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Piramal Enterprises Chairman Ajay Piramal on Monday said the asset under management (AUM) of the NBFC firm is expected to cross Rs 1 lakh crore during the current financial year on the back of strong performance. The consolidated AUM grew by 17 per cent to Rs 80,689 crore, exceeding the stated target of 15 per cent growth during FY25, Piramal said while addressing shareholders at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). "With strong performance across our retail and wholesale businesses in FY2025, we are now well positioned to build upon the platform and leverage the investments that have been made. As our three-year transformation journey nears completion, we look ahead with optimism," he said. In FY2026, he said, "we expect to further build on the momentum, growing our total AUM by about 25 per cent to exceed Rs 1 lakh crore, with growth AUM projected to rise about 30 per cent. Retail lending is expected to contribute 8085 per cent of total AUM." During the 2024-25, Piramal Capital & ..
Pharmaceutical businesses that have a strong track record of quality compliance and can remain agile towards new regulatory requirements, will emerge stronger as the impact of the pandemic decreases, according to Piramal Enterprises Ltd Chairman Ajay G Piramal. Addressing shareholders in the company's annual report for 2021-22, Piramal said the company's pharma vertical is expected to have nearly 15 per cent CAGR revenue growth across businesses in the medium to long-term. "In the current circumstances, the pharmaceutical sector has emerged as an essential industry, with an ever-more critical role in today's evolving world," he wrote. Stating that the world's economy and infrastructure continue to be affected by significant supply chain disruptions and volatility in raw material costs, Piramal said safeguarding the supply chain is extremely critical and the company's teams have been pro-actively working towards diversifying vendor base and obtaining alternative suppliers to reduce .
Piramal Group Chairman Ajay Piramal has received the prestigious Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) award, a release said on Tuesday. Piramal has received the award for services to the UK-India trade relationship as India Co-Chair of the UK-India CEO Forum. Piramal said: "I am humbled and honoured to receive this honorary award from Her Majesty The Queen." As co-chair of India-UK CEO forum since 2016, the endeavour has been to help strengthen the strong bilateral relations between the two countries through greater economic co-operation, he added. "I'm delighted that Her Majesty The Queen has, in her Jubilee Year, approved Ajay Piramal an honorary CBE in recognition of the leading role Ajay has played in the UK-India relationship," Alan Gemmell, Her Majesty's Trade Commissioner for South Asia and British Deputy High Commissioner for Western India, said. The Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) is awarded for having a prominent role at national level.