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Indian money, read closely. One page from each desk, every morning.

Monday, 5 Oct 2026

Competition

Billionbrains Garage Ventures (Groww): parent's June-quarter income rose 58.5% year on year, costs only 13.7%

Rs 555 croreprofit, Apr–Jun 2026

Groww's parent company raised its June-quarter profit 81.5% on a year earlier, as its income grew far faster than its costs.

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Macro

Open-ended debt funds went from a Rs 187,511 crore net inflow in July 2026 to a Rs 8,127 crore net outflow in August

Debt mutual funds, where savers and companies park money they may need soon, went from a large net inflow in July 2026 to a small net outflow in August.

Figures cover: month to 31 Aug 2026Read the page →

Regulatory

SEBI doubles client position limits in commodity derivatives and caps the larger breach penalty at Rs 2,00,000

Rs 176 croreMCX agriculture commodity futures turnover, month, August 2026

Figures cover: 9 Sep 2026Read the page →

Friday, 2 Oct 2026

Competition

Anand Rathi Wealth's June-quarter mutual fund fees rose 16.3% year on year while net new client money fell 28.3%

Rs 163 croreprofit, Apr–Jun 2026

Anand Rathi Wealth, a listed firm that invests clients' money for them and earns from selling them mutual funds and other products, grew its fees from clients only 16.3% on mutual funds and 18.5% on other products in the June quarter, and the new money clients brought in, net of what they took out, fell 28.3% on a year earlier.

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Macro

Banks' spare cash soaked up by RBI fell by more than half in the three weeks to 29 Sept, to Rs 466,404 crore

The pool of spare cash that banks park with RBI each night shrank by more than half through September.

Figures cover: day to 29 Sep 2026Read the page →

Regulatory

SEBI drops prior approval for investment firms' ads, except celebrity ones; each is reported within three working days

Figures cover: 24 Sep 2026Read the page →

Thursday, 1 Oct 2026

Macro

In the weekly reading for 31 August 2026, bank deposits were 17.8% above a year earlier, up from 14.7% two weeks before

Banks' deposits grew 17.8% on a year earlier at end-August, closing in on loan growth of 19.1%, which authors of an RBI Bulletin article put down to "the recent influx of FCNR (B) deposits" -- foreign-currency deposits of non-resident Indians.

Figures cover: reading to 31 Aug 2026Read the page →

Competition

360 ONE WAM's June-quarter profit rose 16.1% year on year; income rose 29.9%, expenses 40.1%

Rs 331 croreprofit, Apr–Jun 2026

360 ONE WAM, which manages money for very rich clients, grew its June-quarter profit more slowly than its income because its costs, above all its borrowing cost, rose faster still.

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Regulatory

SEBI's board widened what portfolio managers may buy and gave them a mutual-fund route with a fee capped at 1%

10%Discretionary portfolio managers may put this share of client assets under management in investment-grade, non-convertible, unlisted debt securities, with client consent.

Figures cover: 24 Sep 2026Read the page →