Sachin P Mampatta And Sameer Mulgaonkar

Stories by Sachin P Mampatta And Sameer Mulgaonkar

Stock Markets Shine Despite Weak Monsoon

Stock Markets Shine Despite Weak Monsoon

Rediff.com   11 Jun 2025

Data since 2005 show that the five years with the highest rainfall saw average market returns of 8.98 per cent, while the five driest years returned 25.7 per cent on average.

COVID: 3 Weeks Deadlier Than 9 Months

COVID: 3 Weeks Deadlier Than 9 Months

Rediff.com   5 Jun 2025

40 Covid patients died since mid-May, which is more than the total number of deaths over the preceding 39 weeks.

After Covid, management buyouts have seen an uptick

After Covid, management buyouts have seen an uptick

Rediff.com   27 May 2025

There have been more instances of a management team buying out the owners of a company after the pandemic. There are eight such transactions, called management buyouts (MBOs), in the five years ending 2024, according to data from tracker LSEG shared with Business Standard.

Public-promoter confusion deepens with switches across companies

Public-promoter confusion deepens with switches across companies

Rediff.com   24 May 2025

There have been multiple instances of the same entity appearing as both a public shareholder as well as under the promoter classification in some listed companies. And this dual-classification happened in the same quarter, according to data compiled by primedatabase.com.

Large investor concentration in smallcap funds at 14-month low

Large investor concentration in smallcap funds at 14-month low

Rediff.com   7 May 2025

The share of investments held by the top 10 investors across smallcap mutual fund schemes has been on a decline, falling to a 14-month low in March 2025, shows an analysis of data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi). The median smallcap scheme has 2.03 per cent of its investments coming from the top 10 investors, compared to 2.43 per cent a year ago.

150 years of BSE: When 100 banks failed and took stockbrokers with them

150 years of BSE: When 100 banks failed and took stockbrokers with them

Rediff.com   27 Apr 2025

Like with all great crashes, some had noticed the cracks. "... cash balances (of banks) seem, from the available indications, to be hopelessly inadequate; and it is hard to doubt that in the next bad times they will go down like ninepins. If such a catastrophe occurs, the damage inflicted on India will be far greater than the direct loss falling on the depositors," said John Maynard Keynes in his May 1913 work "Indian Currency and Finance", written before his path-breaking work in macroeconomics laid the foundation of dealing with global crises.

Outlook gloomy for corporate share in direct tax mopup

Outlook gloomy for corporate share in direct tax mopup

Rediff.com   19 Apr 2025

Companies may foot less of the tax bill for some time yet. The corporate share of net direct tax collections has been lower in 2024-25 than in previous years. The corporate segment accounted for 45.6 per cent of total net direct tax collections as of March 16, compared to 48.1 per cent on the same date in 2023-24 (FY24).

India Ramps Up Gold Reserves...

India Ramps Up Gold Reserves...

Rediff.com   19 Mar 2025

The RBI added roughly 3 tonnes in 2025, taking its gold reserves to 879 tonnes as of January 31, 2025.

Protein vs Junk Food: What Is India Spending More On?

Protein vs Junk Food: What Is India Spending More On?

Rediff.com   1 Mar 2025

Food budgets in urban areas spent less on protein as compared to beverages and processed foods, reveals the Household Consumption Expenditure survey data for 2023-24.

Gift City Helps Ahmedabad's Rise As Trading Powerhouse

Gift City Helps Ahmedabad's Rise As Trading Powerhouse

Rediff.com   28 Feb 2025

The share of Ahmedabad in the total value of trades on both the BSE and NSE is set to touch double digits for the third year in a row.

Foreign companies' tax burden at record low in India

Foreign companies' tax burden at record low in India

Rediff.com   24 Feb 2025

Foreign companies now pay less tax relative to their earnings than at any time in more than three decades. Foreign private companies paid 24.36 per cent of their pre-tax profit as tax in 2023-24, show numbers from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE).

Covid Fading But Still Claims Lives

Covid Fading But Still Claims Lives

Rediff.com   11 Feb 2025

There have been 41 cases of Covid in the most recent four-week period ending mid-January, with three deaths.

Mutual Funds Emerge As Financiers For M&A Deals

Mutual Funds Emerge As Financiers For M&A Deals

Rediff.com   6 Feb 2025

'Growth for some companies has been hard to come by and this is a smart way to get there.'

January Crash: Record 2,461 Stocks Flash Red

January Crash: Record 2,461 Stocks Flash Red

Rediff.com   29 Jan 2025

'The market's sharp decline recently has shaken the confidence of retail investors, leading to increased selling.'

500 Years For You To Match CEO's Pay!

500 Years For You To Match CEO's Pay!

Rediff.com   28 Jan 2025

The share of companies where it would take over 100 years for a median employee to earn the equivalent of their top executive's annual salary rose to 65 per cent in FY24 from 61 per cent in FY19.

Interest coverage ratio of unlisted cos at 30-year high

Interest coverage ratio of unlisted cos at 30-year high

Rediff.com   17 Jan 2025

Excess earnings of unlisted companies over and above their interest costs are at a record level. The interest-coverage ratio of 2.94 is the highest going back to 1990-91, according to numbers from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). The ratio measures earnings relative to every rupee to be paid as interest on outstanding debt.

Rents Hit Two Decade High!!

Rents Hit Two Decade High!!

Rediff.com   17 Jan 2025

The share of rent in consumption expenditure has risen to 6.58%, according to the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-2024. This is the highest it has been in surveys going back to the turn of the millennium.

New Govt Infrastructure Projects Down by Over 20% in December Quarter

New Govt Infrastructure Projects Down by Over 20% in December Quarter

Rediff.com   15 Jan 2025

Both new and completed project values as of December 2024 remain below pre-pandemic levels seen in 2019.

PMS players breach threshold, set to have non-EPFO assets of over Rs 10 trn

PMS players breach threshold, set to have non-EPFO assets of over Rs 10 trn

Rediff.com   29 Dec 2024

When star mutual fund managers quit their jobs to start their own ventures, they have often begun their new innings by becoming portfolio management service (PMS) providers. Over the years there has been an influx of fund managers - they could earn big if they succeeded on their own - and alongside there are wealthy clients looking for an edge beyond that offered by traditional mutual funds.