NITL now on Emlaak Financials
August 3, 2021
KARACHI: National Investment Trust Limited, Pakistan’s first asset management company, has launched its presence on Emlaak Financials, which is the country’s first consolidated digital platform for mutual fund investments across the asset management industry.
Emlaak Financials has been launched by IT Minds, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Central Depository Company of Pakistan (CDC), with the objective of facilitating and promoting ease of investments in a digital manner. Emlaak Financials is a one stop shop for transparent analytics and comparisons among the funds offered by different mutual fund companies. It offers consolidated portfolio tracking for all clients and facilitates easy digital transactions, including investments, switching and redemptions among mutual funds.
REITs collect money from investors and deploy it in real estate projects. Photo courtesy Sana Agboatwala/File
KARACHI: After six years of radio silence from over half a dozen companies with a licence to manage real estate investment trusts (REITs), as many as six transactions worth up to Rs38 billion are likely to take place within 2021-22.
Speaking to
Dawn in a recent interview, Arif Habib Dolmen REIT Management CEO Muhammad Ejaz said his company will soon launch four REITs in addition to the two schemes that the company announced earlier this month.
REITs collect money from investors and deploy it in real estate projects. They operate like any other company but offer more transparency to investors as trustees control all assets and the entity must list on a stock exchange within three years. Small investors can then take exposure to an otherwise capital-intensive and illiquid real estate market by publicly trading REIT units just like ordinary shares.
REITs collect money from investors and deploy it in real estate projects. Photo courtesy Sana Agboatwala/File
KARACHI: After six years of radio silence from over half a dozen companies with a licence to manage real estate investment trusts (REITs), as many as six transactions worth up to Rs38 billion are likely to take place within 2021-22.
Speaking to
Dawn in a recent interview, Arif Habib Dolmen REIT Management CEO Muhammad Ejaz said his company will soon launch four REITs in addition to the two schemes that the company announced earlier this month.
REITs collect money from investors and deploy it in real estate projects. They operate like any other company but offer more transparency to investors as trustees control all assets and the entity must list on a stock exchange within three years. Small investors can then take exposure to an otherwise capital-intensive and illiquid real estate market by publicly trading REIT units just like ordinary shares.
Tarin directs setting up body for capital market development
July 20, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Monday directed concerned authorities to set up a coordination committee to implement recommendations for the development of the country’s capital market roadmap, which was prepared by the Capital Market Advisory Council (CMAC).
The minister chaired the first meeting of the CMAC held at the Finance Division. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Waqar Masood, secretary finance division, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Chairman Aamir Khan, HBL Chairman Sultan Ali Allana and other senior officials participated in the meeting. State Bank of Pakistan Governor Reza Baqir joined through a video link.
SBP appoints 13 banks as primary dealer of government securities for FY 21-22
July 3, 2021
The State Bank of Pakistan appointed 13 banks as Primary Dealers (PDs) of government securities and two companies as Special Purpose Primary Dealers (SPDs) for Financial Year 2021-22.
According to a circular issued by the Domestic Market and Monetary Management Department of SBP, after evaluation of received applications under the laid down criteria the central bank has selected 13 applicants for appointment as primary dealer while 2 other institutions were selected for the role of SPDs of government securities-PIB and MTB.
Primary Dealers appointed for FY 2021-22 included Habib Bank Limited, Allied Bank Limited, Bank Al-Falah Limited, JS Bank Limited, National Bank of Pakistan, MCB Bank Limited, United Bank Limited, Pak Oman Investment Company Limited, Faysal Bank limited, Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited, The Bank of Punjab, CitiBank N.A-Pakistan Operations and Industrial and Co