Equity Investments

The regulator also issued guidelines aimed at providing insurers with enhanced opportunities for risk management and portfolio diversification

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Indian real estate attracted USD 4.15 billion of private equity (PE) investments this calendar year, up 32 per cent annually, led by higher inflow in the housing segment, according to Knight Frank India. Real estate consultant Knight Frank India on Thursday released a report 'Trends in Private Equity Investment in India 2024'. The consultant reported that the private equity investment in Indian real estate reached USD 4,153 million in the calendar year 2024. The warehousing sector led the way, accounting for 45 per cent of total investments, followed by the residential sector at 28 per cent and the office sector at 26 per cent. During 2024, PE investments more than doubled in the residential sector to USD 1,177 million, demonstrating investor confidence in this segment which has been noting a consistent rise in end-user demand. Warehousing assets received USD 1,877 million while the office properties 1,098 million during the current calendar year. Shishir Baijal, Chairman & ...

Investors' wealth eroded by a whopping Rs 7.15 lakh crore during the morning trade on Friday as equity markets tumbled, driven by sharp fall in IndusInd Bank shares and unabated foreign fund outflows. The BSE Sensex tanked 708.69 points to 79,356.47 and the NSE Nifty plunged 286.35 points to 24,113.05. Tracking the weak trend in equities, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms tumbled Rs 7,15,739.19 crore to Rs 4,36,63,565.73 crore (USD 5.19 trillion) during the morning trade. From the 30 Sensex pack, IndusInd Bank plunged over 19 per cent after the firm reported a 40 per cent decline in September quarter net profit at Rs 1,331 crore, pulled down majorly by concerns about asset quality. Mahindra & Mahindra, NTPC, Larsen & Toubro, Adani Ports, Titan, Tata Steel and JSW Steel were also among the laggards. From the blue-chip pack, ITC jumped over 3 per cent after the diversified entity reported an 1.8 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit to Rs 5,054.43 crore in

According to NSDL data, SWFs account for about 7 per cent of the overall foreign portfolio investor-assets under custody (FPI-AUC)

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Five startups engaged in various sectors, including electronics manufacturing and healthcare, have received funding of Rs 6.5 crore from the Tamil Nadu government. The sanction of equity investments in the companies was issued under the Tamil Nadu SC/ST Startup Fund by Chief Minister M K Stalin at an event here organised by StartupTN, a press release said on Thursday. Accordingly, Ecopmin Technologies, which is engaged in electronics manufacturing, received Rs 3 crore while Adhiban Farms Pvt Ltd, which deals with agriculture technology, secured funding of Rs 2.2 crore. Healthcare player COEO Wellness Pvt Ltd was granted Rs 60 lakh while Mannvasanai Traditional Food Pvt Ltd attracted an investment of Rs 45 lakh. Nanjil Nadu Kani Tribal Women Creations Pvt Ltd, which is an active player in the food and agriculture industry, received a Rs 25 lakh grant. The investments allow the companies to take up expansion work besides meet their capital requirements, the release added. Early thi

Active equity schemes have raked in a net Rs 1.3 trillion in the first 10 months this year

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Debt-oriented mutual fund schemes witnessed a net withdrawal of Rs 1.01 lakh crore in September, making it the second consecutive month of the outflow, primarily due to advance tax requirements of corporates and correction in equity markets. The segment saw an outflow of Rs 25,873 crore in August. Before this, the debt schemes attracted Rs 61,440 crore in July, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) showed. The huge outflow has pulled down the assets under management (AUM) of fixed income funds or debt funds to Rs 13.05 lakh crore at the end of September from Rs 14 lakh crore in the preceding month-end. Investor sentiment towards debt investments was largely muted. Barring long duration and gilt fund segments, all the other 14 categories witnessed net outflows. These two categories have been finding favour with investors for some time in anticipation of a change in the interest rate cycle. "Advance tax payments and other quarter-ending accounting and financial ..

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Sectorally, the realty, auto, healthcare and capital goods indices are the top performers so far this fiscal, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex has gained around 7 per cent.

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The S&P BSE Small-cap and Midcap indices have surged around 6 per cent and 4 per cent, respectively, as against a 2 per cent gain on S&P BSE Sensex so far in FY24.

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(Reuters) - Private equity (PE) investments in India dropped 23.4% in 2022 from a year earlier, a report from S&P Global Market Intelligence showed on Tuesday.

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