as Brazil (ratio of 68 per cent) and South Africa (48 per cent), boast of better penetration. The brokerage estimates industry AUM to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13 per cent between FY22 and FY 24. Equity AUM is expected to post a 15 per cent CAGR, with its share in the overall assets mix rising to 46 per cent by FY24, from about 42 per cent currently. India’s equity AUM to GDP is at 5 per cent, compared to global average of 34 per cent.