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From Market About 2 months ago

Sensex jumps 0.7% to one-week high

BSE benchmark Sensex closed the 2012-13 financial year on a positive note with the index jumping by 131.24 points on Thursday to one-week high of 18,835.77 helped by heavy buying in ICICI Bank, Infosys, L&T, ITC and ONGC shares, amid settlement of monthly derivative contracts.

From Market About 2 months ago

Foreign boost for mkts as FIIs put in record $26 bn in FY13

The current financial year has proved to be the best ever for Indian markets in terms of foreign inflows. The year has seen foreign institutional investors putting in $26 billion in Indian shares, which is the highest ever since overseas entities started investing in India.

From Market About 2 months ago

Induct telcos as banks to make direct benefit transfer scheme work

The government began the new year by rolling out a scheme for direct transfer of subsidies to poor families in 20 districts.

From Market About 2 months ago

FIIs not yet increasing their long-term bond holdings despite hopes of rate cut

Notwithstanding expectations of policy rate cuts going ahead and the ease of access to Indian debt, foreign institutional investors are not increasing their holdings of long-term bonds.

From Market About 2 months ago

SME platform grappling with liquidity woes a yr after launch

Nearly a year after the country's two premier bourses, BSE and NSE, started operations of their respective SME platform, the firms that have got themselves listed on the platform are still grappling with liquidity issues.

From Markets 1 year ago

ONGC falls short in chaotic share shale

The country's two main stock exchanges said Thursday that investors bid for 98 percent of the shares on offer

From Financial planning 4 years ago

Bargain hunter who foraged globally

There is much Indian equity investors can learn from John M. Templeton, in particular his belief in buying stocks at the point of maximum pessimism

From Interviews 4 years ago

‘In future we will see differential rates’

Already the benefits to retail customers are evident. Lenders are wooing borrowers with better histories

From Mutual Funds 4 years ago

Reliance Growth - G

Reliance Growth Fund, which was positioned as a diversified equity scheme that invests in stocks of all market caps and takes a long-term view, has stuck to its philosophy till now.

From Mutual Funds 4 years ago

Beat credit risk

At a time when the risk of corporates defaulting on their debt commitments is high, investing in gilt funds will help you

From Mutual Funds 4 years ago

Bet on the haystack

Picking winning funds is like hunting for a needle in a haystack. So instead invest in

From Financial planning 4 years ago

Know the brass tacks

Knowing how to make the claim on a life insurance policy can save the bereaved family a lot of hassle at a time of

From Market 4 years ago

Sebi debars early exit

What will Sebi’s new regulations for close-ended funds issued last Thursday mean for you

From Columns 4 years ago

SQUEEZED

Squeezed between loans engendered by the lofty dreams of the boom years and the prospects of layoffs in a slowing economy, urban India will have to make a few hard choices — financial and lifestyle-related — to survive this downturn

From Columns 4 years ago

Caution is the byword

The events of the last few months have made debt funds extremely cautious about liquidity mismatch