SBI Mutual Fund on Wednesday bought shares of United Breweries Ltd for Rs 678 crore through an open market transaction. According to the block deal data available with the NSE, SBI Mutual Fund acquired 46,28,452 shares of United Breweries Ltd (UBL). The shares were purchased at an average price of Rs 1,465.80 per piece, taking the aggregate transaction size to Rs 678.43 crore. Meanwhile, these shares were offloaded by the State Bank of India (S) at the same price. Shares of UBL rose 1.31 per cent to close at Rs 1,500 apiece on the NSE. As of the June quarter, dutch brewing major Heineken holds a majority stake in United Breweries Ltd.
SBI Mutual Fund, largest fund house by a wide margin in the 43-player industry, has clocked yet another milestone crossing the Rs 8 lakh crore-mark assets under management, adding Rs 90,000 crore to the asset pile during the first quarter of the fiscal. Given the current run rate in adding AUM (asset under management), the fund house expects to sniff at the Rs 10 lakh crore AUM-mark over the next 12 to 18 months too, a top company official has said. The 43-player mutual fund industry closed May with total assets of Rs 43.2 lakh crore despite a fall in net inflows into open-ended mutual funds, which almost halved to Rs 59,879.31 crore from Rs 1.24 lakh crore in April, when the industry-wide AUM stood at Rs 41.61 lakh crore. "We've added Rs 90,000 crore to our March 2023 AUM, when it was Rs 7.10 lakh crore, taking the total assets under our management to over Rs 8 lakh crore. In fact, we crossed the milestone yesterday," DP Singh, deputy managing director and chief business developmen
The currency will probably strengthen to 80 per dollar by the end of the year, according to Namrata Mittal, chief economist at SBI Mutual Fund
Most retail investors find it difficult to create a multi-asset portfolio. Dinesh Balachandran, Fund Manager, SBI MF in conversation with Business Standard spoke on the investment approach in his fund
The InvIT, Cube Highways Trust, will raise Rs 3,803 cr in fresh capital and Rs 1,423 cr by way of secondary share sale by sponsor Cube
GQG Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund sold 2.48 million shares in HDFC AMC worth Rs 396.83 crore.
SBI Mutual Fund on Monday bought 47.33 lakh shares of HDFC AMC for Rs 757 crore through an open market transaction. According to the bulk deal data available with the National Stock Exchange (NSE), SBI Mutual Fund purchased 47,33,788 shares of the company. The shares were acquired at an average price of Rs 1,600 apiece, taking the aggregate value at Rs 757.40 crore. On Monday, shares of HDFC AMC closed 0.17 per cent higher at Rs 1,681 per scrip on the NSE. In a separate bulk deal, Shrem Infra Structure Pvt Ltd offloaded shares in Shrem InvIT for Rs 178 crore through an open market transaction. Shrem Infra Structure Pvt Ltd is the sponsor of Shrem InvIT (Shrem Infrastructure Investment Trust). Shrem Infra Structure sold 1.56 crore shares at an average price of Rs 114 per piece, taking the transaction value at Rs 177.84 crore, as per the data available with the NSE. Rohit Kapadia and Kairus Shavak Dadachanji A/C Non-Discretionary were the buyers of the shares. Shares of Shrem Inv
US-based investment firm GQG Partners offloads 1.16% holding; shares exchanged at average price of Rs 1,600 each
SBI Small Cap Fund's consistent performance is a result of the fund manager's endeavour to find good businesses run by competent people at reasonable prices
NFO receives around 123,000 applications from over 70% of pincodes in India, the fund house says
SBI Mutual Fund on Monday said it has mobilised around Rs 3,600 crore in its New Fund Offer (NFO) for a dividend yield fund offering, giving it a market share of over 25 per cent in the segment. The fund house collected the amount on the back of a strong promotion in regional languages, with around 1.23 lakh applications from 70 per cent of pin codes in the country and around 40,000 new investors. The NFO of SBI Dividend Yield Fund was opened during February 20 to March 6, and it will reopen for subscriptions on March 17, the company said in a statement. With this fund collection, SBI Mutual Fund now commands over 25 per cent share, the largest in the Dividend Yield category, which now has a total assets under management of Rs 13,844 crore. The fund house believes that the category has a lot of potential and dividend yield funds should be part of an investor's portfolio, especially those looking to invest directly in equity or looking for a regular cash flow from dividends.
Dividend yield funds offer downside protection during corrections, says Rohit Shimpi, Fund Manager, SBI Mutual Fund in an interview with Business Standard. Whatch the video to know what he said.
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone has repaid Rs 1,500 crore loan and will repay another Rs 1,000 crore in commercial papers due in March. The Adani Group firm paid Rs 1,000 crore to SBI Mutual Fund and Rs 500 crore to Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund on commercial papers that matured on Monday, as scheduled. "This part prepayment is from the existing cash balance and funds generated from the business operations," a company spokesperson said. "This underscores the confidence which the market has placed on the prudent capital and liquidity management plan for the group." An SBI MF spokesperson said it has no further exposure. "SBI MF had an exposure of around Rs 1,000 crore to Adani Group, which has been repaid on maturity. We have no further exposure to the Adani Group," the spokesperson said.
The scheme will target aggregate dividend yield that is at least 50 per cent higher than the Nifty 50 index
With this, monthly SIP inflows can reach Rs 50,000 cr, says Sebi whole-time member
In the last six months with Sebi, he has delivered crucial orders in matters such as credit rating agencies, commodity brokers, and RTAs, among others
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He reveals why fixed maturity plans (FMPs) remain relevant, notwithstanding the emergence of target maturity funds (TMFs) in the 'predictable return' space in debt
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Khara said the planned share sale of the bank's mutual fund subsidiary has been shelved for the time being