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New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) India’s top domestic institutional investors reported a 12 per cent to 20 per cent surge in assets across multiple segments during 2025, underscoring continued local support for equity and debt markets even as foreign investor assets growth softened.Mutual funds led the expansion, with equity assets up 20.6 per cent to Rs 52.25 lakh crore from Rs 43.34 lakh crore a year earlier, and their combined equity and debt assets climbed 23.34 per cent to Rs 73.21 lakh crore from…

Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced on Wednesday that it has postponed the implementation of Phase 2 of the faster cheque clearance framework by banks, which was scheduled to begin from January 3, 2026. “Implementation of phase 2 is being postponed until further notice, to allow more time to banks to streamline their processes,” according to the RBI statement.Phase 1 of the system, which was implemented earlier this year, will continue to operate as usual.The RBI …

New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) With better earnings growth in FY27 and a potential trade deal with the US, a return of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) into India is expected in 2026, a report said on Wednesday.”Overall, we remain constructive on the equity markets for 2026. Nifty valuations at 20.5x 1-year forward Price-Earnings ratio (PE) are in-line with its 5-year average and at a modest premium to 10-year average”, according to the report from HSBC Mutual Fund.The fund house said it is over…