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June 9 (Reuters) - Aditya Birla Sun Life Amc Ltd ADIE.NS:

• ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE MF PUTS TEMPORARY RESTRICTION ON SUBSCRIPTIONS IN ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE GOLD ETF, ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE GOLD FUND - NSE CIRCULAR

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** Citi raises TP on asset manager Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC ADIE.NS to 1,195 rupees from 1,130 rupees, representing a 14.1% upside to the stock's last close

** Maintains "buy" rating on stock

** Brokerage says performance of ABSL AMC's select schemes has shown "green shoots" over the past few quarters

** Says, steady gains in key equity funds could reverse outflow trends and help grow assets under management

** Notes SIP flow market share has picked up from the last quarter

** Says being added to the approved product lists of some bank partners is a positive sign for future business growth

** "We remain upbeat on incremental business momentum even as full revival of operational trends will likely play out gradually," - Citi

** ADIE shares up 1.2% in afternoon trading, they have risen 31.6% so far in 2026

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April 23 (Reuters) - Aditya Birla Sun Life Amc Ltd ADIE.NS:

• MARCH-QUARTER CONSOL NET PROFIT 1.87 BILLION RUPEES

• DECLARES DIVIDEND OF 25.50 RUPEESPER SHARE

• MARCH-QUARTER CONSOL TOTAL INCOME 4.25 BILLION RUPEES

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MUMBAI, March 5 (Reuters) - India's Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Company plans to raise 5 billion rupees ($54.69 million) through the sale of bonds maturing in 10 years, three bankers said on Thursday.

It will pay a coupon of 7.90% and invited commitment bids for the issue on Monday, they said.

The company did not immediately respond to a Reuters email seeking comment.

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MUMBAI, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund is lapping up 10-year and 14-year Indian government securities, on the view that the central bank will deliver one more policy rate cut and that India's bonds will eventually be added to another bond index, an executive at the asset manager said on Wednesday.

With 100 basis points of cuts already delivered this fiscal year, which runs from April to March, debate has intensified over how much further the Reserve Bank of India's rate-cut cycle can extend.

While a section of the market argues that policy space for reducing rates is narrowing, Kaustubh Gupta, chief investment officer for fixed income at Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC, expects the RBI to deliver one more cut before shifting focus toward transmission of its rate moves.

"With rate-cut transmission underway, it makes sense to stay in liquid (long-dated) bonds," Gupta said, adding that once clarity emerges on Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index inclusion, the market is likely to begin positioning for it.

The fund house manages 2.14 trillion rupees ($23.37 billion)in debt assets.

Last week, Bloomberg Index Services deferred including India in its Global Aggregate Bond Index, saying that there are some operational considerations to be evaluated, and it would provide an update by mid-2026.

Indian bond yields have risen in recent weeks despite record RBI bond purchases via open market operations, reflecting unfavourable demand–supply dynamics for debt, exacerbated by news of the deferral of index inclusion.

That backdrop has opened up opportunities for investors willing to look beyond near-term pressures.

Gupta is ramping up buying 10-year and 14-year papers, which have yields hovering at 6.65% and 7.10% respectively

"The cure to the demand-supply mismatch is modulation of duration supply as it has gone up substantially," Gupta said, adding that more liquidity infusion through open market operations will help bring yields down.

Gupta expects an additional 1 trillion rupees of OMOs by March and a further 4 trillion rupees in fiscal 2027, assuming a neutral balance of payments. He added the scale could be bigger if India's balance of payments turns negative.

The RBI has bought bonds worth 5.4 trillion rupees through OMOs and secondary market purchases this financial year so far.

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By Jayshree P Upadhyay

MUMBAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - India's markets regulator has accused a Bank of America (BofA) BAC.N business of violating insider trading rules and breaking internal "Chinese walls" in a 2024 share sale, a notice from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) showed.

The notice followed a SEBI investigation into the conduct of BofA's Indian securities unit in managing a March 2024 Aditya Birla Sun Life Asset Management (ABSL AMC) ADIE.NS stock sale.

BofA, which did not respond to requests for comment, has filed an application with SEBI to settle the charges without admitting guilt, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said. The application is under review by SEBI, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to its sensitive nature.

BofA is also responding to the SEBI notice, a second source with direct knowledge said on condition of anonymity, also citing the sensitive nature of the matter.

The Wall Street Journal first reported the October 30 dated SEBI notice, citing people familiar with the matter. SEBI did not respond to requests for comment from Reuters.

SEBI's notice, which is not public and has been reviewed by Reuters, said its investigation found BofA's deal team, while holding unpublished price-sensitive information on the share sale, contacted potential investors "directly/indirectly".

At this team's request, BofA's broking arm, research team and Asia-Pacific syndicate team contacted investors and shared valuation reports and other confidential details, it said.

"The conduct highlights the failure of (the bank's) deal team to maintain Chinese walls with broking/research arms, impacting safekeeping of confidential information and internal controls," the SEBI notice said.

It said BofA suppressed material facts and made false statements during the SEBI probe into the case, which first came to light in 2024 via a whistleblower complaint. This led to an internal bank probe and the exit of senior officials.

IMPROPER CONTACT WITH INVESTORS?

SEBI's notice cites BofA interactions with HDFC Life HDFL.NS, India's second-largest private insurer, Norges Bank NOCB.UL, Norway's central bank, and Indian investment firm Enam Holdings.

Indian insider trading rules, as in other countries, prohibit an investment bank from sharing price sensitive information with employees outside of the deal team once it has been appointed to manage a transaction, unless it has a legitimate reason for doing so.

SEBI said in this case BofA's research, broking and Asia-Pacific teams sought investor feedback after the bank was appointed to manage the deal on February 28, 2024 and before the formal announcement of the share sale on March 18, which it said breached the rules.

The notice cites an example where the deal team asked the broking arm to provide a valuation report for ABSL AMC and its sponsor, Aditya Birla Group, to Enam Holdings, a potential investor in the share sale that was worth $177 million.

In another instance, the deal team requested the APAC syndicate team in Hong Kong - not a part of the deal team - to seek feedback from Norges Bank on its interest in the offering.

"As such, information related to dealings with ABSL AMC was not handled by (the bank) on a ‘need-to-know’ basis," SEBI said, adding that broking, research, and syndicate teams acted on behalf of the deal team.

The notice did not provide evidence of an exchange of specific price-sensitive information in any of the interactions.

HDFC Life, Enam Holdings and ABSL AMC did not respond to emailed queries. Norges Bank declined to comment.

"This case looks less like classic insider trading and more like an internal-controls failure, which can attract serious regulatory action," said Sumit Agrawal, Senior Partner at Regstreet Law.

BANK FLIP-FLOPPED ON CONVERSATIONS, SAYS SEBI

The SEBI notice said that in response to its queries, BofA initially denied any meetings or communication with investors regarding the share sale and said its internal legal review found no violation of Indian regulations.

The bank claimed investor feedback was generic and preceded its appointment to manage the share sale, the notice said.

It was only after SEBI confronted BofA with responses from HDFC Life and Enam that it acknowledged conversations with potential investors, it said.

The notice said the bank told SEBI that three officials were asked to resign or leave in November 2024 for violating internal protocols by not taking clearances for meeting with potential investors and obstructing investigations, and not for breaching securities laws.

The bank "tried to make untrue statements or suppress material facts while furnishing information to SEBI", it said.

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Jan 7 (Reuters) - India's markets regulator has found that Bank of America BAC.N improperly shared material non-public information about a $180 million block trade of stock and misled the authorities about it, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India accused BofA in November of improperly sharing information related to the sale of shares in Indian asset manager Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC ADIE.NS in 2024, the report said.

SEBI's so-called "show cause notice" said that the bank's deal team shared price-sensitive information with employees who were not directly involved with the deal, according to the report.

The regulator also accused the bank of providing false statements to its investigators after they inquired about the alleged leak and said the bank had failed to build appropriate guardrails to protect confidential information about capital-markets transactions from leaking, the report said.

BofA is preparing a response to SEBI's accusations and is expected to seek a settlement in the millions of dollars without admitting or denying wrongdoing, the Journal reported.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report. SEBI did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment outside business hours. BofA declined to comment.

The Journal first reported a whistleblower complaint alleging the leak in 2024, but a BofA spokesperson had then told Reuters that it had found no evidence to support the claims.

Sharing non-public information ahead of an announcement can allow some investors to profit from expected price moves. The practice is illegal in India and several other markets.
After initially telling SEBI that its processes related to the block trade were above-board, BofA later corrected the record with the regulator following its own internal probe and turned over records showing people outside the deal team had communicated with investors about the deal, the Journal reported on Wednesday.

Reuters reported in 2024 that three BofA investment bankers in India left the company as it probed the allegations.

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MUMBAI, July 28 (Reuters) - India's Aditya Birla Sun Life ADIE.NS Asset Management Company is turning overweight on longer-duration government bonds, including 10-year, 30-year and 40-year maturities as it bets on at least one more rate cut, a senior executive said on Monday.

"If we look at the sovereign yield curve, the one-three year bonds have rallied, but the 10-year, 30-year and 40-year bonds are at a very good space and as a result we are overweight duration, looking at that point," said Sunaina da Cunha, co-head fixed income (credits) at ABSL AMC, that manages debt assets worth 2.23 trillion rupees ($25.78 billion).

Even 10-year state government bonds offer attractive spreads, she said, adding the fund will stick to an accrual strategy.

The 10-year benchmark 2035 bond yield IN063335G=CC stood at 6.36%, while 30- and 40-year yields IN30YT=RR, IN40YT=RR were at 7.01% and 7.06%, respectively.

With the Reserve Bank of India's policy rate at 5.50%, the fund manager expects at least one more 25-basis-point cut.

"Food inflation would be kept under control, and good monsoon and spatial distribution will also provide us benefit. This opens up reasonable amount of space for a rate cut," she said.

Fiscal policy remains in consolidation mode and has already done its part; with inflation running below target, it's now up to monetary policy to respond.

"A 25 basis point rate cut is definitely on the cards, and there is a possibility of another 25 bps after that."

Despite the preference for longer duration government bond exposure, the fund house prefers lower tenors on their corporate bond investments.

"On the shorter end, we are overweight on short-term two-three years corporate bonds, because there is still a decent spread in the two-three years bonds, so there is juice there."

The AAA-rated corporate bond yields were at a spread of around 80 basis points over the corresponding government bond yields.

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** Indian asset management companies climb after country's markets regulator proposes allowing them to provide investment management to pooled funds such as family offices or offshore funds with a few investors

** Gains led by HDFC Asset Management Co's HDFA.NS 2.5% climb, followed by UTI Asset Management's UTIA.NS 2.4% rise

** Nippon Asset Life NIPF.NS and Aditya Birla Sun Life ADIE.NS trading 0.2% higher each

** Gains also after Antique Stock Broking's initiation on these asset managers with "buy", citing a scope of over 15% annual growth for India's mutual fund industry

** Avg rating on all four AMCs at "buy" - data compiled by LSEG

** YTD, HDFA outperforms among pack with ~22% climb, followed by NIPF's 7.4% rise; ADIE and UTIA down 2.8% and 0.5%, respectively

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April 28 (Reuters) - Aditya Birla Sun Life Amc Ltd ADIE.NS:

• DIVIDEND OF 24 RUPEES PER SHARE

• MARCH-QUARTER CONSOL NET PROFIT 2.28 BILLION RUPEES

• MARCH-QUARTER CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 4.29 BILLION RUPEES

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Jan 27 (Reuters) - Aditya Birla Sun Life Amc Ltd ADIE.NS:

• DEC-QUARTER CONSOL NET PROFIT 2.24 BILLION RUPEES

• DEC-QUARTER CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 4.45 BILLION RUPEES

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Oct 28 (Reuters) - Aditya Birla Sun Life Amc Ltd ADIE.NS:

• SEPT-QUARTER CONSOL NET PROFIT 2.42 BILLION RUPEES

• SEPT-QUARTER CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 4.24 BILLION RUPEES

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Aug 29 (Reuters) - Aditya Birla Sun Life Amc Ltd ADIE.NS:

• ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE AMC - NAMES PRADEEP SHARMA AS CFO

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July 24 (Reuters) - Aditya Birla Sun Life Amc Ltd ADIE.NS:

• ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE AMC JUNE-QUARTER CONSOL NET PROFIT 2.36 BILLION RUPEES

• ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE AMC JUNE-QUARTER CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 3.87 BILLION RUPEES

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April 26 (Reuters) - Aditya Birla Sun Life Amc Ltd ADIE.NS:

• DIVIDEND OF 13.5 RUPEES PER SHARE

• ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE AMC MARCH-QUARTER CONSOL NET PROFIT 2.08 BILLION RUPEES VERSUS PROFIT 1.36 BILLION RUPEES

• ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE AMC MARCH-QUARTER CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 3.66 BILLION RUPEES VERSUS 2.97 BILLION RUPEES

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** Shares of HDFC Asset Management Company HDFA.NS rise 2.25% to 3,726.70 rupees

** JP Morgan upgrades the stock to "overweight" from "neutral", raises PT to Street-high of 4,450 rupees

** The new PT implies an upside of 22% in nine months over its last close

** Brokerage values stock at 38 times 12-month forward earnings

** HDFA is trading at trailing twelve months (TTM) P/E of 43.81, compared to Aditya Birla Sun Life ADIE.NS, Nippon Life India Asset Management Company, and UTI Asset Management Company UTIA.NS, whose TTM P/E is in between 16-35 as per LSEG data

** JP Morgan expects HDFA to benefit from higher fund inflows

** Adds risk around regulations is largely mitigated, sees stable margins on the back of 25% rise in assets under management in FY24

** The avg recommendation of 19 analysts tracking HDFA is equivalent to "buy"; median TP, excluding JP Morgan's, is 3,440 rupees - LSEG data

** HDFA shares up 16.6% in 2024 so far, compared to 2% drop in financial services index .NIFTYFIN

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March 18 (Reuters) - Aditya Birla Sun Life Amc Ltd ADIE.NS:

• ADITYA BIRLA CAPITAL AND SUN LIFE (INDIA) AMC INVESTMENTS PROPOSE TO SELL 11.47% STAKE IN ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE AMC VIA OFFER FOR SALE - EXCHANGE FILING

• FLOOR PRICE OF ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE AMC OFFER FOR SALE AT 450 RUPEES PER SHARE - FILING

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** Enhanced fund performance along with strong distribution network led to rising AUM in outperforming fund schemes of HDFC Asset Management Co HDFA.NS, says Nuvama Institutional Equities

** Nuvama says HDFC AMC's fund performance improved as rated AUM in outperforming schemes rose to 88% from 74.8% in May 2023

** Nippon Life India Asset Management's NIPF.NS large-cap and equity funds contributed to strong fund performance, taking NIPF's AUM in outperforming schemes to 70.9% from 45.5% in May

** Brokerage says AUM performance improved for Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC ADIE.NS while flagging a deterioriation in UTI Asset Management Co's UTIA.NS AUM

** Nuvama maintains "hold" on HDFA, NIPF, while retaining "buy" rating on ADIE, UTIA

** Nuvama adds unlisted ICICI Prudential AMC has highest share of rated AUM in outperforming schemes at 90.6%

** As of last close, HDFA up 17.9% YTD, NIPF risen 14.6%

** ADIE climbed 9.4% YTD, UTIA gained ~2%

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By Jayshree P Upadhyay

Mumbai, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Several Indian asset managers said they are moving, or planning to move, some offshore fund business from financial centres such as Dubai and Singapore to a finance hub in the western state of Gujarat to gain better access to India's capital markets.

The Indian government is promoting the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, or GIFT City, as a "gateway for global capital and financial services for the economy" and is trying to attract companies through tax-breaks and other incentives.

In the last six months, about eight of the 10 biggest Indian asset managers by assets have either relocated their business, or set up new funds or filed for permits to move to GIFT City, according to executives at these funds.

"The stable regulatory regime and proximity to the Indian markets is driving our decision," said Swarup Mohanty, chief executive of Mirae Asset Investment Managers, which has shifted a $200 million Hong Kong based fund to GIFT City and is in "active" consideration to move a second fund.

Mirae Asset Investment Managers is the Indian unit of South Korea's Mirae Asset Financial Group.

Mirae expects to manage $435 million out of GIFT City in the near term. The fund has a total of 1.46 trillion Indian rupees ($17.58 billion) of assets under management in India.

GIFT City offers companies that set up there a 10-year tax break and does not charge taxes on transfer of funds from overseas jurisdictions. There are no capital gains taxes for investing in units set at up GIFT City, similar to Singapore or Dubai.

"It is substantially more cost effective to run a fund in GIFT City as compared to Mauritius and Singapore due to lower cost of living, rentals and cost of manpower," said Sachin Samant, president banking and financial institutions group at Kotak Mahindra Bank. The bank has an office at GIFT City and has been helping funds set up their operations there.

DSP Mutual Fund, which manages $20 billion in assets in India and offshore, plans to move its Mauritius-based operation, which manages $450-500 million in assets, to GIFT City by March, said Jay Kothari, a senior vice-president.

Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC, India's sixth largest asset manager with 3.08 trillion rupees under management, is also moving operations from Dubai and Singapore to GIFT City.

"Outside of multiple inbound funds, we have one outbound fund and have an approval to set up an ESG-focused fund with seed investment already in place," said A. Balasubramanian, chief executive for Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC.

Over 80 fund managers with commitments of $30 billion and investments of over $2.93 billion have been set up in GIFT City in the last three years, according to data from the International Financial Services Regulatory Authority (IFSCA), which regulates financial services in GIFT City.

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** With outlook for equity markets improving, regulatory concerns waning, asset management co stocks can do well in FY24, Nuvama says

** Benchmark Nifty 50 index .NSEI up 16% YTD, extending record high rally

** Nuvama picks HDFC Asset Management HDFA.NS and Nippon Life India Asset Management NIPF.NS as its top bets

** For FY24 to date, strong SIP inflows have driven active equity net inflows to 1.22 trillion Indian rupees ($14.63 billion)(+18.9 YoY), Nuvama says

** Brokerage adds equity assets under management are at all-time high of 25.8 trillion rupees

** HDFA last down 0.2% at 2,981 rupees and NIPF up 1.1% at 438.50 rupees

** HDFA up 36% YTD, NIPF up 76% so far this year

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** Shares of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC ADIE.NS fall as much as 4.8% to 423 rupees, their steepest intraday pct decline since March 27

** Co's Q2 consolidated net profit fell 7.1% YoY

** Expenses surged 11.3% after a jump in employee benefit expenses; revenue climbed 7.7%

** Mean rating of eight analysts is "hold;" median PT is 437 rupees - LSEG data

** Stock last down 2.7%, taking YTD decline to 5%

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Oct 26 (Reuters) - Aditya Birla Sun Life Amc Ltd ADIE.NS:

• SEPT-QUARTER CONSOL NET PROFIT 1.78 BILLION RUPEES VERSUS 1.92 BILLION RUPEES

• SEPT-QUARTER CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 3.35 BILLION RUPEES VERSUS 3.11 BILLION RUPEES

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By Jayshree P Upadhyay

Aug 2 (Reuters) - India’s markets regulator will put forth two options to water down its earlier proposal to levy a standard investor fee on mutual funds, to limit the impact on the profitability of the 44.3 trillion-rupee ($537.75 billion) asset management industry, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

The changes, following a push-back from the industry, will be part of a discussion paper likely to be issued in the coming weeks, the sources said. A discussion paper is the first step in crafting regulations.

Both sources declined to be identified as they are not authorised to speak to the media.

A spokesperson for the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) did not respond to an email sent on Monday.

The regulator is exploring an option to let mutual funds charge higher fees with all expenses, including brokerage and taxes paid by fund houses, the sources said.

SEBI's original proposal allowed fund houses to charge a maximum fee of 2.55% of the assets under management (AUM) with all expenses, including brokerage costs.

A final decision will be taken after receiving feedback on the discussion paper, but the industry expects it to be set at a level which has a "marginal impact" on profitability, said one of the sources.

In a presentation to the regulator in June, the industry argued that the original proposals would squeeze the profitability of almost all asset management companies (AMCs) by 20-80%, said the second source.

The other option is to exclude brokerage and taxes but the investor fees will be lower, the sources said.

Arbitrage funds that buy and sell securities frequently and hence have a higher tax burden, will be allowed to choose the second option, the sources added.

Both options were discussed with an internal committee finalising rules on July 21, according to the first source.

SEBI's discussion paper on mutual fund fees, first released on May 18, drew the ire of the industry, prompting the regulator to defer a decision to it June 29 board meeting.

At a news conference following the board meeting, SEBI's chairperson, Madhabi Puri Buch, said the regulator would issue a fresh discussion paper which will make the industry "quite happy."

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By Bharath Rajeswaran

BENGALURU, July 27 (Reuters) - Shares of asset management companies declined on Thursday, a day after Jio Financial Services JIOF.NS, part of the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Group said it will form a joint venture with U.S.-based BlackRock Inc BLK.N to launch services in India.

HDFC Asset Management HDFA.NS, UTI Asset Management UTIA.NS and Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC ADIE.NS fell between 0.75% and 2%.

"The fear, probably, in the market is that if they (Jio Financial) go the telecom way and do their asset management foray at very low costs, it could create a little bit of heat among the other existing players," said Amit Kumar Gupta, founder at Fintrekk Capital.

Reliance had upended India's telecoms industry when it launched cheap data plans and free calls, triggering a price war in the sector.

"Whether Jio Financial Services and BlackRock will go all passive or all active (funds) or a mix of both remains to be seen."

Jio Financial and Blackrock are targeting an initial investment of $150 million each in the joint venture, Jio Financial said on Wednesday. The announcement follows the recent demerger of Jio Financial Services from Reliance Industries RELI.NS.

The JV with Jio Financial Services will be BlackRock's second attempt to enter the asset management industry in India, after exiting a JV with local financial firm DSP Group in 2018.

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July 26 (Reuters) - Aditya Birla Sun Life Amc Ltd ADIE.NS:

• INDIA'S ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE AMC JUNE-QUARTER CONSOL NET PROFIT 1.85 BILLION RUPEES VERSUS 1.03 BILLION RUPEES

• ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE AMC JUNE-QUARTER CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 3.11 BILLION RUPEES VERSUS 3.05 BILLION RUPEES

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** Shares of Indian asset management cos Aditya Birla Sunlife AMC ADIE.NS, HDFC Asset Management HDFA.NS, UTI Asset Management UTIA.NS and Nippon Life India Asset Management NIPF.NS surge between 5%-14%

** Markets regulator SEBI on Wednesday deferred a proposal on standard investor fees by mutual funds

** SEBI had in May proposed that mutual fund houses charge standardised fees from investors to ensure greater transparency

** SEBI will come out with another consultation paper to standardise investor fees for mutual funds, its chairperson had said on Wednesday

** "While we still await the shape of final regulations, improved prospects of a less disruptive outcome augurs well for AMC stocks," Kotak Institutional Equities said in a note

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June 5 (Reuters) - Exchange Filing:

• ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE AMC RAISES STAKE IN RATEGAIN TRAVEL TECHNOLOGIES TO 5.1917% FROM 1.9845% - EXCHANGE FILING

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April 27 (Reuters) - Aditya Birla Sun Life Amc Ltd ADIE.NS:

• DIVIDEND 5.25 RUPEES PER SHARE

• MARCH-QUARTER CONSOL NET PROFIT 1.36 BILLION RUPEES VERSUS 1.59 BILLION RUPEES

• MARCH-QUARTER CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 2.97 BILLION RUPEES VERSUS 3.24 BILLION RUPEES

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By Dharamraj Dhutia

MUMBAI, April 25 (Reuters) - The shorter end of the Indian government bond yield curve looks attractive right now as the central bank is unlikely to cut interest rates this financial year as inflation risks prevail, a fund manager at Aditya Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co said.

"We believe the front end of the yield curve, in the 1-3 year range, offers the best risk-adjusted returns to investors," said Mahesh Patil, chief investment officer at ABSL AMC, which manages 1.42 trillion rupees ($17.34 billion) of debt.

The 1-3 year yields were trading around 6.90% on the day. And while the benchmark 10-year bond yield IN072633G=CC was at 7.10%, Patil does not expect it to sustain below 7.15%.

India's headline retail inflation eased to 5.66%, within the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) tolerance band of 2%-6%, in March and is expected to dip below 5% in April.

Patil, however, said the recent easing in inflation was mainly due to a base effect.

"Core inflation remains sticky and close to the 6% level. There is an upside risk to food inflation given weather conditions and the risk of El Nino."

Nonetheless, the RBI unexpectedly maintained the status quo on interest rates earlier this month, defying market expectations of a 25 basis points hike. However, policymakers said further hikes could be warranted to bring inflation to its medium-term target of 4%.

But Patil expects the RBI to stay on a prolonged pause as rates are close to the long-term average, although he says the Federal Reserve may continue with its rate-hiking cycle.

Patil further said that a higher supply of domestic debt and tighter liquidity conditions may warrant open market purchases from the RBI in the later part of the financial year.

"So we believe that while supply is high, it will continue to get demand. The question is of whether sufficient demand is there at current rates or somewhat higher rates."

($1 = 81.9050 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Dharamraj Dhutia; Editing by Savio D'Souza)

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