After Franklin Templeton shut six fixed income schemes, the Reserve Bank of India decided to open a window to provide credit to mutual funds through banks In India’s corporate bond market, it is tough to identify securities with a lower default risk.
After Franklin Templeton shut six fixed income schemes, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to open a window to provide credit to mutual funds (MFs) through banks.
Mint takes a look. Is the MF window an unprecedented step? No; RBI had provided similar windows in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and in 2013, when several mutual funds came under pressure.