Fund review: Bandhan Flexi Cap Fund

In the tech sector, stock buybacks are often associated with big, slow-growth companies that are running out of fresh ways to expand their businesses. Instead of “di-worsifying” their businesses through bad investments and acquisitions, these companies prefer to plow their excess cash into buybacks and dividends to boost shareholder value. Nvidia (NVDA +0.96%), the world’s…

Insurance is traditionally a product customers notice when something has already gone wrong — a car accident, hospitalisation or cancelled flight. ACKO is trying to change that equation.   The digital insurer has launched three new offerings — DriveCam, ACKO Clinic and AirPass — spanning motor, healthcare and travel, as it seeks to build a…

Adjusted return on common equity fell to 3.6% in the quarter, from 5.4% a year earlier. Transformation costs compound across the year The quarterly results reflect a pattern that has defined Laurentian’s 2026 fiscal year. For the nine months ended July 31, the bank recorded a net loss of $39.5 million and a diluted loss…

Key insight: A single borrower obtained fraudulent commercial loans from bank after bank for nearly a decade, using companies he controlled and false equipment-purchase applications. What’s at stake: The case shows how commercial-loan underwriting can be gamed repeatedly across institutions; U.S. Bank alone is owed about $5.6 million. Supporting data: Restitution totals $19,414,187.15 across six…

Paragon Bank has appointed Simon Cockerill as commercial director of mortgages. Cockerill joins Paragon with 28 years of experience across mortgage sales and distribution. Most recently, he spent almost nine years as head of sales at OSB Group, having previously held senior roles spanning lenders, intermediaries and building societies. In his new role, Cockerill will…

First-time buyers accounted for more than half – 52.8% – of all mortgage sales in 2025, showed data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Mortgage sales to first-time buyers increased from 326,474 in 2024 to 379,207 in 2025. First-time buyers accounted for more than half of mortgage sales last year, compared with 33.8%…