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Demand for affordable housing strong despite supply challenges: Experts

In India, today, 95 per cent of housing loan requirements come from economically weaker sections (EWS) and low-income groups (LIG) who can't afford a house

We should aim to expand UPI's use worldwide: RBI Deputy Guv T Rabi Sankar

"It is important how you absorb acquisitions and make them successful. We care about the kind of firms we acquire, and how we integrate them with the mothership"

Regulation plays catch-up in certain areas, enables innovation: Razorpay MD

"It is important how you absorb acquisitions and make them successful. We care about the kind of firms we acquire, and how we integrate them with the mothership"

Economy well-placed to deal with any spillover from external world: Das

"There are significant upside risks to inflation from geopolitical conflicts, geoeconomic fragmentation, climate-related concerns, and commodity prices going up"

Gift City gains traction as more entities explore redomicile opportunities

GIFT City started with the concept that we could pull an international financial centre in India

Fear mainly results in cyber frauds: State Bank of India's Nitin Chugh

Small-value frauds are the traditional phishing-based scams where people willingly give away their credentials or an account takeover

RBI action on unsecured lending warranted: Jio Financial chairman Kamath

"I think there is some sort of abuse of technology that is happening (by loan apps) and as a result, there is laxity in the whole process of lending"

India remains a strategically important country for foreign banks: CEOs

India's growth requires foreign capital, which can come via FDI and supply chain diversification

Customer protection, value-added services to drive biz growth: C S Setty

"Annually, 12 million people prefer opening their savings accounts with us. That is not possible if your customer service is poor"

Going beyond cities: How MFs are scripting the small-town success

Places beyond top 30 cities become a major source of business

Bull or bear market, MF blitz to continue; CEOs link growth to India's rise

The leaders of some of the country's largest fund houses said that the momentum in MF inflows could take assets under management (AUM) past Rs 100 trillion in two to three years

Small, midcap investing: CIOs urge caution and realistic expectations

Small and midcap segments show signs of bubble-like valuation and other segments are more reasonable, they said while discussing 'Is the Market in a Bubble Zone?'

Stars of the first half of the decade: Top MF schemes across categories

This period of growth came after the 2017 reclassification of active equity schemes - a reform that made it easier for investors to identify the top performers across scheme categories

Mutual funds in 2025: Innovation and quality investing take centre stage

Quality investing focuses on stocks with strong fundamentals, like high return on equity and low leverage

Factor-based investing gains ground in 2024 among fund houses, investors

Investment strategy based on specific characteristics has become popular among fund houses and investors

Q2FY25 corporate earnings split sectors between strong growth and slowdowns

Four of the 10 largest sectors - oil & gas, automotive, power, and FMCG - saw year-on-year profit declines, while six sectors posted double-digit earnings growth

Union Budget 2024-25: Emphasis on bringing simplicity in direct tax system

Tax proposals aim to bring in uniformity, improve compliance and reduce litigation

Union Budget 2024-25: Govt aims on strengthening social sector reforms

Budget's focus is to create jobs and improve workforce skills

Union Budget 2024-25: Lightening the indirect burden on taxpayers

The Budget has taken up several welcome measures for their benefit and overall trade facilitation

Main focus of foreign investors will be on capital gains tax: Mark Matthews

"There were indeed no big-bang announcements, but on the other hand I don't think the market was expecting any"