According to a Thomson Financial research, no Indian investment bank figures in the top ten list of the M&A deals that was struck this year, which was topped by UBS.
India Inc created a new record by mobilising Rs 24,993 crore (Rs 249.93 billion) in FY06-07, which is higher by as much as 5 per cent compared with the previous year's Rs 23,676 crore (Rs 236.76 billion).
UK-headquartered Standard Chartered Bank is set to become the third foreign player to enter the Indian retail stock brokerage business by buying a 49 per cent stake in UTI Securities for Rs 140-150 crore.
The stage is all set for a battle among stock exchanges for setting up separate exchanges for small and medium enterprises as they top bourses.
Citigroup's private equity arm Citigroup Venture Capital International, Baring Private Equity, TPG and 3i are the front-runners to acquire an equity stake in Sharekhan, the retail brokerage arm of the Mumbai-based SSKI group.
The Bombay Stock Exchange, Asia's oldest stock exchange, plans to launch a separate trading platform for small and medium enterprises. Sources close to the development said the BSE was preparing a strategy for an SME exchange.
Oman's largest bank BankMuscat, which recently picked up 43 per cent stake in the domestic brokerage house Mangal Keshav Group
The Securities and Exchange Board of India is expected to shortly release a circular asking mutual fund houses not to park more than 15 per cent of their corpus as bank deposits at any point of time.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The New-York based Goldman Sachs, one of the world's oldest and largest investment banking firms, plans to enter the buoyant mutual fund business in India.
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