Country's largest lender SBI's pension corpus could be regulated by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority, opening a new area for the interim regulator. "We have given approval to SBI for management of its pension corpus by our fund managers and now they are talking with its trust," a PFRDA official said. Regulating the corpus of companies is a new area for the interim regulator. Till now, PFRDA-appointed fund managers, under the New Pension System (NPS), were handling only the corpus of individuals. Six PFRDA-appointed fund managers IDFC Mutual Fund, Kotak Mahindra, SBI, UTI Asset Management, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and Reliance MF are handling the corpus under the NPS, which was thrown open to all citizens from May 1 this year. There are 22 contact and collection centres including SBI, ICICI Bank, the Postal Department, IDBI Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Axis Bank and Union Bank of India for all citizens' scheme.
Best SIP Funds to Invest Online Mirae Asset Global Investments (India) has launched Mirae Asset Healthcare Fund. The NFO of the fund will be open from June 11, 2018 to June 25, 2018. Mirae Asset Healthcare Fund is an open-ended equity scheme investing in healthcare and allied sectors. The scheme will invest in Indian equities and equity related securities of companies that are likely to benefit either directly or indirectly from healthcare and allied sectors. The investment strategy of this scheme aims to maintain a concentrated portfolio of 30-40 stocks. Healthcare is a broad secular theme that includes pharma, hospitals, diagnostics, insurance and other allied sectors. The fund will have the flexibility to invest across markets capitalization and style in selecting investment opportunities within this theme. Neelesh Surana and Vrijesh Kasera will manage this fund. In a press release, Swarup Mohanty, CEO, Mirae Asset Global Inves...
