Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have returned with a bang. Over the last seven trading sessions, they have pumped in close to $2 billion into Indian equities. Most market players expect this to continue as they see macro headwinds easing.
Domestic institutional shareholders, who together hold around 39 per cent stake in the National Stock Exchange, are unhappy with the exchange's strategy of not charging transaction fees in the currency derivative segment.
While stock exchanges worldwide are consolidating, not much action is happening in India due to the cap on equity holding in stock exchanges.
The Madras High Court order for closure of over 700 dyeing and knitting units in Tirupur may trigger huge loan defaults. Repayment of loans worth about Rs 20,000 crore would be hit if operations came to a halt, said Tirupur Exporters Association President A Sakthivel.
The annual ball, renamed this year as 'India soiree', showcased the food, fashion and performing arts of the country.
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has asked global retail chains not to rush the government into allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.
Although the relatively small number has not stopped the Dragon from showcasing its economic miracle, many business leaders and academicians see clouds on the eastern horizon, as Beijing adapts to life as a global power.
As the shadow of governance deficit and corruption back home threatened to lengthen behind the glorious Davos sun, India's image managers launched a spirited damage control exercise on the penultimate day of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
State Bank of India Chairman O P Bhatt says the bank did differ with the Reserve Bank of India's views on a host of issues, but it was unfair to blame the country's largest bank for taking care of the interests of the aam aadmi (common man).
After being on the defensive for the last two years, global bankers are making their presence felt in Davos.
Top business leaders see a host of potential dangers facing the world economy - ranging from asset bubbles in emerging market countries to soaring world commodity prices and huge levels of state debt in Europe.
In December 2010, Mumbai-based Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies received an A*** grading by credit rating agency Crisil.
The government is considering a common appellate authority for insurance and all instruments traded on the stock or commodity exchanges. This comes after the formation of the Financial Stability Development Council, a statutory body to coordinate the functioning of financial market regulators.
Most banks follow lax selection and due diligence procedures as long as relationship managers bring in the money.
Future Capital Holdings has had a troubled past, but Vice-Chairman & Managing Director V Vaidyanathan has an ambitious gameplan. Can he pull it off?
Tom Bernardin, chairman and CEO of Leo Burnett Worldwide says a creative agency is about creating acts, not ads, which transform the way people think, feel and ultimately behave.
A Towers Watson survey shows that there are few differences among companies on a critical metric that determines employee satisfaction
After its various corrections since Diwali, the stock market is expected to settle and consolidate in the next few days, with most uncertainties thought to have been priced in. That applies to the telecom scam-related implications, too, as long as its toll does not go beyond ministers and no more bad news comes from European countries. Most players believe there are several good stocks at attractive valuations.
Investment banking sources said players with leveraged positions widely used this instrument. Even several foreign investors disallowed from investing in the market for failing to comply with regulatory norms have been using the PN route.
Stung by the controversy over the sudden sacking of the Managing Director at India's largest microfinance institution, SKS Microfinance, lenders have decided to raise corporate governance issues at board meetings of other MFIs.
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