Technological advances

Passive funds: Survey finds 80% investors hiked passive investment in one year

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Passive funds: Survey finds 80% investors hiked passive investment in one year

Passive fund adoption is on the rise, a survey conducted by Motilal Oswal AMC revealed, adding that 80% of investors have increased their allocation towards index funds and ETFs in the past year. Passive funds have seen a significant growth in assets under management (AUM), surpassing Rs 11 lakh crore by September 2024. This marks … Read more

Tech tonic for growth: Will Sitharaman’s bahi-khata have what’s been missing from Budgets so far?

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Tech tonic for growth: Will Sitharaman’s bahi-khata have what’s been missing from Budgets so far?

Millions lost their jobs, walked thousands of miles to get home, starved, got sick, died. The lockdown following the Covid-19 pandemic was the worst catastrophe for India since the ‘Spanish flu’ influenza epidemic a century ago. Just how bad is documented by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its Financial Stability Report (FSR; bit.ly/3oP9DBT) … Read more