A list of these sources has been circulating among distributors. We checked every link on it, corrected the errors, grouped them by what they are actually for, and added the regulators it left out. Free to use, nothing gated, no sign-up.
Maintained by the MeraSIF research desk · every link tested on 6 September 2026
If a number matters, it should be traceable to one of these. Everything else is someone's interpretation.
| Source | What it is genuinely good for | Access |
|---|---|---|
| SEBIofficial | Regulations, circulars, consultation papers and scheme filings. The source for what is actually permitted. | Free |
| RBIofficial | Policy rates, monetary policy statements and macro releases. The starting point for any rates conversation. | Free |
| AMFI Indiaofficial | Official NAVs, monthly industry AUM and flows, and the TER disclosure. Our own engine runs on this. | Free |
| MF Centralofficial | An investor's consolidated mutual fund holdings and transactions across both RTAs. | Free |
| MoSPIofficial | Official Indian statistics — CPI, IIP, GDP. The macro numbers behind the headlines. | Free |
| IBEFofficial | Sector and industry data on India, published under the Ministry of Commerce. | Free |
Commercial research houses. Useful, but read them as views rather than as sources — and check whether a figure is Regular or Direct plan before you quote it.
| Source | What it is genuinely good for | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Value Research | Fund analysis, ratings and portfolio data. Publishes an RSS feed. | Mixed |
| Morningstar India | Fund research and a global methodology worth understanding even where you disagree with it. | Mixed |
| Cafemutual | Industry news written for distributors — the trade press for our own business. | Free |
| Advisorkhoj | Fund data, comparison tools and calculators built for MFDs. | Free |
| RupeeVest | Fund analytics that show Regular plan figures, which most tools do not. | Free |
For understanding what a fund actually holds. A long-short SIF's disclosed book means more once you can read the companies in it.
| Source | What it is genuinely good for | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Screener.in | Company fundamentals and custom screens. The most used tool in Indian retail research for good reason. | Mixed |
| Trendlyne | Screening, technicals and shareholding changes. | Mixed |
| Equitymaster | Equity research and screening. | Mixed |
| TradingView | Charting across asset classes. | Mixed |
| Fortune India 500 | Company rankings by size — useful context for an Ex-Top 100 mandate. | Free |
| UnlistedZone | Indicative pricing in unlisted shares. Treat prices as indicative, because that market is thin. | Free |
The neighbouring categories. A SIF conversation is usually also a PMS or AIF conversation.
| Source | What it is genuinely good for | Access |
|---|---|---|
| PMS AIF World | PMS and AIF performance and commentary — the closest thing to a category tracker for those wrappers. | Mixed |
| SEBI PMS disclosuresofficial | Monthly PMS performance reports filed with the regulator. The official version of the above. | Free |
For context rather than for decisions. Useful when a client asks where things are heading and you want to answer with evidence instead of a guess.
| Source | What it is genuinely good for | Access |
|---|---|---|
| IMF Dataofficial | Global macro across countries, with an open data API. | Free |
| World Bank Open Dataofficial | Long-run development and economic series, free API. | Free |
| Trading Economics | Economic indicators across countries in one place. | Mixed |
| Macrotrends | Very long historical series — a century of data on some charts. | Free |
| World PE Ratio | Country-level valuation comparisons. | Free |
| Novel Investor | The asset-class returns quilt — the clearest illustration that leadership rotates. | Free |
| Lazy Portfolio ETF | Long-run portfolio backtests across global allocations. | Free |
| Source | What it is genuinely good for | Access |
|---|---|---|
| ClearTax | Tax rules explained in plain language. Confirm anything material with your own tax adviser. | Mixed |
| Zerodha Pulse | Indian market news aggregated in one stream. Publishes an RSS feed. | Free |
| MeraSIF | Every live Specialized Investment Fund tracked daily on official AMFI NAVs — returns, expense ratios, disclosed portfolios and holdings overlap. This is the part we do ourselves. | Free |