BSE Investors’ Protection Fund (BSE IPF) along with Morningstar India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) - a leading provider of independent investment research, 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.
Talking about the launch, MD & CEO, BSE, Madhu Kannan said, “BSE IPF's focus has been investor empowerment through education. ‘India Fund Observer 2011' is one more step towards enabling investors to take informed investing decisions. We appreciate that the calling need of investor education & 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. 2011 has been 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”, stated Aditya Agarwal, Managing Director, Morningstar India.
The India Fund Observer 2011 is available for free download at http://www.morningstar.in/fund-observer.aspx