Active mutual fund keep beating passive peers, but edge narrows over time
Business Lineby Ashokamithran T6d ago
Active mutual funds across most categories continue to outperform their passive counterparts, even as returns begin to moderate.
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Business Line6d ago
This refers to ‘Economy faces inflation and investment hurdles: FinMin Report’ Except for measures such as the special FCNR(B) initiative, there appears limited emphasis on restoring foreign...
CAFE smokescreen
Business Line6d ago
After more than a year of debate, the Centre has notified the third phase of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) norms for passenger vehicles, to come into effect from April 1, 2027, for five...
Centre fortifies India’s AI mission with Sovereign Compute Pool amid rising GPU costs
Business Lineby S Ronendra Singh6d ago
The Centre is moving to build a pool of government-controlled artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem by adding 10000 GPUs of computing capacity, sources have said.
Anup Bagchi: Consensus builder who unwinds with black coffee and a non-fiction book
Business Lineby BL Mumbai Bureau6d ago
An affable personality, a strong belief in delegation, high emotional intelligence, and excellent communication skills are traits that could help ICICI Group veteran Anup Bagchi steer the affairs...
Saroj Poddar Group, Keventer launch real estate-focussed AIF, target ₹400 crore corpus
Business Lineby BL Kolkata Bureau6d ago
Saroj Poddar Group and Keventer Group-backed investment management platform, Poddar Keventer Capital Advisors, has launched its maiden category II Alternative Investment Fund (AIF), focused on...
A home away from home for gig workers
Business Lineby BL Hyderabad Bureau6d ago
Serial entrepreneur Aditya Vuchi has launched Upzy, a start-up that seeks to address a basic problem faced by gig workers — finding a clean and convenient place to rest, use a washroom or have a...
Below normal monsoon’s impact on rural demand a key concern for FMCG sector
Business Lineby Meenakshi Verma Ambwani6d ago
As monsoons ended with a 13 per cent deficit in overall rainfall, it could weigh on rural income and consumption in the coming months with a lag effect.
A modest repo rate hike will be in order
Business Lineby Rahul Mazumdar; Indranil Mondal6d ago
The October MPC is less than a week away, and a 25-basis-point increase in the repo rate would not necessarily herald an aggressive tightening cycle.
America’s looming debt reckoning
Business Lineby Kenneth Rogoff6d ago
America’s fiscal position is increasingly looking like a train hurtling along a twisting mountain track. No one seems willing to slow down for fear of falling behind schedule and losing their job.
Kiska BaaS is the best? Tata Motors, Mahindra, MG and Maruti EV offers put to the test
Business Lineby Amit Vijay Mohile6d ago
Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS), which still accounts for only an estimated 4-6 per cent of India’s electric-car sales, is emerging as a new battleground in the EV market after Tata Motors expanded the...
Mumbai airport plans to discontinue 265 international flights from October 26, airlines opposed move
Business Lineby Aneesh Ashok Phadnis7d ago
Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) plans to temporarily discontinue 265 weekly international departures (one third of the total) from October 26 as a part of its wider plan to redevelop...
Indian start-ups being acquired 2X faster as incumbents look to buy capabilities
Business Lineby Rohan Das7d ago
Indian start-ups are finding a faster route to acquisitions as large corporations increasingly look to buy in specific capabilities.
India’s Defence startups look beyond drones, towards maritime opportunities
Business Lineby Aishwarya Kumar; Jyoti Banthia7d ago
India’s defence-tech ecosystem is entering a new phase underwater, with the Indian Navy increasingly turning to startups for technologies spanning autonomous vessels, underwater surveillance and...
GST Council likely to consider allowing investigating agencies, police to use NATGRID to access GST data
Business Lineby Shishir Sinha7d ago
The GST Council, at its October 7 meeting, is likely to consider a proposal to allow central intelligence and investigative agencies, as well as State and Union Territory police forces using...
Manufacturing startups face capacity-demand funding dilemma
Business Lineby Jyoti Banthia7d ago
India’s manufacturing startup ecosystem is drawing greater interest from venture and growth investors, but companies are running into a structural funding challenge: investors want evidence of...
SEBI may keep independent director workshops voluntary
Business Lineby Akshata Gorde7d ago
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is likely to keep the proposed training workshops for independent directors voluntary, a shift from its earlier plan to make participation...
Employees of private banks score over public sector banks in productivity
Business Lineby Sourashis Banerjee7d ago
Recent call for a three-day nationwide bank strike over the demand for a five-day work has moved the spotlight on the productivity of bank employees and extent of digitisation.
Hindalco terminates $125 million US alumina deal after year-long regulatory delay
Business Lineby BL Ahmedabad Bureau7d ago
Hindalco Industries has scrapped its proposed $125 million (about ₹1,200 crore) acquisition of US specialty alumina maker AluChem Companies.
Anti-CEC protests erupt across country over SIR, hundreds detained in Delhi
Business Lineby BL New Delhi Bureau7d ago
Protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the exclusion of over 13 crore voters from the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) erupted across the country...