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LIC MF launches Technology Fund; SIP starts from ₹100: Who should invest?

LIC MF Technology Fund is a thematic equity scheme designed to provide comprehensive exposure to India's expanding technology landscape

JM Financial AIF launches pre-IPO fund; Gaudium IVF gets ₹9.5 crore

JM Asset Management enters pre-IPO investing with a ₹1,500-crore AIF as LIC Mutual Fund rolls out a tech fund and Gaudium IVF raises anchor capital

LIC Mutual Fund launches India's first women-centric AMC branch in Delhi

LIC Mutual Fund Asset Management on Monday inaugurated its women-centric branch in South Delhi, becoming the first asset management company in the country to set up a branch aimed at increasing women's participation in mutual fund investing. The initiative aims to bridge the gender gap in investment participation by encouraging women to take greater ownership of their financial futures, said Ravi Kumar Jha, Managing Director & CEO of LIC Mutual Fund. The South Delhi branch is staffed and managed entirely by women. The region is considered a key growth market for the mutual fund industry, with an estimated assets under management (AUM) of about Rs 1.30 lakh crore and more than 2,000 active mutual fund distributors. As of December 31, 2025, LIC Mutual Fund's AUM in South Delhi stood at around Rs 200 crore, including nearly Rs 175 crore in equity assets. Jha said the branch is intended to provide a dedicated space where women can learn about investments and make informed decisions ..

Money market, PSU debt funds among best bets for investors: Marzban Irani

With headline inflation close to 2 per cent and a growth trajectory going south after Q2FY26, we expect interest rates to remain lower for longer, Irani said

Markets seem to have priced in earnings downgrades: Yogesh Patil, LIC MF

Yogesh Patil of LIC Mutual Fund believes that trade near-term uncertainty around trade wars may impact the investment decisions for now.

₹25K cr SBI QIP draws bids worth ₹1 trn; LIC, domestic MFs lead charge

LIC bids over Rs 5,000 crore in SBI's Rs 25,000 crore QIP, joined by major MFs and FPIs; fundraise to boost capital adequacy by 60 bps with 3.47% equity dilution

Apollo Micro Systems raises over Rs 416 cr via equity shares, warrants

Apollo Micro Systems, a leading technology-driven firm in the aerospace, defence, and homeland security sectors, on Wednesday announced the completion of its preferential allotment of equity shares and convertible warrants, raising a total of over Rs 416 crore. The allotments were made to promoter group, Non-Executive Director Aditya Kumar Halwasiya and LIC Mutual Fund. In a statement, the company said the preferential issue involved 2.70 crore equity shares allotted at Rs 114 each, aggregating to Rs 308 crore along with 3.80 crore convertible equity warrants issued at the same price, with 25 per cent upfront subscription, aggregating to Rs 108.5 crore in initial proceeds. An additional Rs 325.50 crore is anticipated within six months as the rest 75 per cent of the convertible warrants' proceeds. As part of the preferential issue, the promoter group has subscribed to 1.68 crore convertible equity warrants. Halwasiya was allotted 15 lakh shares and an additional 15 lakh convertible .

Many investors are sitting on notional losses, says Nikhil Rungta of LIC MF

The recent moderation in SIP flows is largely a function of short-term sentiment, particularly in response to sharp corrections in small- and mid-cap segments, Rungta said

LIC Mutual Fund introduces open-ended multi asset allocation fund

LIC Mutual Fund on Friday launched its Multi Asset Allocation Fund, an open-ended scheme that invests in equity, debt, and gold to achieve long-term capital appreciation. The New Fund Offer (NFO) opened on January 24 and will conclude on February 7. The scheme will reopen for continuous sale and repurchase on February 18, the company said in a statement. The scheme's benchmark is a combination of 65 per cent Nifty 500 TRI, 25 per cent Nifty Composite Debt Index, and 10 per cent domestic gold prices, it added. "Hybrid mutual funds saw a 27 per cent surge in assets under management in 2024, increasing from Rs 6.90 lakh crore in January to Rs 8.77 lakh crore in December according to data published by Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). "The multi-asset allocation funds saw significant growth in the AUM under hybrid category. Currently, this reflects a clear investor inclination towards hybrid funds and our new fund is ideally suited to cater to their interests," R K Jha, ...

LIC MF may consider IPO once AUM reaches Rs 1 trillion: MD RK Jha

LIC Mutual Fund might consider an IPO once its asset under management (AUM) reaches the Rs 1 lakh crore mark, which it was targeting by FY'26, a top official said on Friday. At present, LIC MF's AUM was around Rs 38,000 crore, a significant jump from Rs 16,526 crore in FY'23. "We have grown by 67 per cent in FY'24 and our current growth run rate is 30 per cent," LIC MF Asset Management Ltd MD and CEO RK Jha told PTI. He said the current equity contribution across all funds is 47 per cent, with debt accounting for the remaining 53. Institutional and corporate investors have put their money mostly in debt funds, while retail participation is skewed towards equity, he added. "We want retail or equity weightage to grow to 65-70 per cent when we hit Rs 1 lakh crore," he said, acknowledging the ambitious nature of the target with 15 months remaining. Jha said that to achieve it, LIC MF has taken several initiatives. Among them is expanding its offices by tapping the vast network of Lif

Hyundai IPO subscribed 18% on Day 1; LIC MF reduces minimum SIP limits

Shares of Garuda Construction and Engineering ended with a 12.5 per cent gain on Tuesday

LIC Mutual Fund launches Manufacturing Fund, targets Rs 60,000 cr AUM

LIC Mutual Fund on Friday launched a new Manufacturing Fund, an open-ended equity scheme, and said it is looking to achieve an asset under management of Rs 60,000 crore this fiscal. The new fund offer (NFO) will remain open for subscription till October 4 while the units under the scheme would be allotted on October 11, the company said. It also said that the scheme will be benchmarked to the Nifty India Manufacturing Index (Total Return Index). The scheme aims to provide a diversified portfolio of companies that come under the ambit of manufacturing theme, including automobiles, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, heavy engineering products, metals, shipbuilding, and petroleum products, among others, the company said. "The main objective of launching the manufacturing fund is to create wealth for the investors who will be joining this scheme and which will be mainly investing into manufacturing theme companies," R K Jha, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, LIC Mutual Fund told .

LIC MF plans to launch bite-size SIPs in October; aims Rs 1 trn AUM by FY26

To focus on new physical branches in B30 cities

Stocks to watch: Infosys, LIC, NLC India, Mukka Proteins, Zomato

Stocks to track on March 07, 2024: Mukka Proteins is set to make its stock market debut on Thursday at an issue price of Rs 28 per share

LIC MF chalks out growth path, aims for Rs 1 trillion AUM by 2026

With new CEO at helm, fund house to focus on performance, distribution reach

LIC Housing Finance Q3 profits more than doubles, hits Rs 1,163 crore

Mortgage lender LIC Housing Finance on Friday reported a more than two-fold jump in profit at Rs 1,163 crore in the third quarter ended December 2023. The housing finance subsidiary of LIC had earned a net profit of Rs 480 crore in the same quarter a year ago. Its total income increased to Rs 6,792 crore during the quarter under review against Rs 5,876 crore in the same period last year, LIC Housing Finance said in a regulatory filing. The interest income of the company rose to Rs 6,744 crore as against Rs 5,839 crore in the third quarter of the previous year. During the quarter ended December 31, 2023, the company has made a provision of Rs 50.32 crore in respect of Investment in Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs) pursuant to a Reserve Bank of India circular dated December 19, 2023. However, the company's Capital Adequacy Ratio improved to 19.77 per cent as against 17.74 per cent at the end of December 2022.

Sebi disposes of adjudication proceedings against state-owned LIC

Sebi on Thursday disposed of adjudication proceedings against state-owned LIC with respect to alleged violations of mutual fund norms. The case pertained to the insurer's shareholding in IDBI Mutual Fund. In a 12-page order, Sebi said the alleged violation on part of LIC is to be viewed in the context of the efforts taken by it to complete the merger of IDBI Mutual Fund with LIC Mutual Fund, and disposed of the adjudication proceedings. The regulator had conducted an examination in the matter of alleged non-compliance of MF (Mutual Fund) regulations by LIC with a focus to ascertain if there was any violation of the rules. During the course of examination, the regulator observed that IDBI Bank is the sponsor of IDBI Mutual Fund and directly holds 66.67 per cent and 33.33 per cent equity stake through IDBI Capital Markets & Securities in IDBI AMC, respectively. Also, IDBI Bank holds 100 per cent stake in IDBI MF Trustee Company Ltd. Thereafter, Sebi issued a show cause notice to LI

LIC Mutual Fund completes the takeover of IDBI Mutual Fund schemes

At the end of June, the AUM of LIC MF and IDBI MF stood at Rs. 18,400 crore and Rs. 3,650 crore, respectively

LIC Mutual Fund completes merger of IDBI MF to diversify offerings

LIC Mutual Fund (LIC MF) on Monday said it has completed the takeover of schemes of IDBI Mutual Fund. The move is in line with LIC MF's aim to strengthen and diversify its product offerings, expand footprint and grow its assets under management (AUM) to emerge as a leading fund house in the country, according to a statement. The merger is effective from July 29. As of June 2023, LIC MF had an AUM of Rs 18,400 crore, while IDBI MF had Rs 3,650 crore. With the completion of the merger, out of 20 schemes of IDBI MF, 10 will be merged with similar schemes of LIC MF and the remaining 10 will be taken over by LIC MF on standalone basis, which will take its total scheme count to 38, the statement noted. With this merger, investors who have invested in IDBI MF schemes, will get access to LIC MF's diversified basket of product offerings covering equity, debt, hybrid, solution oriented themes, ETF and Index funds. "The merger complements our goal to strengthen our scheme offerings in the .

IDBI Mutual Fund signs agreement to transfer schemes to LIC MF

Merger likely to make LIC MF the 22nd largest fund house by AUM