BSE Investors’ Protection Fund (BSE IPF) along with Morningstar India, today launched the inaugural edition of the India Fund Observer.
The India Fund Observer 2011 is a year-end report that encapsulates the key trends in the Indian mutual funds industry during the year. The endeavor is to update the investor with insights into key events that transpired in 2011 and how they impacted the markets.
Key topics discussed include:
- A comprehensive view of domestic and global financial markets.
- Insights into the Indian mutual fund sector.
- Category-wise growth in assets and net flows.
- Mutual fund category returns review.
- Folio data trends: Looking into retail participation in various fund categories.
- Gold ETFs.
- Focus on recently-popular categories such as FMPs.
- Regulatory developments, data trends, etc.
- Morningstar top-rated funds.
"BSE IPF's focus has been investor empowerment through education. The India Fund Observer 2011 is one more step towards enabling investors take informed investing decisions," said Madhu Kannan, MD and CEO, BSE, talking about the launch. “We appreciate that the calling need of investor education and awareness across India is being recognized by organizations and we would continue to partner in such investor-oriented initiatives."
"The release of the India Fund Observer is an initiative taken by us jointly with BSE to help the investors take informed decisions and achieve their financial goals," said Aditya Agarwal, Managing Director, Morningstar India. "2011 was a challenging year for investors and the funds industry as a whole. We look at some of the key developments during the year and discuss various investing opportunities for the individual investor."
The India Fund Observer 2011 is available for download (free registration is mandatory) at: http://www.morningstar.in/fund-observer.aspx