The Securities and Exchange Board of India is expected to take up two critical issues at a board meeting scheduled February 2
Analyses cricketers' valuation based on their attributes.
In a move to protect the interest of investors, the Securities and Exchange Board of India has asked a high-level committee to suggest guidelines for the power of attorney that investors issue in favour of their brokers. The agreements that are signed between brokers and investors are also up for review.
The committee said that promoters will have to make mandatory disclosures when they raise finances by pledging their shares. This is because lenders ask promoters to pay additional margins when the value of the shares pledged as collateral falls.
Sebi has launched a coordinated investigation with the Registrar of Companies to examine transactions between Satyam and its bankers BNP Paribas, Citibank, HSBC, HDFC and ICICI Bank
Satyam fiasco may prompt market regulator to be stricter with promoters.
ADAG, Mahindra BT, L&T Infotech may team up with PEs.
President & CEO of IDFC Private Equity Group, Luis Miranda, spoke on various issues relating to private equity in an exclusive interview with Rajesh Bhayani.
Mutual fund investors may soon have to give separate cheques to distributors as commission.
Going by the adage 'necessity is the mother of invention', business process outsourcing knowledge process outsourcing units in Gujarat keep finding unique ways to cut cost amidst economic slowdown.
May bar premature withdrawals from fixed maturity plans.
These choices are going to be made available to Indian fund houses by S&P's index services division through India Index Services. ETF is a passive fund wherein investments are made in index companies as per their individual weightage. In times of uncertainty, betting on indices rather than individual companies helps. Index-based products thus become popular.
Having already witnessed a job cut of around seven lakhs so far in the year, the textile industry may see a further reduction in manpower by five lakhs, given in a decline in business by 1.5 per cent.
Consolidating on its 500-year-old legacy of providing quality education, The Society of Jesus (SJ) (popularly known as Jesuits) has applied for a Central University status with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
Sebi likely to come out with a policy paper soon.
The Securities & Exchange Board of India has decided to conduct a survey to find out why investors are staying away from the securities market. This is the first time that the market regulator is planning such a survey of investors.
Case study suggests strategy to offer 'maximum bang for the minimum buck'.
Wary of the times ahead in the job market, business schools are working on a risk-minimisation strategy and looking at doubling the pool of companies on the campus for the summer placements scheduled in November this year.
"Funds received from alumni and companies are usually meant for specific projects. These funds pour in between October and December every year. Current projects will not be affected despite the economic slowdown, but new projects might take a hit," said T K Ghosal, deputy registrar (finance), the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur.
In a key change in its stance, the Securities and Exchange Board of India said it is keeping its options open on banning short sales, which a section of brokers believes are responsible for the collapsing stock market. The benchmark Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex fell below 10,000 Friday, the first time since July 2006.
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