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Flexicap funds and gold ETFs top mutual fund folio additions in 2025

Flexicap funds and precious-metal ETFs dominated new investor accounts in 2025, as retail money sought diversification, lower-risk equity exposure and performance-linked returns

Street signs: Multi-asset funds rise; Nifty key levels, domestic IPO flows

A resurgent gold rally has lifted multi-asset funds back into contention, widening their return edge over key equity categories despite lower risk exposure

Tyre stocks to ride demand, margin tailwinds; global risks may bite

But global uncertainties triggered by US tariffs and geopolitical tensions may put the brakes on, say brokerages

Succession, scrutiny and stress tests in a year of corporate governance

It was a year marked by airline disruptions, trust battles, inheritance feuds and a Supreme Court turnaround that tested the foundations of corporate governance

Premium screens, better content flow may lift movie ticket prices

With a stronger film pipeline and growing preference for premium formats, multiplex operators expect average ticket prices to rise gradually in the mid single digits next year

Why a lower expense ratio alone may not be reason enough to switch funds

Focus on risk-adjusted performance, and switch only if it is below par for a sustained period

Statsguru: Rupee breaches ₹90 per dollar in December, down 4.9% in 2025

The Indian rupee slipped past ₹90 per dollar in December 2025, down 4.9% for the year, underperforming peers amid volatile capital flows and uneven forex support

Unclaimed assets: Easy search, not opacity, can cut fraud in India

Over time, many recipients moved away or died, leaving heirs unaware that any assets were due

A shift towards decluttering, rationalisation marks RBI's 2025 reforms

The RBI's actions throughout the year mark a decisive shift towards principle-based regulation and systematic rationalisation of legacy instructions

Mint Road: Charting a transformation path for finance and business in 2025

The year 2025 laid the foundation for tectonic shifts in financial and business domains, like a move to open up M&As to bank financing

Govt prepares to showcase IndiaAI Mission LLM progress at AI Impact Summit

The government will ask departments to demonstrate AI use cases and IndiaAI Mission LLM progress at the AI Impact Summit in Delhi, scheduled for February 16-20, sources said

Reforms, robust demand may drive insurance growth back to double digits

After a muted FY26 so far, India's insurance industry is expected to return to double-digit growth in FY27, aided by regulatory changes, GST rationalisation and improving demand across segments

Year-ender 2025: Rural economy steadies as GST cuts offset weak crop prices

Lower crop prices and weak nominal farm growth weighed on rural incomes in 2025, but GST cuts, welfare support, and rising consumption helped stabilise demand and sentiment

Listed firms' rent, lease costs fall since pandemic as biz grows faster

Business growth has been faster than these expenses

Yearender 2025: The economy sailed through, but the waters are uncertain

Real GDP growth surprised on the upside in 2025, but weaker nominal growth, trade uncertainty, and soft demand signal a bumpier road ahead

Titan forays into lab-grown diamond jewellery market with beYon brand

Titan will launch beYon, its lab-grown diamond jewellery brand, later this month, even as its flagship brand Tanishq continues to promote natural diamonds with De Beers

Rethinking Islam, military power, and democracy: A year-end correction

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a mea culpa. I'd deal with the most recent this week

Bullish on India, eyeing deeper integration of its business: DP World

DP World plans deeper integration of its India business through multimodal logistics and higher-value supply chain solutions, betting on India's rising role in global trade

25 years of PM Gram Sadak Yojana: 95% of rural road targets achieved

As of December 2025, nearly 787,520 kilometres (km) out of a total sanctioned length of 825,114 km of rural roads had been completed under various phases of the scheme

8 months into FY26, states have spent only 38% of the budgeted capex

Sixteen of 21 states spent under half of their budgeted capex in the first eight months of FY26, while the Centre's capex stood at 55.1 per cent of BE in April-October