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Value of LIC ownership in listed companies sees an uptick, shows data

But its share by volume declines in the March quarter

Retail investor ownership in listed firms at record high; FPIs' share dips

FPIs pulled out Rs 69,370 crore from financial services and software sector in March quarter

India-dedicated funds see outflows in March, shows EPFR data

Global emerging market (GEM) funds saw inflows worth $653 million, taking the CY22 inflows to about $2.6 billion

The big guns: Top 20 mutual funds held 4.5% cash in March, shows data

Total equity value for the top 20 AMCs increased 5.1 per cent month on month (MoM) and 35.6 per cent year on year (YoY) in March 2022

Long-only AIFs outperform long-short funds in FY22, shows data

Twenty-five of the 32 long-only funds managed to beat the Nifty50 return of 18.8 per cent during the year, while only two of the 12 long-short strategies were able to beat the benchmark

ASK Investment launches long-term fund, seeks to raise Rs 1,500 cr

Category III AIF scheme has a term of four years and it will have no lock-in period

Pantomath Group launches Rs 500 cr pre-IPO fund in maiden closed-end series

The fund has garnered 25% of target corpus. Simultaneous to the first closing, the fund has confirmed to have made its first investment as well

Chinese lenders dominate APAC bank rankings with 22 in the top-50 list

India's ICICI Bank, at 50th spot, among newest additions to the compilation, which also has SBI (22) and HDFC Bank (44)

Nearly 70% of 254 PMS schemes outdid Nifty in 12 months, shows data

None of the schemes gave negative returns over a one-year period

Investments in mid-, small-caps need 'thorough analysis': Umang Papneja

Senior executive of IIFL Wealth Management says companies will feel the impact of Federal Reserve tapering and liquidity tightening.

PE investments down 31% by value sequentially in Q1CY22: Refinitiv data

Private equity investments in Q1 2022 totalled $8.03 billion, down 30.7 per cent from $11.59 billion in Q4 2021 but up 88.6 per cent ($4.2 billion) from the same quarter in the previous year.

Half of all large-cap funds underperform index on one-year returns

Underperformance of active funds could further spur growth in ETFs

India conducive for FDI, is a critical market for us: CPP Investments CEO

The pension fund has invested in Byju's, Flipkart, ReNew Power and a number of InvITs. It invested C$128 million in NSE in FY21 and is currently exploring options in pharma and healthcare

SMEs' mop up from public share sales jumps 4x to Rs 965 cr in FY22

The amount is still far lower than the record Rs 2,213 crore mopped up in FY18 and Rs 1,620 crore collected in FY19

Gold ETFs see modest inflows of Rs 205 crore in March, shows data

The category's net assets under management at the end of March stood at Rs 19,280 crore

HDFC-HDFC Bank merger: Higher weight in index may impact large-cap schemes

Weight of combined entity in indices is expected to be about 14%; schemes may have to remain underweight on the stock as the single stock exposure in portfolio has to be capped at 10%

Markets always absorb geopolitical shocks, says HDFC Securities CEO

In an interview with Ashley Coutinho, he says the Indian markets have been trading at a premium to other emerging markets and will continue to command higher valuations.

Whistleblower files complaint against Invesco mutual fund

The complaint has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) as well as with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC)

Amfi lists first-tier benchmarks for mutual fund schemes

Amfi has listed out tier one benchmarks for 67 types of schemes

After Sebi diktat, Canada FPIs likely to knock on Finance Ministry's door

Canada ranks seventh in terms of FPI investments into India, the total being Rs 1.7 trillion as of February 28 this year.