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Kotak Mutual Fund has launched two index funds: Kotak Nifty 50 Equal Weight Index Fund and Kotak Nifty 100 Equal Weight Index Fund. New index funds launched

2 Kotak Mutual Fund index funds open for subscription. 10 things to know - New index funds launched

Nine mutual fund NFOs are opening this week, including TATA FMP-61-D-91D, Kotak Nifty 100, SBI Quant Fund, and Bajaj Finserv Healthcare Fund. They focus on equity, fixed income, and sector-specific themes.

SBI Quant Fund, and 8 other mutual fund NFOs to open for subscription this week

Kotak Mutual Fund launched two index funds: Kotak Nifty 50 Equal Weight Index Fund and Kotak Nifty 100 Equal Weight Index Fund. The NFOs are open from December 2 to 16. These funds aim to track the Nifty 50 Equal Weight Index and Nifty 100 Equal Weight Index, respectively. The minimum investment is Rs 100.

NFO Tracker: Kotak Mutual Fund launches two index funds

Kotak Mutual Fund filed draft documents with Sebi to launch three funds: Kotak Nifty 100 Equal Weight ETF, Kotak Nifty AAA Financial Services Bond Mar 2028 Index Fund, and Kotak MSCI India ETF. These funds aim to track specific indices and provide exposure to different asset classes.

Kotak Mutual Fund files draft documents with Sebi to launch 3 funds

The Indian stock market has recently seen a correction due to weak earnings and foreign investor sell-offs, with broader stocks down 20-30%. Long-term investors can either focus on undervalued stocks (value approach) or high-quality companies that have become cheaper (quality approach), with the latter underperforming recently but offering strong long-term potential. For those preferring the quality style, passive funds based on indices like Nifty200 Quality30, Nifty100 Quality30, or NiftyMidcap150 Quality50 offer diversified, fundamentally strong stocks with lower volatility in downturns.

Good Time To Buy Quality Index Funds

The Nifty 100 Low Volatility 30 ETF offers stability in volatile markets. This ETF follows the Nifty 100 Low Volatility 30 index and invests in stocks with lower-than-average volatility. The ETF aims to minimize sharp price swings. It includes companies from the Nifty 100 that meet stability-focused criteria. Sectors like FMCG and Healthcare hold significant weight in the ETF.

Steady Growth, Less Stress: Discover the Nifty Low Volatility Edge

​The Indian market has several equity-oriented index funds. Some popular index funds are based on broad indices — Nifty 50, S&P BSE Sensex, Nifty 100, Nifty Midcap 150, Nifty Smallcap 250, Nifty 500 and the Nifty Total Market Index; and thematic indices based on IT, pharma, consumption, manufacturing, defence, among others.

What are the equity index funds in India?

On valuations, the P/E ratio of the small-cap index (Nifty Small Cap 250) is similar to that of the large-cap (Nifty 100) index, at around 19-20x on two-year forward earnings (excluded loss-making companies in the aggregates). However, the projected earnings growth for small-caps is higher, at 18% for the next couple of years versus 8-10% for large-caps. So, growth-adjusted valuations are not that expensive for small-caps.

Fund Manager Talk | Don’t generalize smallcaps as expensive, it’s a stock-picker’s paradise: Mihir Vora

Deven Choksey, MD of DRChoksey FinServ, emphasizes careful investment with large-cap stocks in the Nifty 50 and Nifty 100 due to stable growth prospects. He advises caution with gold financiers due to potential interest rate impacts and expects robust growth in auto sales and metals, driven by several sector-specific factors.

Nifty 100 largecaps have stable growth prospects: Deven Choksey

By minimizing exposure to higher volatility securities, the Nifty 100 Low Volatility 30 Total Return Index (TRI) smoothes out portfolio movements and limits downside risk in times of market corrections.

Maximizing gains while minimizing risks: The smart beta advantage

Baroda BNP Paribas Large Cap Fund, which completes 20 years, primarily invests in large cap stocks and has delivered a 17.02% return since inception. It outperforms its benchmark, the NIFTY 100 - TRI, over both 15 and 10-year periods

This large cap fund turns Rs 10,000 monthly SIP to Rs 1.33 crore in 20 years

Zerodha Nifty 100 ETF aims to replicate the returns of the Nifty 100 Index by investing in its constituent securities.