Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway has struck an $11.6 billion deal to buy Alleghany Corp, the owner of reinsurer TransRe, just weeks after the 91-year-old billionaire bemoaned the lack of good investment opportunities. Alleghany adds to Berkshire’s already large insurance portfolio, which includes Geico auto insurance, General Re reinsurance and a unit that insures against major … Read more
The transfer of a 4% stake in state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co., known as Aramco, will support the Public Investment Fund’s plan to grow its assets under management to over $1 trillion by 2025, from about $480 billion currently, the Saudi government said Sunday. The Saudi government, which will remain the largest shareholder in Aramco … Read more
Tiger Global-backed Groww on Saturday said Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella has joined the company as an investor and advisor. “Groww gets one of the world’s best CEOs as an investor and advisor. Thrilled to have @satyanadella join us in our mission to make financial services accessible in India,” Groww’s co-founder and CEO Lalit … Read more
L&T Finance Holdings LTd (LTFH) in a bid towards consolidating towards core business and unlock value from the non core businesses, has decided to sell out the mutual fund business. It’ is selling the business to HSBC India. Key points to note – L&T Mutual Fund (LTMF) is operated as a 100% subsidiary of LTFH. … Read more
The story so far: Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday issued directions to stock exchanges in the commodity derivatives segment for immediately suspending trading in derivative contracts in key farm commodities, namely paddy (non-basmati), wheat, chana, mustard seeds and its derivatives, soya bean and its derivatives, crude palm oil and moong for … Read more
It’s enhanced stake now stands at 44.16%. Key points to note – The stake has been bought from PAG – world’s largest Asia focused investment groups. PAG still continues to hold the majority at 55.84%. Edelweiss has paid Rs 230 crore for this stake purchase. This is at the same valuation when PAG had picked … Read more
Cathie Wood’s money managing firm Ark Invest on Thursday for the first time bought shares in the U.S. listed Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng Inc (NYSE:XPEV) on the dip and sold more shares in Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA). Ark Invest picked up 277,263 shares — estimated to be worth $13.39 million — in the Guangzhou, China-based … Read more
With the introduction of norms for silver exchange traded funds (ETFs), investors will be able to invest in silver in a more liquid manner and can help in diversification of the portfolio, experts said on Sunday. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) came out with operating norms for silver ETF, whereby such scheme … Read more