Mutual funds boost money market bet through TREPS allocation to protect returns from volatility

The use of TREPS is becoming increasingly widespread, and as per PrimeMFDatabase, 89.71 percent of equity schemes had exposure to cash equivalents like TREPS, CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation), or reverse repos in July. In just two months, 18 additional equity schemes have begun using these instruments to manage cash positions.   Mutual Funds…

Market regulator SEBI plans to extend equity derivatives’ tenure to curb losses

“The plans to extend the tenure of such contracts is at a conceptual stage,” SEBI chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said at the sidelines of an industry event “Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India – SEBI  is planning to increase the tenure and maturity of equity derivatives contracts,” its chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said…

India’s inflation cools to 2.1% in June, extending slide to more than 6-year lows

  Consumer inflation had dipped to 2.82% in May. CPI data allows India room to ease rates at a time when Trump tariffs threaten growth. India’s economy rose by a faster-than-expected 7.4% in the quarter ended March. India’s consumer inflation continued to ease in June, hitting a lower-than-expected 2.10%, government data showed on Monday. The…

iPhone manufacturer Foxconn plans new facility in Greater Noida, to create 40,000 jobs : Report

The Uttar Pradesh government is reportedly in talks with iPhone manufacturer Foxconn to set up a new facility in the Greater Noida region. According to sources, UP government officials and representatives of the Taiwanese company have already held two rounds of meetings at Delhi and Lucknow on the proposed project. The new facility is likely…