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Mutual fund AUM surges 18% in 2025, slowest in 3 years: Amfi data

Led by ICICI Pru, top four AMCs add over Rs 6 trillion to combined AUM

Securities market code: Sebi ex-chief warns of investor focus dilution

Former Sebi chief M Damodaran warns the securities market code may dilute investor protection, rely on delegated legislation, and create a top-heavy regulator

Top asset manager taps Citigroup, HSBC Holdings for nearly $1.4 billion IPO

Top asset manager taps Citigroup, HSBC Holdings for nearly $1.4 billion IPO

Domestic steel prices may rise in Q4 as safeguard duty curbs imports

Extension of safeguard duties until April 2028 provides a price floor for domestic steel, but weak exports, new capacities and global pressures are likely to cap further upside

Nifty hits new high amid hopes of December-quarter earnings revival

Benchmark indices rose on Friday as optimism over December-quarter corporate earnings, rate cuts and tax rationalisation lifted sentiment, with Nifty and Sensex closing at record highs

IPO Calendar: 3 SME issues to open next week; Modern Diagnostic to list

Modern Diagnostic & Research Centre is slated to debut on the BSE SME platform on January 7, keeping market attention on the smaller board

Veegaland Developers files DRHP for IPO, eyes ₹250-crore via fresh issue

Veegaland Developers IPO comprises a fresh issue of equity shares of face value ₹10 each aggregating up to ₹250 crore

JM Fin expects cement price recovery from April 2026; UltraTech top pick

Industry demand likely grew in low double digits year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in December 2025, reflecting broad-based improvements across regions

Why investors should stop predicting markets in 2026: Deepak Shenoy answers

The world has slowly changed into a format that seems to hate trade - more tariffs, more restrictions on immigration, and, in general, a call to go local

Rupee slips 10 paise to close at 89.97 against dollar amid fund outflows

Forex traders said the USD/INR pair traded in a tight range, as support from easing crude oil prices was offset by a positive tone in the US dollar index and foreign fund outflows

Indices end first trading session of 2026 on muted note amid ITC selloff

Indian equity benchmarks closed largely flat in the first trading session of 2026, as gains in Larsen & Toubro and M&M offset sharp losses in ITC after a new tobacco tax announcement

Sector, thematic funds' outlook: Avoid over-allocation, chasing returns

These concentrated bets suit experienced investors who can assess sector prospects and invest at attractive valuations

Value over volume to drive jewellery growth in H2 amid higher gold prices

December quarter results for the sector are expected to be in similar lines to the September (Q2) quarter

BS CEO poll: India Inc expects faster growth, stronger earnings in 2026

Plans to invest and hire more but is concerned about global uncertainty

India 2025 IPOs: Record listings, mixed returns; check top winners, losers

Around 70 per cent of the 102 firms that went public this year finished their first trading session in positive territory, data showed

Silver retreats from $80/ounce peak, gold softens on profit-taking

Spot platinum slid by 6.9 per cent to $2,281.15 an ounce after touching a record peak of $2,478.50 while palladium plunged 11.9 per cent to $1,694.75 an ounce

Why capping Sebi's surplus risks weakening India's market regulator

Capping Sebi's surplus under the Securities Markets Code risks eroding the regulator's financial autonomy and independence, with implications for market governance and investor confidence in India

ChinaAMC lists depository receipts of two flagship ETFs on Thai exchange

/ -- Today, China Asset Management Co. (ChinaAMC) partnered with Thai securities firm InnovestX Securities to list Depository Receipts (DRs) linked to the "ChinaAMC CSI 300 ETF" and the "ChinaAMC STAR 50 ETF" on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), enabling Thai investors access to a basket of China's core assets and hard-core technologies. This marks the first time that ETFs listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) have entered an overseas market through a DR structure, and represents another milestone in deepening capital market cooperation between China and Thailand under the Belt and Road Initiative. The simultaneous listing of these two flagship ETFs in Thailand also fully reflects the local market's strong interest in allocating to high-quality Chinese assets and their confidence toward growth prospects of China's technology sector. In June, ChinaAMC collaborated with Thailand's leading asset manager BBL Asset Management to launch the Southeast Asian nation's first feeder

Profit-focused startups power India's strong IPO revival march in 2025

Venture-backed firms raised $4.9 billion in 2025, reflecting shift from cash-burn model to financial discipline

60% of top 1,000 stocks trading in red this year; smallcaps among worst hit

About 595 of the top 1,000 stocks are in the red year to date, led by a small-cap rout; experts say an earnings revival and better results are key for a broad-based rally