Gold’s Golden Year: How the Yellow Metal Outshone Equity Funds in FY26

Gold ETFs delivered strong double-digit returns while equity funds struggled through a volatile FY26. The comparison is real — but the takeaway is not what most investors think. For most of the past decade, the standard advice in Indian personal finance conversations has been to keep gold as a modest, boring diversifier and let equity … Read more

ELSS at a Crossroads: The Tax-Saving Category Rethinks Its Purpose in the New Regime

For nearly two decades, ELSS was the friendly gateway to equity for salaried India. As the tax hook weakens, the category has to earn its keep on returns alone. For a generation of salaried Indians, the equity linked savings scheme — ELSS — was often the first mutual fund they ever bought. The three-year lock-in … Read more

Vahh Chemicals Ltd. SME IPO: What You Should Know

A Gujarat-based textile auxiliary chemicals manufacturer plans to raise Rs 12.77 crore via the BSE SME platform. Vahh Chemicals Ltd., an ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturer, supplier, and trader of textile auxiliary chemicals, opens for subscription on June 4 with the issue closing on June 8. The company is listing on the BSE SME platform through … Read more

The NFO Alphabet: Decoding the Types of New Fund Offers Hitting the Market

  A ground-level look at the categories being launched across Indian AMCs this quarter, and what the composition of the pipeline says about the industry’s direction. For an industry that had built its launch calendar around a steady flow of thematic and sectoral equity schemes, 2026 has been a year of quiet reinvention. The overall … Read more

CMR Green Technologies Ltd. IPO: What You Should Know

India’s largest secondary aluminium recycler hits the market with a Rs 631 crore pure offer-for-sale, priced at the upper band of Rs 192. CMR Green Technologies Ltd., India’s leading non-ferrous metal recycler with the highest market share in the domestic secondary aluminium market, opens for subscription on June 3 with the issue closing on June … Read more

Merritronix Ltd. SME IPO: What You Should Know

A Hyderabad-based defence and aerospace electronics systems manufacturer plans to raise Rs 66.51 crore via the BSE SME platform. Merritronix Ltd., an electronics systems design and manufacturing company specialising in high-reliability, mission-critical products for defence, aerospace, and industrial electronics, opens for subscription on June 1 with the issue closing on June 3. The company is … Read more

Chhoti SIP at Rs 250: The Micro-Ticket Experiment Finds a Small But Loyal Audience

Launched to pull first-time investors from tier-3 towns into the mutual fund fold, the Rs 250 monthly SIP has quietly grown its base — but the average ticket size tells its own story. When SEBI cleared the way for the Rs 250 monthly systematic investment plan, branded Chhoti SIP, in early 2025, the pitch was … Read more

Aureate Tradde SME IPO: What You Should Know

An industrial materials trader dealing in polymers, lithium-ion cells, and EV chargers plans to raise Rs 25.91 crore via the BSE SME platform.   Aureate Tradde Ltd., a Mumbai-based trader and distributor of industrial and technological materials, opens for subscription on May 29 with the issue closing on June 2. The company is listing on … Read more

SMR Jewels Ltd. SME IPO: What You Should Know

A Gujarat-based designer heritage jewellery trading company plans to raise Rs 60.56 crore via the BSE SME platform. SMR Jewels Ltd., a designer heritage jewellery company specialising in marketing and trading of B2B jewellery inspired by Indian mythology, spirituality, and traditional art forms, opens for subscription on May 26 with the issue closing on June … Read more