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Morgan Stanley MD Ridham Desai (File photo) Morgan Stanley’s MD Ridham Desai, one of India’s most closely watched equity strategists, says his bullish stance on Indian markets is rooted in structural changes that have transformed the economy’s fundamentals over the past decade.Speaking at the Business Standard BFSI Summit, Desai — who has now been bullish…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has one again started his long-running feud with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, suggesting a ‘conspiracy theory’ behind Altman’s decision of not taking any equity stake in the company even after its multibillion dollar partnership with Microsoft. In a post shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) Musk wrote,…
The Burlington School District in Vermont has reached what officials are calling a major milestone in its decades-long effort to reduce racial bias in school discipline.According to data released last week, students of colour, who make up about 42% of Burlington’s pre-kindergarten to grade 12 population, accounted for only 33% of suspensions in the last…
After foreign institutional investor (FII) outflows worth nearly Rs 2 lakh crore year-to-date, equities are showing early signs of recovery, according to Elara Capital. The brokerage attributes this turnaround to India’s resilient macroeconomic backdrop within emerging markets (EMs), alongside moderating valuations and stabilising earnings revisions.“With valuation premiums cooling and earnings outlook steadying, conditions now favour…
The Indian mutual fund industry reached an all-time high with assets under management (AUM) touching Rs 75.61 lakh crore in September 2025, reflecting a 12.7 per cent year-on-year growth, according to the latest Mutual Fund Industry Dashboard report published by Franklin Templeton. Equity-oriented funds accounted for the bulk of the growth, with AUM rising 9.5…
MUMBAI: Private equity (PE) investments in Indian real estate fell to a four-year low in the first half of FY26, with total inflows dropping 15% from a year earlier to $2.2 billion.The slowdown reflects a smaller number of transactions and lower average deal sizes, despite a few large-ticket deals keeping activity visible across key cities.According…
Net inflows into equity mutual funds moderated for the second consecutive month in September, standing at Rs 30,421 crore, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) showed on Friday. This represents a 9 per cent decline from August’s Rs 33,430 crore and remains well below July’s record Rs 42,703 crore, PTI reported.Despite…
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Friday said gold prices may now be acting as a fresh barometer of global uncertainty, similar to how crude oil once reflected geopolitical risks, even as he cautioned of a potential correction in global equity markets.Speaking at the Kautilya Economic Conclave 2025, Malhotra noted that despite widespread fiscal stress, oil…
MUMBAI: The reclassification of real-estate investment trusts (REITs) as equity will make them eligible for inclusion in benchmark indices, drawing in mutual funds and institutional investors.Developers stand to benefit from lower financing costs and more diversified funding, while investors can diversify into real estate with opportunity for steady dividends and potential capital appreciation without the…
Equity mutual fund inflows, including hybrid schemes but excluding arbitrage, in August this year fell to Rs 424 billion, marking a 25% month-on-month and 8% annual decline, as per a JM Financial report.The fall was driven largely by a thinning new fund offering (NFO) pipeline, which accounted for 61% of the Rs 142 billion MoM…
