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Aadhar Housing Finance, which caters to the low-income group segment, aims to grow its asset under management (AUM) to Rs 50,000 crore over the next three financial years, helped by an 18-20 per cent increase in loans. The housing finance firm, having a ticket size of less than Rs 15 lakh, closed FY26 with an AUM of Rs 30,571 crore. "We are anticipating 18-20 per cent loan growth, and with this run rate, we expect to cross the Rs 50,000 crore milestone by FY29," Aadhar Housing Finance MD and CEO Rishi Anand told PTI. The affordable housing segment continues to benefit from structural drivers, including favourable demographics, increasing formalisation, and continued policy support such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), he said. When asked about the outlook for the bottom line, he said the company would maintain a net profit run rate of 20-22 per cent. The mortgage firm witnessed a 22 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 1,108 crore and gross NPA of 1.08 per cent as against 1.05 p
Assets under management of non-banking financial companies specialising in gold loans are set to log a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 40 per cent between this fiscal and next, surpassing Rs 4 lakh crore by March 2027, a report said. The surge will be driven by elevated gold prices, a shift towards secured credit and an evolved regulatory environment, outpacing the CAGR of 27 per cent clocked between fiscals 2023 and 2025, said the report by Crisil Ratings. Gold prices soared about 68 per cent in the first nine months of this fiscal year to an all-time high. "This enhances collateral values, enabling lenders to scale up disbursements," it said. Furthermore, amid the limited availability of credit from segments such as unsecured lending, borrowers are looking for other sources of funding. To capitalise on these lending opportunities, gold-loan NBFCs (both large and mid-size ones) have been expanding their market presence, despite stiff competition from banks, Crisil Rati
Piramal Finance Ltd (formerly known as Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Ltd) on Friday said the company wants to achieve AUM size of Rs 1.5 lakh crore by 2028. "We want to build a business that is Rs 1.5 lakh crore in AUM, 3 per cent in return on assets and predictable in terms of profitability. We have spoken about that," Piramal Finance MD and CEO Jairam Sridharan said at the listing ceremony at NSE. The company achieved a 17 per cent growth in total Asset Under Management (AUM) from Rs 68,845 crore as of March 31, 2024, to Rs 80,689 crore as of March 31, 2025. The mix of total AUM across retail and wholesale segments improved to 80:20 as of March 31, 2025, from 70:30 as of March 31, 2024. Piramal Finance got listed at the stock exchanges earlier in the day following the merger of Piramal Enterprises with the former. As many as 22,66,77,700 shares of Rs 2 each were listed on stock exchanges at a price of Rs 1,260 a piece. Speaking at the event, Piramal Finance Chairman Anand ...