India’s billionaire rankings shifted in 2025. Mukesh Ambani surged on Reliance gains, Gautam Adani rebounded after SEBI clearance, while tech and real estate tycoons slipped.
Gold prices surged nearly 75% in 2025, marking one of their strongest annual performances in decades, while the Nifty 50 delivered only single-digit returns. The sharp divergence reinforced gold’s role as a powerful diversification tool. Reflecting this shift, gold ETF AUM jumped to about Rs 1.11 lakh crore by end-2025, more than doubling in a year and rising over five-fold in three years.
According to the company filing, the bonus issue will be executed through the capitalisation of Rs 4.16 crore from the Securities Premium Account, in compliance with the Companies Act, 2013 and Sebi regulations.
In a December 3 internal email — later shared with the company’s management — Bafna wrote that due to the persistently hazardous air quality in Delhi, he was stepping down from his role and requested an expedited transition.
In a recent regulatory filing, Coal India confirmed its board has approved the listing of MCL and SECL. The move follows a directive from the Ministry of Coal to initiate concrete steps for listing both subsidiaries in the next financial year.
Zepto is currently valued at about $7 billion and has raised a total of $1.8 billion, or roughly Rs 16,000 crore, from investors since inception
On Friday, PNB shares witnessed some pressure, closing 0.50 per cent lower at Rs 120.35 on the BSE against the previous close of Rs 120.95.
SEBI said it has come across a media article incorrectly reporting about changes in short selling framework, which would become applicable from December 22, 2025.
Sebi recently announced its first major revamp of mutual fund expense rules in nearly three decades. The changes focus on unbundling the Total Expense Ratio (TER) ,which would show how much investors are paying fund houses for management and what portion goes to the government in the form of taxes and statutory levies.
Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said the regulator is engaging with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) to enable the participation of banks and insurance companies in the commodity derivatives market.
Using the Kotak Equity Arbitrage Fund (KEAF) Regular Plan as an illustration, Nilesh Shah highlighted how arbitrage funds, despite delivering modest returns, contribute disproportionately to public revenues. In FY25, the fund delivered a post-expense return of 7.50%.
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