Fidelity International has announced the launch of its Fidelity Wealth Builder Fund, an open ended fund of funds scheme offering asset allocation options with three Plans, in the Indian market.
The investment objective of the fund is to generate reasonable returns based on the Plan selected with minimum and maximum asset allocation between debt and equity.
The company stated in a press release that the fund manager will use a two-tier investment approach i. e. asset allocation and fund selection to invest in Fidelity's funds.
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company Reliance Capital, a major financial services provider, has finally secured an approval from the National Housing Bank (NHB) for setting up a housing finance company.
It may be noted that, Reliance Capital is already into the mortgage business through its wholly-owned consumer finance arm Reliance Consumer Finance.
Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), one of the leading PSU banks in India, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with India's leading car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. to publicize the loan scheme offered by Oriental Bank of Commerce.
As per MOU, the exclusive car dealers of Maruti Suzuki will publicize the loan scheme among the prospective car buyers and link them to the Bank for credit support for hassle-free process.
Swiss banking major Credit Suisse has revealed that it has invested Rs 794 crore in its non-banking finance company (NBFC) named Credit Suisse Finance India.
According to sources, the company has pumped the said amount in order to fund the operations of its Indian non-banking finance company (NBFC) in India. With the fresh funds, the total capital of Credit Suisse Finance (India) now stands at Rs 827 crore.
Public sector lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) has reduced their prime lending rate by 50 basis points, with effect from January 1.
The BPLR of PNB would now stand 12 per cent, from the existing 12.50 per cent.
In addition, PNB also announced a reduction in its peak deposit rate by 100 basis points to 8.5 per cent for deposits of one year to less than three years beginning New Year.
Privates and foreign banks are likely to cut interest rates in the coming days. Public sector banks have already decided to reduce interest rates following decrease in key interest rates by the Reserve Bank of India. Personal and commercial loans would be available at lower rates after cutting lending rates by public and private banks. It is to be noted that reserve bank is taking many steps to inject more liquidity in the market. Recently, it has cut cash reserve ratio, SLR and Repo rate leading to injection of more than Rs 2,60,000 crore into the system.