Page 4 - Asset Management

Secure your digital legacy: Steps for inheriting online assets

You should start to think beyond physical assets and consider the full scope of your digital footprint when planning for the future

Asset manager BlackRock to buy UK data firm Preqin for $3.2 bn in cash

BlackRock, which manages more than $10 trillion, is seeking to capitalise on a boom in demand from investors for alternative assets

Goldman Sachs aims to double lending to wealthy private bank clients

Goldman's total deposits jumped to $441 billion in the first quarter, with over 39 per cent coming from consumer accounts, versus $190 billion in total deposits at the end of 2019

Nomura gives 150% salary hike to its top executives as earnings boom

The moves come after the Japanese firm spent several years improving risk controls after losing almost $3 billion in 2021 on the collapse of investment firm Archegos Capital Management

PGIM India Asset Management aims to double AUM to Rs 50,000 cr in 2-3 yrs

PGIM India Asset Management aims to more than double its assets under management to Rs 50,000 crore within the next 2-3 years, which will be driven by efforts to complete the product basket coupled the strong focus on SIP, its top official said on Monday. The asset management firm, which forayed into the Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) space in October 2023, is also looking to complete its product basket with the launch of new schemes including a special opportunities fund. The fund house, which has an Asset Under Management (AUM) of Rs 23,240 crore at present, expects to touch Rs 50,000 crore mark AUM in the next 2-3 years, Abhishek Tiwari, Chief Business Officer of PGIM India Asset Management, told PTI here. "Factors that will drive the growth of PGIM India Asset Management are -- the organic growth of the asset management industry in India and our focus on completing our product basket along with the continued focus on SIP which is a very healthy part of our business growth," h

IIFL Securities Q4 result: Net profit more than doubles to Rs 180 cr

IIFL Securities on Friday announced its net profit more than doubled to Rs 180.4 crore in three months ended March 2024 driven by strong growth in all the business segments. In comparison, the company had posted a net profit of Rs 86.4 crore in the year-ago period, IIFL Securities said in a statement. Total income surged 74 per cent year-on-year to Rs 704.4 crore for the quarter under review from Rs 405.2 crore in the January-March quarter of the FY 2022-23. "We witnessed strong growth in all our business segments. Our institutional broking and investment banking franchise has significantly improved their competitive position with stellar operating performance. Indian capital market businesses will continue to witness secular growth given multiple tailwinds over the next decade," "Venkataraman, Chairman, IIFL Securities, said. The company's board of directors in its meeting in March approved an interim dividend of Rs 3 per equity share of the face value of Rs 2 each for the financi

Samco Asset Management eyes Rs 500 cr from special opportunities fund

Samco Asset Management expects to mop up Rs 500 crore from its new fund offer that tracks long-term capital growth through undervalued or overlooked opportunities, a top company official said on Thursday. The new fund offering (NFO) would open on May 17 and conclude on May 31. In an interaction with PTI, Umeshkumar Mehta, Chief Investment Officer of Samco Mutual Fund, said the objective of the fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in a portfolio of securities "that are involved in 10 special situations". These "situations" include digitisation, spin-offs & corporate actions, reform-based strategy, undervalued holding companies strategy, trends sustainable over time, innovation & technological disruption, and new & emerging sectors. These 10 sub-strategies define the "disruption" model and are weaved around different corporate actions. These situations often create mispricing and undervalued opportunities that the fund aims to exploit for potential .

$700 mn buyout deal shows new way of moving assets, holding equity in India

A relatively new portfolio management tool allows private equity managers to move assets around more easily, as a way to hold them for longer

CAMS Q4 results: PAT rises 38.5% to Rs 103 cr, revenue up 24% to Rs 310 cr

Registrar and transfer agent for mutual funds CAMS on Thursday reported a 38.5 per cent surge in profit after tax to Rs 103 crore for three months ended March this year, driven by robust performance across the business streams. In comparison, the company had posted a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 74.36 crore in the year-ago period, Computer Age Management Services Ltd (CAMS) said in a statement. Its revenue grew 24.6 per cent to Rs 310.46 crore in January-March of the financial year 2023-24 (FY24) from Rs 249.24 crore a year ago. "We had an excellent quarter in terms of posting strong financial results, with quarterly revenue and PAT growing at 24.6 per cent and 38.7 per cent YoY (year-on-year). "All these numbers are a culmination and deep vindication of robust performance across our revenue streams and are reflective of deep business and operational focus of our teams," Anuj Kumar, Managing Director of CAMS, said. The company said that revenues from the mutual fund business rose

BlackSoil's FY24 disbursement grows 40%; firm exited 18 deals, entered 36

The company's year-on-year disbursement grew by 110%, and its Assets Under Management (AUM) increased by nearly 50 per cent year-on-year

Fund Pick: Nippon India Large Cap Fund leads from the front, says CRISIL

The fund has consistently outperformed its peers in all trailing periods under analysis

Jio Financial Services Q4 results: Net profit up 5.8% to Rs 311 crore

The total income of the entity, which is a holding company for businesses including lending, insurance broking, asset management etc., rose to Rs 418 crore in Q4FY24 from Rs 414 crore in Q4FY23

Kotak Alternate Asset Managers raises Rs 2,000 cr to invest in equities

The fund aims to solve the challenge of building and maintaining equity portfolios amid the difficulties faced by investors due to the market volatalities

Blackstone plans to invest $25 billion in India private equity asset

The New York-based firm also intends to bring on 20 more investment professionals to its asset management business in India and double its office space in Nariman Point in downtown Mumbai

Ombudsman system, sustainable clothing: Top personal finance stories

Our top stories this week explain how financial institutions are supposed to solve customers' complaints and what to wear in summer

Top Indian asset manager stress tests show delays in exiting small caps

A delay in exiting holdings of such stocks could defer the return of funds to investors, who expect to receive their money back within two to three days, as per current industry practice

Morgan Stanley cuts 9% of China fund unit staff amid market rout: Report

This would be the first time Morgan Stanley has cut staff at the China fund unit since it bought out its local partner's 36% stake in the loss-making business for about $54 million in 2023

CAMS Q3 results: Net profit rises 21% to Rs 89 cr, revenue up 19%

Computer Age Management Services Ltd (CAMS), registrar and transfer agent of mutual funds, on Tuesday reported 21 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 89.29 crore for three months ended December 2023. The company had logged a net profit of Rs 73.72 crore in the same quarter of preceding financial year (FY23), CAMS said in a statement. Revenue in the quarter under review rose 19 per cent to Rs 289.68 crore, as against Rs 243.57 crore in the year-ago period. "Revenue growth at 19 per cent and PAT (profit after tax) growth at 21 per cent year-on-year is the culmination of robust performance across our revenue streams. Mutual funds asset growth trajectory took the overall asset base we service to historic high of Rs 34 lakh crore," company's managing director Anuj Kumar said. CAMS is a financial infrastructure and service partner to the asset management industry and offers platform-based services to the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) segment. With a market share of ov

FY24 asset monetisation falls short of target at Rs 1.50 trn: Official

The central government and Central Public Sector Enterprises are estimated to monetise assets worth Rs 1.50 lakh crore in the current fiscal, a tad lower than the targeted of Rs 1.75 lakh crore, a senior official said. Under the National Monetisation Pipeline, the aggregate monetisation potential of the central government's brownfield infrastructure assets has been estimated at Rs 6 lakh crore over a four-year period, from FY 2022 to FY 2025. In an interview to PTI TV, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said about Rs 1.75 lakh crore was the target for asset monetization this year and "we are going to achieve something like Rs 1.50 lakh crore through monetisation". Pandey said monetisation is going on through infrastructure investment trust (InvITs), Toll Operate Transfer (TOT) in mining, road and power sector and is beginning to happen in the petroleum sector. "The asset monetisation proceeds do not visibly appear in the ..

Brookfield planning $1.2 billion of debt to buy India assets: Reports

Investment firm Brookfield is betting on growth in India, whose economy is outpacing that of other large countries and where smartphone usage is increasing rapidly