Global gold demand declines 10% to 953 tonnes in Q2 2017: WGC
Global gold demand declined by 10 percent to 953 tonnes in the April-June quarter of 2017, due to significant slowdown in inflows into Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), a World Gold Council (WGC) report said.
Aug 03, 2017, 10:31 AM IST
EPFO to invest Rs 13,000 crore in ETFs in FY17; unions protest move
Labour Ministry Thursday doubled EPFO's investment limit in ETFs to 10 percent, which will see the retirement fund body infuse about Rs 13,000 crore in stock markets this fiscal, a move that riled trade unions who have questioned the manner in which the government raised the cap.
Sep 29, 2016, 17:47 PM IST
EPFO to consider hike in ETF investments next week
Retirement fund body EPFO is likely to consider a proposal to increase proportion of its investments in exchange traded funds (ETFs) in its trustees' meet on July 26.
Jul 21, 2016, 18:23 PM IST
Investors pull out Rs 903 crore from gold ETFs in FY16
Investors remained bearish on gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as they pulled out Rs 903 crore from this instrument last fiscal, making it the third consecutive financial year of outflow.
Apr 10, 2016, 10:57 AM IST
EPFO to invest more in G-Secs for infra development:Dattatreya
Retirement fund body EPFO will park more funds in public sector bonds to boost government's infrastructure development programmes and continue to invest in equities, Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said.
Mar 27, 2016, 13:03 PM IST
EPFO invests Rs 3,174 cr in ETFs in 4 months
Retirement fund body EPFO has invested Rs 3,174 crore in Exchange Trade Funds (ETFs) in nearly four months with an objective to maximise earnings, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Dec 08, 2015, 16:35 PM IST
Provident fund body to invest additional Rs 750 crore in ETFs in FY16
Retirement fund body EPFO is likely to invest Rs 5,750 crore in stock market funds in the current fiscal, as against the earlier plan of Rs 5,000 crore.
Nov 22, 2015, 17:29 PM IST
Sovereign gold bond scheme may offer better returns than ETFs
Sovereign gold bond scheme, starting on November, is likely to come across as a better investment in gold as it would offer better returns on investment.
Nov 02, 2015, 08:41 AM IST
Liquidity enhancement schemes for ETFs from Sept 15: NSE
NSE said it would also introduce liquidity enhancement schemes (LES) for market making in equity-based ETFs.
Aug 31, 2015, 13:36 PM IST
BSE to introduce LEIPS on equity ETFs from September 1
Leading stock exchange BSE will launch a new liquidity enhancement incentive programme on equity-based exchange traded funds (ETFs) from September 1.
Aug 04, 2015, 15:03 PM IST
ETFs catch on, daily average value on NSE up 70 times in 10 years
An ETF is a marketable security that tracks an index, a commodity, bond or a basket of assets like an index fund. Unlike mutual funds, an ETF trades like a common stock on a stock exchange.
Jul 10, 2015, 16:47 PM IST
Financial awareness must to save investors from frauds: Sinha
Sebi is providing free consultation to investors through phone calls in 14 languages on 24-hour basis, where there grievances are resolved.
Jun 06, 2015, 20:05 PM IST
Equity ETFs AUM soars nearly 5-fold to Rs 4210 cr since Mar'14
Indicating growing investor interest in capital markets, the average assets under management of equity-based exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the NSE has grown nearly five times to Rs 4,210 crore in the quarter ended March over the same period last year.
Jun 02, 2015, 19:16 PM IST
TradeHero and SGX launches StockWhiz 2015 contest
TradeHero is the world's leading financial learning and stock market simulation app.
May 26, 2015, 12:45 PM IST
Peerless MF relaunches Child Plan as 3 in 1 Fund
The Fund is an open-ended hybrid scheme which invests in debt, gold ETFs and equity in a manner that optimises risk.
May 15, 2015, 16:32 PM IST
Yellen cites lofty share values; little evidence investors should care
ETF fell 3.3% in three days and eventually bottomed in mid-December, having lost 9.1% from its July 14 close. Since then, those stocks have gained 12.5%.
May 07, 2015, 11:08 AM IST
Govt allows investing 5% of EPFO corpus in stock markets
Government has allowed retirement fund body EPFO to invest 5 percent of its corpus in exchange traded funds which will result into an inflow of around Rs 5,000 crore into the stock markets during this fiscal.
Apr 24, 2015, 17:51 PM IST
Global equity mutual funds, ETFs post $88 bn inflows in 2015: TrimTabs
Global equity mutual funds and exchange-traded funds attracted $88.3 billion of net inflows so far in 2015, putting them on track to surpass the previous four-month record total of $86 billion from December 2005 through March 2006, TrimTabs Investment Research said on Tuesday.
Apr 21, 2015, 23:06 PM IST
