India’s Office Market Is Tighter Than It Looks — and the Rent Numbers Prove It

Vacancy at an 18-month low despite 46 million square feet of new supply, GCCs accounting for 38% of all leasing, and rentals rising in every major city  The narrative around India’s commercial office market has been one of cautious optimism for the last several quarters — strong demand from global companies setting up capability centres, … Read more

Sotefin Bharat SME IPO: What You Should Know

The Indian subsidiary of Swiss automated parking solutions company Sotefin SA plans to raise Rs 85.27 crore via the BSE SME platform, backed by a Rs 534 crore order book. Sotefin Bharat Ltd., a provider of mechanised and automated parking solutions delivering comprehensive turnkey services, opens for subscription on July 16 with the issue closing … Read more

Multi-Asset Funds Find Their Moment as Investors Warm to the All-Weather Portfolio

With gold, equity, and debt each taking turns as the year’s best asset class, multi-asset allocation funds have quietly become one of the fastest-growing hybrid categories. The Indian mutual fund investor’s relationship with hybrid funds has always been complicated. Balanced advantage funds have had their moments, aggressive hybrid funds have swung in and out of … Read more

SBI Funds Management Ltd. IPO: What You Should Know

India’s largest mutual fund house — the company behind SBI Mutual Fund — hits the market with a nearly Rs 9,892 crore offer-for-sale SBI Funds Management Ltd. (SFML), the largest asset management company in India by quarterly average mutual fund assets under management, opens for subscription on July 14 with the issue closing on July … Read more

Alpine Texworld Ltd. IPO: What You Should Know

A Gujarat-based vertically integrated textile manufacturer hits the market with a Rs 126 crore issue Alpine Texworld Ltd., an Ahmedabad-based vertically integrated textile manufacturer with capabilities in both weaving and spinning, opens for subscription on July 14 with the issue closing on July 16. Incorporated in 2016, the company commenced production in 2017 and has … Read more

This Retailer’s Numbers Were Fine. Everything Underneath Not Actually

Sales per store falling, metro stores flatlining, D’Mart Ready retreating from 14 cities  There is a version of D’Mart’s Q1FY27 result that looks acceptable on the surface — revenue growth of 15%, EBITDA margins holding at 8%, PAT growing 11%. And then there is the version that Prabhudas Lilladher’s note focuses on — store-level metrics … Read more

Millworks Technologies Ltd. SME IPO: What You Should Know

A precision engineering company serving railways, aerospace, defence, and semiconductor sectors plans to raise Rs 146.30 crore via the BSE SME platform Millworks Technologies Ltd., a precision engineering company manufacturing machined components, sheet metal parts, and integrated assemblies for mission-critical applications, opens for subscription on July 14 with the issue closing on July 16. The … Read more

India’s Defence Sector Just Hit a Production Record, Which Stocks Actually Benefit

Rs 1.78 trillion in production, Rs 384 billion in exports, private sector scaling fast — the cycle is real. But execution and localisation now separate the winners from the rest. SOIL and BEL lead the picks. India’s defence sector has arrived at a genuine inflection point. Production in FY26 reached an all-time high of Rs … Read more

Laser Power & Infra Ltd. IPO: What You Should Know

A three-decade-old integrated power cable and conductor manufacturer from West Bengal hits the market with a Rs 742 crore issue Laser Power & Infra Ltd., an integrated manufacturer of power cables, conductors, and specialised power transmission and distribution products, opens for subscription on July 9 with the issue closing on July 13. The company has … Read more