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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Gift City is currently dominated by non-retail funds, requiring a minimum investment of $150,000 (about ₹1.3 crore). Over the past one year, the number of Category III (CAT-3) funds has more than doubled to 116, with investments in Indian markets increasing 2.5 times to $1.9 billion.

The Union Budget for 2025-26 has proposed a major tax arbitrage for unit-linked insurance policies and endowment plans sold via Gift City. If approved, the maturity proceeds in such dollar-denominated insurance plans will be tax-free if the premium amount is under 10% of the sum assured.

TiE Delhi-NCR, in collaboration with GIFT City and SIDBI, on Tuesday hosted Capital Connect 2025 at The Leela Ambience, Gurugram.

US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) has pitched for further simplification of the tax structure in India, including the tax deduction at source framework, to reduce compliance burden of the industry.

Indian diaspora worldwide to actively contribute to and benefit from India's journey towards becoming a developed country. «Every effort by the diaspora contributes to India's progress,» he said while inaugurating the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention here.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Foreign investors in Gujarat's Gift City have yet to warm up to sovereign green bonds five months after the regulatory green light, deterred by their rupee denomination, cooling enthusiasm for green energy, and rising yields in the west. While all Indian government securities are issued in rupees, foreign investors were hopeful that the bonds sold in Gift City would be in dollars.

Axis Bank on Wednesday said the asset book of its IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) in Gandhinagar has doubled to USD 4 billion from USD 2 billion in 2019. The bank unveiled a spacious IBU office at GIFT City here that spans nearly 8,000 square feet and is nearly three times bigger than the previous facility located here. «In terms of size, today our asset book here is a little over USD 4 billion, which is among the largest in GIFT City. Similarly, on the liability side, we have a USD 1 billion deposit, which once again makes us among the highest in terms of deposits as well...from USD 2 billion in 2019, we have doubled our asset book,» its Deputy Managing Director Rajiv Anand told mediapersons. «The office is an expression of our ambition aligned with the ambition for GIFT City to serve our customers. We continue to show very solid growth on multiple fronts,» said Axis Bank's President and Head of Wholesale Banking Products Vivek Gupta.

SBI Funds Management has announced the appointment of Nand Kishore as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Nand Kishore, Deputy Managing Director of State Bank of India, takes over as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SBI Funds Management from Shamsher Singh. Prior to his current deputation at SBIFM, Kishore served as Deputy Managing Director (Global Markets) at SBI’s Corporate Centre in Mumbai, where he oversaw the bank’s treasury operations.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India is cementing its reputation as a prime destination for global investors, with inflows into NRI deposit schemes surging to $7.8 billion between April and August this year—more than double the figure from the same period last year. Non-resident Indians (NRIs) are increasingly drawn to opportunities ranging from equities and mutual funds to real estate and GIFT City’s tax-efficient investment avenues.

Northern Arc on Thursday said it has secured USD 65 million from global development banks for maiden climate fund through its fund management arm, Northern Arc Investments IFSC Trust. The climate fund gets commitment of USD 50 million from the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and USD 15 million from OeEB, the official Development Bank of the Republic of Austria, Northern Arc said in a statement. Located in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), the climate fund will extend debt financing to growth-stage companies operating in sectors such as commercial, industrial, and residential solar energy, energy efficiency, green buildings and materials, e-mobility, and sustainable agriculture, it said.

Northern Arc on Thursday said it has secured USD 65 million from global development banks for maiden climate fund through its fund management arm, Northern Arc Investments IFSC Trust. The climate fund gets commitment of USD 50 million from the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and USD 15 million from OeEB, the official Development Bank of the Republic of Austria, Northern Arc said in a statement.

GIFT City is buzzing with activity, creating jobs for the financial services professionals and offering investment products to resident Indians, non-resident Indians, and foreign investors.

CareEdge Ratings, is hoping to tap into a large market of rating foreign currency loans of Indian companies after it launched its international corporate and sovereign ratings from its Gift City office called CareEdge Global IFSC Ltd. CEO Mehul Pandya said together with taking away market share from its foreign peers, Care has plans to expand into African countries giving them the option of being rated from a new perspective. «So far more than $50 billion has been raised from Gift City and most of it has been rated by foreign agencies. If we just consider a few basis points of this amount in fees, it has huge revenue potential. We have a natural advantage because of our domestic expertise which we will leverage,» Pandya said.

REC Ltd on Saturday said it has raised USD 500 million through green dollar bonds to support various renewable energy projects. The 5-year note has a coupon rate of 4.75 per cent per annum to be paid semi-annually and the maturity date of September 27, 2029. This is the first US dollar bond issuance from an Indian public sector enterprise in 2024, REC said in a statement. The latest fund raise was part of USD 10 billion global medium-term programme of the company. The proceeds will be used to finance eligible green projects, in accordance with REC's Green Finance Framework as per green bond principles of Climate Bond Initiative, London and RBI's ECB guidelines, with a second-party opinion from Sustainable Fitch, it said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mirae Asset Investment Managers entered India at the fag end of 2008, just as the global financial crisis took hold. Between 2008 and 2011, its assets under management (AUM) saw little growth, even as 12 major foreign players, including Standard Chartered, AIG, Fidelity, and Morgan Stanley, exited the market.

Wealth management in India is experiencing rapid expansion, becoming one of the fastest-growing sectors within the financial services industry. This growth is fuelled by the country's robust economic development and a rising number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) and high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs).

GIFT city international financial services centre to have a lower public float of 10%. Companies listed on local exchanges are mandated to maintain a minimum public shareholding of 25%. The government issued a notification stipulating a lower public shareholding requirement for companies listing on stock exchanges at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC)-a deemed foreign jurisdiction-a move aimed at wooing firms to list there.

India can set up 5-6 massive zones for manufacturing, similar to the Gift City for financial services, as it moves towards its $1 trillion goods exports target, PwC India chairperson Sanjeev Krishan said. He spoke to ET on a PwC India report released Friday that said India's $1 trillion goods export target can be achieved one year in advance by fiscal 2029 with appropriate measures. The report, 'VIKSIT: An approach for India to achieve $1 trillion exports', offers a six-pillar framework for achieving the target.

Mumbai: Seven years after losing the tax edge that had made it India's second-biggest source of capital, Mauritius is eyeing a comeback, this time through the GIFT City route. The island nation's International Financial Centre (IFC) is considering opening an office in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), a top Mauritius minister said. A large Mauritius delegation currently visiting India will meet officials of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) to discuss areas of collaboration, including equivalence between the two.

The International Financial Services Authority (IFSCA), which regulates GIFT City, has proposed a reduction in the minimum ticket size for portfolio management services (PMS) from $150,000 to $75,000, or about ₹64 lakh at current exchange rates, according to a consultation paper released on Monday. This brings the minimum ticket size for PMS closer to the ₹50 lakh stipulated by markets regulator Sebi for onshore PMS schemes.

fiscal deficit target to 5.0% for FY25 from 5.1% in the interim Budget thus reinforcing the inclination to stick to fiscal consolidation; ii) make higher transfers to states for capex spend iii) increase transfer under PM KISAN from Rs.6,000 p.a. to Rs.7,500 p.a. iv) provide incentive to income tax payers to shift to the new tax regime by providing higher standard and other deductions/higher exemption limit/changes in tax slabs. Measures to bring down the interest rates in the system could trigger higher business activity, new capex announcements, reduce the interest outgo for businesses and expand valuation of stocks. For this, sticking to the fiscal consolidation path and desisting the tendency to turn populist will be appreciated. The government is likely to avoid being populist through handouts and could stick to the path of fiscal prudence although it may make extra efforts to win over a larger population of rural and urban poor by incurring targeted social welfare spending.