More women are investing for retirement, but fewer believe their money will last, according to the women-specific findings of the sixth Bharosa Talks India Retirement Index Study (IRIS 6.0), released today by Axis Max Life Insurance in partnership with Kantar. The share of women who have started investing for retirement rose to 71% from 65%…
AlphaGrep Mutual Fund has launched the Eminence Hybrid Long-Short Fund under its Specialised Investment Fund (SIF) platform, with the new fund offer (NFO) scheduled to open on October 14 and close on October 28. The interval investment strategy will combine equity long-short positions, special situations, options strategies, arbitrage and fixed-income investments in a single portfolio….
Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund has launched the Motilal Oswal Nifty Midcap150 Plus 8–13 Yr G-Sec 70:30 Index Fund, an open-ended index fund that will invest in a combination of midcap stocks and government securities. The new fund offer (NFO) opened on October 12 and will close on October 26. The fund will track the Nifty…
Gold loans allow borrowers to raise funds against gold jewellery without selling the asset. They can be used for a range of requirements, including business working capital, agricultural expenses, education, healthcare and household needs. However, before pledging jewellery, borrowers should understand the cost of borrowing, repayment conditions, loan-to-value limits and the consequences of default. Vibhas…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said the state’s 8th pay commission has started work, with revised salaries for government employees to be considered after the panel submits its report. The commission was established in January, making Assam the first state or Union Territory to constitute its 8th state-level pay commission. Sarma had announced…
Invesco Mutual Fund’s Summit SIF has launched the Summit Active Asset Allocator Long-Short Fund, an investment strategy that will seek to capture arbitrage opportunities across equity, debt, derivatives, infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) and commodities. The new fund offer (NFO) opened for subscription on October 12 and will close on October 26. The fund will follow…
Debt mutual fund schemes recorded net outflows of ₹1.83 lakh crore in September, compared with outflows of ₹8,127 crore in August, according to data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). The outflows were led by liquid and money market funds. Liquid funds saw net outflows of ₹95,743 crore, while money market funds…
Gold loan securitisation volumes rose around 1.5 times year-on-year in the first half of FY27, leading growth across asset classes as India’s overall securitisation market recorded its highest-ever half-yearly volume of ₹1.47 lakh crore, according to rating agency ICRA. Overall securitisation volumes increased around 42% year-on-year in April-September 2026, ICRA said in a release on…
Gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) attracted inflows of ₹4,451 crore in September, up 71.4% from ₹2,597 crore in August, according to data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). The September inflow was the strongest monthly reading in the current cycle, according to Nitin Agrawal, CEO of Mutual Funds at InCred Money. Gold ETFs’…
Monthly contributions through systematic investment plans (SIPs) into mutual funds touched a record high of ₹32,490 crore in September, up 0.6% from ₹32,297 crore in August, according to data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). SIP contributions have remained above ₹32,000 crore for the second consecutive month, with September setting a new…
