MF investors taste globalisation fruits

Sunday 16 September '07

Mutual funds have widened options for Indians with schemes that invest in world markets; they have also tried hard to differentiate their products

Market story intact: ICICI, SBI, Kotak AMCs

Monday 3 September '07

Despite the recent turbulence in the markets beginning July and investors remaining cautious over their investments, fund houses remain optimistic.

GDP growth of 9.3% for Q1 raises expectations for the yr

Saturday 1 September '07

India’s growth story remains intact. Down by 30 basis points over the previous year’s figure in the same quarter, it has not belied expectations.

Direct MF applicants may get to avoid entry charge

Thursday 23 August '07

The Securities and Exchange Board of Indiais considering a proposal to remove the load for direct applications in mutual fund schemes.

Meet Raju, your new financial literacy teacher

Wednesday 22 August '07

If Raj brought India to Archies, Raju is taking banking to consumers. Reserve Bank of India and National Stock Exchange have launched an innovative mode of propagating financial literacy...

To gain from capitalism, this time just turn to nationalism

Sunday 19 August '07

Sixty years of political independence and 16 years of relative economic freedom have catapulted India to the top of the investment...

From docile also rans to go-getters, our banks have come a long way

Friday 10 August '07

Plush computerised branches, high profile corporate culture and aggressive nature is what the Indian banking sector looks like now...

90% high-income urbanites think PSU banks guarantee deposits!

Saturday 4 August '07

The state of financial literacy in India is extremely grim. According to data released by the Invest India Incomes and Savings Survey 2007...

Volatility is here to stay... but so are the opportunities

Thursday 2 August '07

The one word binding experts in the markets is “correction”. It started on Friday, July 27 when the Sensex fell by 542 points.

Village India relies more on money lenders than banks

Tuesday 24 July '07

Money lenders have caught up with the friends and relatives segment at 35 per cent when it comes to fulfilling the loan requirements of rural India.

Srinivas needs financial planning but who’s going to give it to him?

Monday 23 July '07

When finance minister P Chidambaram on July 20 said that financial literacy should be a compulsory subject in class XI, and observed...

Mutual funds’ daily collections drop 70-90% in a week

Tuesday 10 July '07

The mutual funds industry is facing a crash in daily collections.

To rise beyond 15,000 mark, Sensex earnings have to increase by 25%

Sunday 8 July '07

With historic growth in sales and earnings of India Inc, at 31 per cent and 32 per cent respectively for 2006-07, the 17-month...

Continue to ride equity, but raise exposure to debt funds

Monday 2 July '07

Over the three-year period up to May 31, 2007, SBI Mutual Fund was the best-performing fund house in the equity segment and Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund the best-performing fund house in the debt segment.

Need experts, get political directors off my back: PSU bank chief goes public

Tuesday 26 June '07

In perhaps the first such case, the chairman and managing director of a PSU bank has gone public to protest the presence of directors appointed to his board at the behest of the ruling party.

The big, fat, Indian paycheque

Sunday 3 June '07

As India Inc. ponders the merit of prime minister’s suggestion on curbing “excessive remuneration”, here is a look at the salary status of the men who power the country’s economy and their place in the global sweepstakes

MFs want uniform definition of ‘small’ in small cap firms

Tuesday 22 May '07

If there’s one common theme binding small investors, small companies and funds launching small cap funds for small investors, it is: ambiguity.

To grow big, mutual funds turn to small investors

Sunday 29 April '07

When ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund lowered the minimum limit for its systematic investment plan to Rs 50 per month last week...

Listed firms can now invest more in foreign portfolio, joint ventures

Wednesday 25 April '07

The RBI today increased the limit on portfolio investment by listed Indian companies in foreign listed companies from 25 to 35 per cent of their net worth.

Sensex up; Friday the 13th may decide medium term direction

Tuesday 10 April '07

The market broke last week’s trend today. The Sensex rose 321 points or 2.5 per cent, closing at 13,177.

Is it time to invest in banking stocks?

Monday 9 April '07

The Reserve Bank’s move to increase the repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.75 per cent and the Cash Reserve Ratio...

Bearish trend likely to stay as RBI may not cut rates

Tuesday 3 April '07

What a welcome the investors had to financial year 2007-08. The market started on a bad note with the second largest fall in the history of BSE Sensex of 617 points.

Demand for car loans may dip, sales feel the heat

Monday 2 April '07

Car loan rates are slated to go up further with Reserve Bank of India announcing an increase in cash reserve ratio by 50 basis points...

IPO grading move dismays industry

Saturday 24 March '07

Sebi’s decision to make grading of IPOs mandatory has triggered a negative reaction in industry circles. Standard Chartered Mutual Fund head of investments Rajiv Anand said, “I am not sure what is being graded.

With home loan floating rate at 11 per cent, banks have to increase not just your tenure but EMI too

Tuesday 20 March '07

Remember stories in books and films where a villager could never pay off his debts to the village Mahajan (moneylender) because of high interest that kept compounding?