Raghavendra Kamath And Ashutosh Joshi

Stories by Raghavendra Kamath And Ashutosh Joshi

Valecha plans consortium for airport development

Valecha plans consortium for airport development

Rediff.com   17 Jul 2007

Through this, the company plans to bid for 35 non-metro airports coming up for development in India as well as international airport developments.

FII investment at peak in June

FII investment at peak in June

Rediff.com   9 Jul 2007

Lower price-earnings ratio, big IPOs attract players.

No cakewalk for retail biggies

No cakewalk for retail biggies

Rediff.com   6 Jul 2007

Amid the noise around multinational retail chains queuing up to enter India comes a calming revelation. According to management consultancy firm A T Kearney, not all retail biggies continue in the new markets that they enter.

MFs scale back IT exposure on Re fears

MFs scale back IT exposure on Re fears

Rediff.com   6 Jul 2007

Fund managers said they were now waiting for first-quarter results of IT firms, which begin with Infosys Technologies next Wednesday (July 11), to decide their investment strategy for the sector.

Realty firms plan trusts to list in Singapore

Realty firms plan trusts to list in Singapore

Rediff.com   2 Jul 2007

As real estate investment trusts are yet to take shape in India, about a half a dozen realty firms have started the spadework for listing REIT-like vehicles on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

Mutual funds wary about realty

Mutual funds wary about realty

Rediff.com   25 Jun 2007

The global funds are gung-ho about the prospects of India's real estate sector and have committed billions of dollars, but the Indian mutual funds are treading cautiously.

Dharavi makeover: Builders spot goldmine, but...

Dharavi makeover: Builders spot goldmine, but...

Rediff.com   25 Jun 2007

When Mumbai-born architect Mukesh Mehta first waded into Dharavi a decade ago, he went in as - in his own words - a mercenary looking to make money

You may soon get to buy foreign MFs

You may soon get to buy foreign MFs

Rediff.com   20 Jun 2007

The domestic mutual funds such as Reliance Mutual Fund and Tata Asset Management Company are in advanced talks with global fund houses and investment advisors, in an attempt to offer global investment products to their Indian investors.

Tax-wary Indian firms rush to Isle of Man

Tax-wary Indian firms rush to Isle of Man

Rediff.com   11 Jun 2007

After a plethora of mergers and acquisitions, domestic firms are finding the European island a suitable place to set up subsidiaries to carry out global buyouts.

MFs corner Rs 1 trn assets in  9 months

MFs corner Rs 1 trn assets in 9 months

Rediff.com   8 Jun 2007

The Indian mutual fund industry's assets under management race from Rs 3 trillion to Rs 4 trillion has come in just nine months.

Top cos line up to rebuild Asia's largest slum

Top cos line up to rebuild Asia's largest slum

Rediff.com   2 Jun 2007

Hiranandani, K Raheja Builders, Gamon Infrastructure and Kalpataru are reported to have shown interest in the Rs 9,300-crore project, launched by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) of the Maharashtra government.

26,100 acres for DLF's SEZs

26,100 acres for DLF's SEZs

Rediff.com   2 Jun 2007

India's biggest realty firm, DLF is betting on special economic zones (SEZs). The zones will cover an area of 26,100 acres and the company expects to take control of the land in the next two years.

Valuation blues for realty funds

Valuation blues for realty funds

Rediff.com   31 May 2007

Lack of uniform valuation and disclosure standards could dampen the enthusiasm of investors in real state mutual funds once they are launched in the country.

China tax shocker may divert FII flows to India

China tax shocker may divert FII flows to India

Rediff.com   31 May 2007

Indian bourses are likely to benefit from higher foreign fund flows as cracks appeared in the Chinese stock markets after the government tripled the tax on securities transactions to cool a rally.

'Inflation curbs counter-productive for realty'

'Inflation curbs counter-productive for realty'

Rediff.com   30 May 2007

Raghavendra Kamath and Ashutosh Joshi spoke to Kushal Pal Singh on the growth of Indian realty story and issues surrounding it.

SIPs do the trick for funds

SIPs do the trick for funds

Rediff.com   29 May 2007

Systematic investment plans, through which mutual fund investors put a fixed sum into MF schemes, are proving to be engines of growth for fund houses with the number of SIP investors growing nearly three times since last year.

Lodha plans year-end IPO

Lodha plans year-end IPO

Rediff.com   28 May 2007

Mumbai-based real estate firm Lodha Developers plans a public issue by the year-end to raise between Rs 2,000 and 2,500 crore (Rs 20 to Rs 25 billion), according to sources.

Reduced mill land value = relief on stamp duty

Reduced mill land value = relief on stamp duty

Rediff.com   21 May 2007

Buckling under pressure from mill land developers, the Maharashtra government is considering reducing the value of textile mill lands in its Stamp Duty Ready Reckoner

MFs to get rich with inflows from PSUs

MFs to get rich with inflows from PSUs

Rediff.com   18 May 2007

Mutual funds are set to bag a huge chunk of the nearly Rs 3,05,000 crore cash reserves of the public sector companies.

AMP Capital to float $500 mn infrastructure fund

AMP Capital to float $500 mn infrastructure fund

Rediff.com   18 May 2007

Global investment major AMP Capital Investors is launching a $500 million equity fund sometime soon this year to invest in infrastructure in India and China. This will be the third such fund from AMP.