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Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday cleared Mirae Group entities' acquisition of a minority stake in Shadowfax Technogies. The Mirae Group entities undertake venture investments and are ultimately directly or indirectly controlled by the global investment manager Mirae Group. "The commission approves the proposed acquisition of minority stake in Shadowfax Technologies Private Limited by the Mirae Group Entities," according to a post by CCI on social media platform X on Tuesday. Shadowfax Technologies provides logistics services, and third party (3P) logistics services in the country. The deals beyond a certain threshold require approval from the regulator, which keeps a tab on unfair business practices as well as promotes fair competition in the marketplace.
Mirae Asset Capital Markets India, the broking arm of a Korean fund house, on Monday said it has received a fresh capital infusion of Rs 1,240 crore from its parent, bolstering its growth capital. With this latest capital injection, Mirae Asset India has received a total funding of Rs 3,190 crore, reflecting the parent's belief in the growth potential of this market, apart from reinforcing the Korean fund house's commitment to expanding its presence in the country. Mirae Asset is poised to provide high-quality services and disrupt the market with its tech-driven approach at its retail stock broking arm m.Stock. In a little over a year, m.Stock has generated Rs 1.4 lakh crore in turnover on its platform from 2.5 lakh paid accounts and 65 per cent active clients. Since the launch of its margin trading facility last July, the feature has reported a book size of over Rs 270 crore, largely due to the competitive rates, which range from 6.99 -9.49 per cent per annum. According to Robinso
Mirae Asset Financial Services on Wednesday said it has inked a pact with FundsIndia to provide loans against securities. This credit facility is available on FundsIndiainvestorplatform and soon will be released on their partner platform as well, a joint statement said. FundsIndia partners will also be able to offer the product to their investors digitally via the FundsIndia partner platform, it said. As part of the deal, investors will be able to pledge their mutual fund units of different asset management companies (AMCs) to avail loans against mutual funds, it said. Customers can also pledge shares from a large list of approved shares held in demat account with NSDL only, it said. The investors will get the option of creating an overdraft facility against their mutual funds and shares on the FundsIndia portal at 9 per cent pa and with a fixed processing fee of Rs 999 plus taxes that will help them manage their liquidity without redeeming their investments, it said.