From 320% multibagger to 44% underperformer, how Mukul Agrawal’s IPO bets for 2025-26 are shaping up

Top investor Mukul Agrawal’s IPO portfolio for 2025-2026 reflects a classic high-risk, high-reward approach. It includes both SME and mainboard listings, held in its own name or through its investment vehicle, Sanshi Fund-I. While a number of SME bets have turned into multibaggers, several counters are trading sharply below their issue prices.A look at the […]

Fairway, NAIFA Debuts Certified Home Equity Advisor Program

The CHEA Certificate is offered exclusively to NAIFA members through an eight-hour program of academic research, case studies and fiduciary-aligned planning frameworks. The partnership seeks to address a “long-standing gap in traditional financial education where home equity is often overlooked as retirement assets.” Fairway and NAIFA co-developed the program and will utilize recognized reverse mortgage […]

Stock market holiday: Will NSE and BSE remain closed on January 26 on account of Republic Day?

Indian stock markets will remain closed on Monday, January 26, to observe Republic Day, the second trading day of the calendar year 2026. There will be no trading activity on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) or the BSE in all segments, including equities, equity derivatives, currency derivatives and interest rate derivatives.The Multi Commodity Exchange of […]

IndiGrid raises Rs 1,500 cr through institutional placement

IndiGrid Infrastructure Trust on Friday said it has raised Rs 1,500 crore through an institutional placement issue amid widespread investor participation from existing and new investors. The institutional placement issue, launched on January 19, was oversubscribed twice, a statement said. As many as ten insurance companies and six investment funds participated, with contributions from domestic […]

If Siddhartha Bhaiya had not been a fund manager, he would have been a ‘bean counter’. Ace Investor’s motto: key lessons

Maverick fund manager Siddhartha Bhaiya, who passed away on Wednesday, December 31 due to cardiac arrest, once said he would have been a ‘bean counter’ had he not become an investor, a revelation he made in an interview with PMSBazaar. Widely known for his knack for identifying small-cap multibaggers, the 47-year-old was inspired by Warren […]

Judge blocks key Hometap defenses in Massachusetts HEI lawsuit

The state alleges that Hometap’s flagship residential investment property (HEI) product is an “illegal, deceptive, oppressive and unconscionable mortgage in violation of the criminal usury statute.” Squires-Lee’s ruling means Hometap cannot argue that past interactions with government regulators — including meetings in which the company says it described its product and was not told to […]