Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) The domestic mutual fund industry closed FY26 with assets under management (AUM) rising 12.2 per cent to Rs 73.73 lakh crore, adding Rs 8 lakh crore to its asset base over the year as sustained equity market volatility weighed on overall growth, according to latest data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).In addition to the full-year AUM growth, March data pointed to a sharp rebound in equity fund appetite even after geopolitical tensions. Inflows …
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New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) continued to provide crucial support to Indian equity markets this week, offsetting sustained selling by foreign institutional investors (FIIs), as global sentiment improved after a reported US‑Iran ceasefire, exchange data showed.FIIs offloaded equities worth Rs 20,710 crore during the week, while DIIs emerged as net buyers with investments totalling Rs 21,602 crore, helping benchmark indices recover over 5 per cent over the p…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) When it comes to returns, mid-cap and small-cap mutual funds have remained among the preferred choices for investors. Both categories have witnessed substantial growth over the past five years, with assets under management (AUM) rising sharply on the back of strong investor participation and sustained inflows, a report said on Tuesday.A report by ICRA Analytics pointed out data from Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), which showed that mid-cap funds posted a f…
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey has said that retail investors and domestic mutual funds together hold about 36 per cent of the free float market capitalisation of Nifty 50 companies.Addressing the 30th anniversary of the Nifty 50 index at the National Stock Exchange (NSE), Pandey said the index has evolved alongside India’s economy over three decades, with domestic participation surging rapidly.SEBI Chairman noted that India now has over 140 million unique investors, …
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) — the IIT Bombay-backed broad-spectrum technology business incubator — is selling about 4 lakh shares in the SEDEMAC Mechatronics initial public offering (IPO), according to the filings.The company’s red herring prospectus (RHP) has highlighted that SINE will offload 4,08,000 equity shares.On a pre-offer paid-up equity share capital basis, this represents 0.92 per cent, indicating that the incubator is expected to e…
Seoul, Feb 18 (IANS) South Koreans’ overseas stock investments nearly tripled from a year earlier to an all-time high in 2025, expanding to a level comparable to the country’s annual current account surplus, central bank data showed on Wednesday.Residents’ combined overseas equity investments reached US$114.35 billion last year, up from $42.16 billion in 2024, according to the data compiled by the Bank of Korea (BOK), reports Yonhap news agency.The figure is more than double the previous record …
Mumbai, Jan 10 (IANS) India’s market regulator is set to clear a major regulatory hurdle for the long-delayed initial public offering (IPO) of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) by the month-end, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Saturday.Speaking at a press conference in Chennai, he said that the regulator is likely to issue a no-objection certificate to NSE soon.“The approval could come before the end of the month, after which it would be up t…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) State-owned Bharat Coking Coal (BCCL), a subsidiary of Coal India, opened its initial public offering (IPO) for bidding on Friday, with issue being fully subscribed within 30 minutes.Grey market premiums on multiple platforms showed the premium at Rs 11, suggesting a potential listing around Rs 34 and an estimated listing gain of about 47.83 per cent (as of 1.05 pm).The country’s largest coking coal producer, BCCL’s IPO which is the first mainboard public issue of 2026 …
Seoul, Jan 8 (IANS) Excess funds held by South Korean households rose in the third quarter, driven mainly by an increase in income and tightened lending regulations, the central bank said on Thursday.Net financial funds — the difference between financial assets and financial liabilities — held by households and nonprofit organizations reached 58 trillion won (US$40 billion) in the third quarter, up from 51.3 trillion won in the previous quarter, according to preliminary data from the Bank of K…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Investments by retail investors in the primary market reached a record Rs 34,840 crore in FY26 (April–November period), up from Rs 34,336 crore in FY25 (April–March) and Rs 18,057 crore in FY24 (April–March), according to industry data.Indian markets saw strong fund‑raising in 2025, with 103 mainboard IPOs raising over Rs 1.76 lakh crore and 267 SME IPOs mobilising a record Rs 11,435 crore.Of the 108 mainboard listings, 72 opened above their issue price and 36 tra…