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BlackRock's Q1 profit rises on higher fee income, AUM jumps to $10.47 trn

Investment advisory and administration fees, typically a percentage of AUM and BlackRock's chief source of revenue, jumped nearly 8.8% to $3.63 billion

Liquid mutual funds outflow exceeds Rs 1.5 trillion in March, shows data

Debt funds took a beating but sectoral funds soared in March, reflecting dynamic market sentiments

GQG, SBI funds eye investments in Vodafone Idea $2.16 billion share sale

US-based GQG, run by India-born executive Rajiv Jain, plans to invest about $500 million, while SBI Mutual Fund is considering an investment of $200 million to $300 million

Looking forward to meeting with PM Modi: Elon Musk confirms India visit

Musk and Modi last met in New York in June, and Tesla for months lobbied India to lower import taxes on electric vehicles while it weighed up a factory there

Banks prefer high premium corp, state bonds over G-secs in HTM portfolio

Banks must categorize bonds as 'held-to-maturity' on a permanent basis, with the exception of 5 per cent of the portfolio that can be withdrawn throughout the year, according to the new norms

Exotic corporate debt products like SDIs lure yield-hungry Indian savers

Investor appetite for bonds rated below AA has increased significantly and SDIs provide access to a pool of high-yield debt via a single investment, said Ajay Kejriwal, head of trading desk at Vivriti

Cornerstone Ventures launches second fund worth $200 mn for B2B startups

Through the fund, investments will be made across stages, with a focus on early growth stage VC bets

GE Aerospace to invest Rs 240 cr to upgrade Pune manufacturing facility

GE Aerospace on Thursday announced its plans to invest over Rs 240 crore (around USD 30 million) to upgrade its manufacturing facility in Pune. The investment will be used to add new projects and manufacturing processes in the facility by acquiring machines/equipment and specialised tools along with capacity enhancement of existing products, the company said in a statement. Inaugurated in 2015, the Pune facility produces components for commercial jet engines. "This investment helps us to continue our growth in aerospace in India, giving us the resources we need to meet increasing customers' demand," said Amol Nagar, managing director for GE Aerospace's Pune facility. The components produced at the plant are supplied to GE's global factories where they are used to assemble G90, GEnx, GE 9X commercial jet engines, and the LEAP engines by CFM, which is a GE and Safran joint venture, according to the statement. The facility has been instrumental in developing local aerospace manufactu

LeapFrog investments, Aavishkaar infuse $48 mn in Electronica Finance

The fund will pave the way for EFL's expansion, specifically in financing for MSMEs in India's high-growth manufacturing sector

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Take into account your cash flow needs before making a lump-sum investment in this illiquid instrument

Investors subscribe TAC Infosec's IPO 393 times on final day of offer

TAC Infosec's initial share sale received an overwhelming response from the investors as it received 392.56 times subscriptions on the last day of the offer on Tuesday. The initial public offering (IPO) of TAC Infosec received bids for 79,42,29,600 shares against 20,23,200 equity shares on offer, according to the NSE data. The category for qualified institutional buyer (QIB) got 37.54 times subscription, while the quota for non-institutional investors (NII) was subscribed 153.30 times, and the Retail Individual Investors (RII) portion got 201.71 times subscription. The price band of the public issue has been fixed at Rs 100-106 per share. The IPO is only a fresh issue of 28.29 lakh equity shares with a face value of Rs 10 each. Proceeds from the issue will be used to invest in human resources and product development to support organic growth in India. Further, it will also use the proceeds to invest in TAC Security Inc (Delaware, USA) to hire skilled personnel for organic growth a

TCG plans $10 billion oil-to-chemicals project in Tamil Nadu

TCG's investment plans comes amid strong growth for chemicals in India to drive a 7% growth, but also at a time of oversupply in the global petrochemicals business

Mad March: Smallcap selloff sends trading turnover into a tailspin

Market experts said several traders incurred losses due to the wild swings seen in stock prices in the past few weeks

PLI schemes attract over Rs 1.06 trn investment; pharma gets major chunk

Production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes for 14 sectors have attracted over Rs 1.06 lakh crore investments till December 2023 with pharma and solar modules accounting for nearly half of the total, according to government data. The response to the schemes was tepid in sectors like IT hardware, auto, and auto components, textiles, and ACC battery storage till December last year. The government in 2021 announced PLI schemes for 14 sectors such as telecommunication, white goods, textiles, manufacturing of medical devices, automobiles, speciality steel, food products, high-efficiency solar PV modules, advanced chemistry cell battery, drones, and pharma with an outlay of Rs 1.97 lakh crore. According to the data, pharmaceuticals and drugs sector attracted Rs 25,813 crore till December last year, exceeding the expected investments of Rs 17,275 crore. The major beneficiary in this sector include Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Cipla, Glenmark Pharma, Biocon and Wockhardt Ltd. As regards the hig

RIL invest over $125 bn in capex in last 10 years as it undertook expansion

Reliance Industries Ltd invested over USD 125 billion in the last ten years as it undertook massive expansion in hydrocarbon and telecom businesses, a report said, estimating that the conglomerate's investments in the next three years would be in relatively less capex-heavy retail and upstream new energy. Reliance is coming out of a series of long and intensive capex cycles (hydrocarbons and telecom). "The company has invested nearly USD 30 billion between FY13-18 to increase scale, integration and cost competitiveness of the O2C (oil to chemical) business, and close to USD 60 billion between FY13-24E in 4G/5G capabilities to create a high-growth telecom business," Goldman Sachs said in a deep dive report on Reliance. With the pan-India 5G rollout now likely completed and potential telecom tariff hikes ahead, it expected the telecom business to become a strong free-cash-flow (FCF) generation business alongside current cash cow O2C (which comprises its mega oil refinery and ...

RBI eases recently tightened regulations for banks' investments in AIFs

This was to ensure the rules were uniformly implemented among lenders and to address stakeholders' concerns, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in a release

India's March gold imports likely to plunge more than 90% as prices surge

Lower imports by India, the world's second biggest consumer of the precious metal, could limit a rally in global prices that hit a record high earlier this month

Avanse raises Rs 1,000 cr from investors led by Mubadala Investment Company

Avanse Financial Services, an education-focused non-banking financial company (NBFC), on Tuesday announced that it has raised primary capital of Rs 1,000 crore to fund business growth. This round of funding was led by Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), the Abu Dhabi-based investment company, with participation from Avendus PE Investment Advisors Private Ltd via its fund Avendus Future Leaders Fund II, the NBFC said in a statement. The fund infusion will enable Avanse to strengthen its position in the rapidly evolving education financing segment by focusing on creating unique customer experiences and achieving sustained profitable growth, it said. The company has also provided growth and working capital to Indian educational institutions. As of December 2023, the company's assets under management (AUM) stands at Rs 12,147 crore.

Carlyle said to weigh $1 bn IPO for IT firm Hexaware Technologies

The US investment firm is speaking with potential arrangers to help prepare for an IPO in Mumbai this year or next, the people said

PE firm Olympus to sell 9.8% stake in India's Aster DM for up to $234.5 mn

Olympus Capital, which owns about 19% stake in the hospital chain, is planning the sale at 400-437.20 rupees per share