Index products like fixed-income, volatility and weather to broaden basket for hedging.
Decline in planting of cereals across the world may lead to volatile food prices next year, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of United Nations has said in its latest report.
India Inc sells a third of carbon credits to middlemen at low rates.
Owing to erratic monsoons this year, the kharif grain output is projected to fall 18 per cent to a seven-year low of 96.63 million tonnes against last year's 117.70 million tonnes.
Export orders generally begin in August and continue till October-end. Ready jewellery items are delivered within 45 days from the date of booking.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India said it is 'closely watching' investments made by New York-based hedge fund Galleon, whose Sri Lankan founder Raj Rajaratnam was arrested for alleged insider trading on Friday.
The consensus among FIIs is valuation could be a concern going ahead, but that is still some way off.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India plans to tighten guidelines under which promoters make preferential allotments of warrants. The proposals include prohibiting promoters from voting at shareholder meetings at which warrant issues are put to vote and prohibiting warrant issues to promoters who did not subscribe to their earlier warrants.
BSE had been planning to list on the exchange for a while and had approached Sebi for permission to list without an initial public offer. Sebi also has to formalise norms for regulating self-listed companies. Some BSE members were keen on the listing of the exchange so that they could sell their shares.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India is now planning to enable investors to buy and sell mutual fund units through stock exchanges. Fund houses will also be allowed to sell new fund offers (NFOs) through exchanges, helping them to save on distribution costs.
Pricing worries remain, but bankers expect IPOs to raise over Rs 40,000 crore (Rs 400 billion) in the next few months.
Business Standard discussed the primary market scenario and changing equations in the IPO market with Enam Group chairman Vallabh Bhanshali. Excerpts:
Essential items are 65 per cent costlier than last year; traders blame it on higher MSP, confusion in govt.
China to remain the largest market, say analysts.
Certain provisions of the code would delay the negotiation process, increase the tax liabilities and introduce uncertainties due to the General Anti-Avoidance rules.
The Companies Act Amendment Bill, which was tabled in Parliament in the Budget session that adjourned last week, has proposed to allow Indian companies to merge with overseas companies, a move that could introduce greater flexibility in cross-border merger and acquisitions.
Lack of moisture in fields leads to less output.
Though the number of Japanese foreign institutional investors in India is still negligible, it's significant that 8 of the 11 registered with Sebi entered in the past year and a half
Once bitten, twice shy, the laid-off workers, many of whom had switched to sectors like textile and agriculture, are apprehensive about returning to diamond processing. Before Diwali last year, there were about 3,000 diamond cutting and polishing units with a 600,000-strong workforce.
The market regulator is mulling safeguards relating to power of attorney.
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