Full FDI in insurance may not shake sector
Foreign insurers might still prefer partnering with homegrown insurers or large corporates with strong franchises and distribution networks to enter the Indian market, despite the government fully opening the sector to foreign investors, feel industry players.

100% FDI in Insurance: Legacy distribution remains hurdle for foreign firms
 

Axis Max Life's India Retirement Insights Summit Highlights rising awareness and shifting retirement behaviours
New Delhi: Axis Max Life Insurance Limited (“Axis Max Life” / “Company”), formerly known as Max Life Insurance Company Limited, together with NDTV, hosted the India Retirement Insights Summit in New Delhi, an event focused on fostering dialogue and advancing awareness around retirement preparedness in India on a national level.

Acko to join wave of tech IPOs with $300-400 million listing plan
Mumbai : Acko, a digital insurer backed by private equity firms including General Atlantic and Multiples Alternate Asset Management, has begun prepping for an initial public offering to raise $300-400 million, according to two people close to the development.

Costly courses, young minds misled by false promises: Sebi unmasks trading ‘guru’
So, I am just telling you how I built my view and took a few trades today…Like I have sold put, futures long kiya hai 21 ke average se (went long on futures on an average of 21)… Doosra hai crude oil (second is crude oil), this I have gone long on 40 lots at 5,417...I just received a buy order. So, I will tell you, you know how to take orders and how to buy. Toh mere ek commodity ka example hai aur ek normal stock ka example hai (So, I've an example of a commodity and a normal stock).

SEBI’s growth ambition: Markets that empower every Indian investor
SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey outlines a future where market reforms deepen trust, strengthen governance and empower every Indian to invest confidently.
 

After I-T raids on Refex Industries, SEBI fines promoter for insider trading
Chennai-based Refex Industries on Sunday said the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has imposed a penalty of ₹10 lakh on its chairman and managing director Anil Jain, and a joint penalty of ₹25 lakh on Kamlesh Jain and the Jain Family Trust, for alleged insider trading violations involving the company’s shares.

Sebi clears Pranav Adani, others of insider trading charges in Adani Green Energy case
 

Help us build a stronger financial market architecture: Sebi to CAs
 

Women lead in financial inclusion with rise in pension scheme subscriptions
Mumbai: After opening savings accounts in a big way under the Pradhan Mantri Jan - Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), women are making strides to secure their old-age income security by subscribing to the Atal Pension Yojana (APY). The number of female subscribers to the APY is gradually matching the scale of the accounts opened by them under the PMJDY, highlighting “femme power” in financial inclusion, going by finance ministry data.

Domestic demand slowdown is cyclical, not structural: ICICI Pru AMC's Nimesh Shah
The country's macroeconomic backdrop is fundamentally resilient, with inflation under control and the fiscal situation stable. The only soft spot that remains is domestic demand, which has moderated in recent quarters but could bounce back, thanks to the government's goods and services tax-related support and rate actions by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), believes Nimesh Shah, managing director and chief executive officer of the IPO-bound ICICI Prudential AMC. Asked about the increasing competition in the AMC business, Shah said that low household participation in mutual funds (MFs) and the track record of the fund house create enough room for growth among all contenders.

‘Track record matters more than sponsorship, ’ says Nimesh Shah, ICICI Prudential AMC
ICICI Prudential AMC, one of the largest and most profitable mutual fund houses, mobilised Rs 3,021.8 crore from 149 anchor investors on Thursday at Rs 2,165 per share, after a pre-IPO placement to top institutional investors. The Rs 10,600 crore IPO opened for bids on Friday. Nimesh Shah, MD & CEO tells Nesil Staney that while operating profit is the most relevant metric continuity of fund performance is vital. Excerpts: 

Hungry IPOs carve out a bigger hefty slice of mutual fund liquidity
 

Street Signs: Nifty rally regains steam, AMC premium rockets, and more
 

Mcap of 8 of top-10 most valued firms erodes by ₹79,129 cr; Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank hit hard
New Delhi: The combined market valuation of eight of the top-10 most valued domestic firms eroded by ₹79,129.21 crore last week, with Bajaj Finance and ICICI Bank taking the biggest hit, amid a largely bearish trend in equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark index declined by 444.71 points or 0.51 per cent.