Growing business opportunities fuelled by a robust economy and an increasing number of private equity investors are prompting investment bankers to quit their jobs and turn entrepreneurs.
The move is expected to cut into the business of rival Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
The National Stock Exchange is chalking out a strategy to launch a separate trading platform for small and medium companies.
A cluster of high networth investors from Ireland is looking at private equity investments of at least 200 million pounds sterling (about $ 395 million) in high-growth companies across real-estate, IT and education sectors.
In its filing dated March 29, the company has said that its ability to develop the land reserves and generate the estimated developable area are subject to a number of risks such as defective title to the lands which could be legally challenged.
The much-awaited trading in corporate bonds will start on the National and the Bombay Stock Exchanges from July 1. This is expected to energise the moribund debt market.
According to the soon-to-be-released rules, at the time of transaction investors have to disclose if the deal is a short sale at the time of placement of order.
Public sector undertakings Bharat Earth Movers (BEML), Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), Power Grid Corporation of India and National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), are slated to hit the market with their IPOs.
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Unlike last year when private equity participants exited through strategic deals with third party investors, this year PEs are opting to exit via initial public offerings route.
The lure of the much-feared participatory notes, through which hedge funds now invest in the Indian stock markets, may soon wane.
Vallabh Bhansali-controlled Enam Financial Consultants, one of the leading home-grown investment banks in India, is learnt to be in talks with JP Morgan for a strategic alliance.
The stock market correction seems to be encouraging more and more investors to revive their demat accounts, perhaps to start buying shares, now that the prices have eased from their recent peaks.
The forthcoming public issue by rating agency ICRA Ltd will see State Bank of India diluting its stake in the company by a nominal 0.21 per cent, but the meagre divestment has larger implications on both the entities.
The Budget proposal to impose capital gains tax on transactions in works of art would qualify art as another asset class.
Hedge funds, which are proving to be a headache for stock market regulators across the world, will be the main topic of discussion at the four-day annual conference of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions.
The response was overwhelming even though the members would have to pay a capital gains tax of 20 per cent on their stake sale.
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) planned to list the futures trading in its benchmark index, Sensex.
Brokers have till Friday to submit half their shares.
On the eve of the Budget, top foreign brokerage houses Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan were advising investors to stay away from the Indian stock markets, saying the risk factors involved in Indian equities are much higher.
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