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On Sebi diktat, mutual funds step up hunt for risk professionals

The hiring spree is expected to jack up costs for the industry

Long-short alternative investment funds beat long-only funds in February

Assets of the AIF industry stood at Rs 6.1 trillion at the end of the December quarter - a 38 per cent rise YoY

Price-value equation in large-caps favour, says Gautam Duggad

Expect markets to remain range bound given the challenging macros: Duggad

Macquarie sees long runway for growth for Indian MF industry

AUM-to-GDP ratio still at just 15%, compared with global average of 75%

Market swings throw Indian firms' 2022 listing plans off track

Firms will now require to update their financials

Norway sovereign wealth fund ups India bets amid rise in equities

The Government Pension Fund Global, Norway's $1.4-tn sovereign wealth fund that holds 1.3% of all the world's listed companies and is the largest in the world, raised its Indian bets last year

Russia-Ukraine conflict will boost inflationary trends: Nitin Sharma, FIL

Every $10 increase in crude prices lowers India's GDP growth by around 20 basis points and increases domestic inflation by 30 basis points

Investors will continue to flock towards direct equities, say experts

The share of retail investors in companies listed on the NSE reached an all-time high of 7.33 per cent in the quarter ended December 31, 2021, up from 7.13 per cent in the previous quarter

Votes by MFs against investor resolutions at 7-yr high of 4.53% in CY2021

In absolute terms, MFs cast 61,000 votes last year, 11% more than previous year; of these, 92% were 'For', with 2.91% abstentions, the lowest in past 7 years

Around 66% of BSE 500 universe is in the red since October, shows data

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) remain uncomfortable with India's valuation premium and have sold about $20 billion since October

Most portfolio management service schemes in red in February, shows data

Most of the portfolio management service (PMS) schemes delivered negative returns in February, with 217 (80 per cent) of the 268 schemes underperforming the Nifty50

Insurance companies step up stock purchases amid market swings

LIC may have also ramped up share purchases to cushion the market against steep falls ahead of its initial public offering, said market watchers

Investing in global stocks through IFSC: Here's what investors should know

A certain number of NSE IFSC depository receipts are required to make up one underlying share

Investments via UAE to face more scrutiny after FATF grey list inclusion

FATF grey list inclusion hurts its attractiveness for investors

Now, invest in 30,000 stocks and 80 global portfolios via India INX

Since it was thrown open to investors in last November, the platform has logged 148 trades and registered 180 users, including NRIs and resident Indians

Assets of alternative investment funds cross Rs 6 trillion in 2021

AIFs have a minimum ticket size of Rs 1 crore and aim to offer investors access to sophisticated strategies across different asset classes

Indian investors can trade in select US stocks via NSE IFSC from March 3

Trading in US stock receipts will be conducted over two calendar days beginning 20:00 pm on day one and extending up to 2.30 pm the next day

Equities outperform other asset classes over long periods, shows data

Since 1900, the US has been the best-performing stock market with an annualised real return of 6.7 per cent

LIC IPO: Bankers buy time to decide on valuations amid market mayhem

Domestic institutional investors, including mutual funds, are keeping their powder dry to invest in LIC's offering

Sebi pushes timeline to segregate and monitor collateral at client level

Sebi further defers new margin rule to May 2