Saturday, September 27, 2008

UTI MF to open 200 branches across India by next year

UTI Mutual Fund today said it is set to open around 200 branches in the country by March next year.

"We have opened at UFC in Jammu to focus on service sector in Jammu and Kashmir, which has a great untapped potential. We hope to do very well in terms of business," Sinha told reporters here.

"Our distribution expansion is in line with our strategy of making our products and services easily accessible to our investors. It is our endeavour to enable investors across the country to share the benefits of growth of the Indian economy," Sinha said.

This fiscal UTI Mutual Fund proposes to further expand its distribution network from 97 UTI Financial centres to 200 centres covering around 422 districts," he said.

New UTI Financial Centre will cover Anantnag, Baramulla, Doda, Jammu, Kathua, Kupwara, Kargil, Ladakh, Poonch, Pulwama, Rajouri, Srinagar and Udhampur districts of J&K, he said.

UTI Mutual Fund is SEBI-registered, and its sponsors are State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda and Life Insurance Corporation of India.

UTI Mutual Fund has assets under management (average) of Rs 46,947.32 crore and investor accounts of over 9.50 million under its 95 domestic schemes (as of August 31, 2008).
Source: http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=612888

Religare Aegon gets nod to start mutual fund business

Religare Aegon AMC, a joint venture between Dutch insurer Aegon and Indian financial services firm Religare Enterprises has received the Indian market regulator's nod to start fund operations in the country, the company announced Thursday.

Religare Aegon AMC, a joint venture between Dutch insurer Aegon and Indian financial services firm Religare Enterprises has received the Indian market regulator's nod to start fund operations in the country, the company announced Thursday.

'The company has got an approval from Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to launch mutual fund business in the country. The country is looking at launching its first products by November this year for the Indian retail investor,' the company said in a regulatory statement.

'We will be shortly filing for both debt and equity products with the regulator,' Saurabh Nanavati, Religare Aegon AMC said in the statement. 

'The AMC (asset management company) will have close to 15 operational branches in over 25 cities by March 29,' Nanavati said.

Source: http://www.indiaprwire.com/businessnews/20080925/33714.ht