The volume of new fund offerings (NFOs) in 2025 will fluctuate based on market conditions. However, innovation is expected to continue unabated. With an increasing number of fund houses aiming to establish a presence in the 'factor' investing space and changes in fund-of-fund taxation providing more opportunities, several industry-first offerings are anticipated.
After three post-pandemic years of an upcycle, it was a mixed bag for the realty sector in 2025, with sales volumes in the residential real estate moderating across top cities, and commercial real estate and institutional investments emerging as standout performers. Residential: Volumes soften, value holds firm.
The MF Industry had a cash-rich 2014 as it crossed the Rs 3 trillion mark.
ING Vysya Mutual Fund on Tuesday said it has plans to acquire other funds as part of efforts to take its assets to Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) this year, six times higher than that in the previous fiscal.
Most large fund houses, such as HDFC MF, ICICI Prudential AMC, Reliance MF, Reliance MF, Birla SunLife MF and SBI MF, have the backing of large banks or financial institutions, giving them reach and understanding, they say.
At least 14 mutual fund schemes have closed down, according to announcements made by fund houses. The reason: they had less than 20 investors in the scheme or a single investor was accounting for more than 25 per cent of the corpus. According to Sebi's guidelines, any scheme should have at least 20 investors. Also, no investor can account for over 25 per cent of the corpus.
In last few years, a number of global players have exited the Indian mutual fund business.
With gold prices rising and debt holding steady, fund houses have launched multi-asset funds for passive customers who are not so nimble while churning their portfolios.
NSE's Ramakrishna and ING Vysya Bank's Bhandari front runners for the post.
Any speculation suggesting otherwise, or any rumours around sale of our business in India are incorrect and simply that -- rumours, says head of the US-based asset manager.
Over the past 25 years the MF industry has come a long way. Geographic reach has increased, many more customers have been added, more channels have been opened up and the product basket is full.
The 35-year-old fails to understand how to decide whether a particular scheme should be kept in one's portfolio or not.
Shares of most European banks are down significantly.
Loan rates will change at the next reset, while deposit rates will continue till maturity.
The repo rate has been unchanged since January, when the RBI increased it by a quarter percentage point.
Unlike in the past, when old private banks compromised upon underwriting standards to take on the bulk, they've now realised that scaling up at the cost of quality isn't worth the while. These banks have also readjusted growth targets when required, and rebalanced books to preserve capital and asset quality.
Shares of ING Vysya Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank rallied by up to 6% on the BSE on reports that Kotak Mahindra Bank in final stages to buy the bank.
How will China deal with Taiwan's first woman president? Srikanth Kondapalli explains the significance of a historic election.
'SBI is already too big. Too big to fail.' 'It already is a moral hazard. What will it do with 20,000 branches that it cannot do with 14,000, especially in these days of online and mobile banking?'
Arvind Subramanian talks about US and China's power play and where India figures in these dynamics.
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