MFs selling spree continues; withdraw Rs 30,760-cr from equities in Nov

MFs selling spree continues; withdraw Rs 30,760-cr from equities in Nov

NEW DELHI: Continuing their selling spree for the sixth straight month, mutual funds pulled out Rs 30,760 crore from equities in November on profit booking and experts believe the outflow trend will continue unless there is correction in markets. With this, net withdrawal by mutual funds (MFs) has reached to over Rs 28,000 crore in … Read more

Vedanta hits lower circuit as delisting plan fails

Vedanta hits lower circuit as delisting plan fails

MUMBAI: Shares of mining firm Vedanta hit the lower circuit as they tumbled 10 per cent on Monday, after its delisting offer failed to garner enough bids on the bourses. Vedanta shares were down 9.99 per cent at Rs 109.90 on the BSE, while benchmark Sensex was up 324.14 per cent at 40,879 points. The … Read more

PIF, ADIA may invest $1 billion in RIL’s fibre InvIT

PIF, ADIA may invest  billion in RIL’s fibre InvIT

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) are likely to invest about $500 million (Rs 3,700 crore) each to acquire a total 51% in the infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) structure formed by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to monetise its fibre optic network assets, said people aware of the matter. Over … Read more

MF investment in REITs jumps 3-fold to Rs 735 cr in first half of 2020

MF investment in REITs jumps 3-fold to Rs 735 cr in first half of 2020

New Delhi: Emerging investment instrument REIT seems to be finally catching investors’ fancy, with mutual funds investing a whopping Rs 735 crore in such units in the first six months of 2020, nearly three-fold jump from the year-ago period. However, mutual funds’ investment in infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) dropped by 8 per cent to Rs … Read more

Sebi extends measures to curb volatility up to September 24

Sebi extends measures to curb volatility up to September 24

Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said on Wednesday it has decided to extend the regulatory measures to curb volatility up to September 24, after reviewing the current situation with respect to Covid-19 pandemic. “On review of the COVID-19 pandemic related situation, it has been decided that the regulatory measures introduced vide … Read more

Sebi Chairman Ajay Tyagi’s term extended by 18 months

Sebi Chairman Ajay Tyagi’s term extended by 18 months

Mumbai: The government on Wednesday extended the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Chairman Ajay Tyagi’s term by 18 months. “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension of term of appointment of Shri Ajay Tyagi (HP:1984) as Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) by a further period of 18 … Read more