'The ability to tailor schemes to market conditions and invest in unlisted equity and real estate, as well as commodities, makes Alternative Investment Funds a sought after platform.'
Specific sections of the Companies Act need to be amended to empower Sebi to regulate or take penal action against an unlisted entity and its promoters for violating the insider trading and other securities norms.
Brokerage firm Nomura said inflation levels in India are close to post global financial crisis lows, and also retained its positive stance on Sensex.
Inflation declined marginally to 8.23 per cent in January from 8.43 per cent in the previous month, as prices of certain commodities like wheat, pulses and sugar eased, although essential items like onion and other vegetables continue to remain dearer.
The Reserve Bank will have to continue to tighten its monetary policy stance to arrest the runaway inflation numbers, which is expected to harden further in the medium-term on account of the rising commodity prices in international markets, a senior economist said on Friday.
The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to entertain pleas seeking time-bound probe, including by an apex court-appointed commission, into the tractor rally violence in the national capital on the Republic Day saying the government is already inquiring the matter and the Prime Minister has stated that law will take its own course.
Gold prices are likely to decline further to around Rs 24,500 per 10 grams by December if the rupee continues to rule at the current level.
Demonetisation was not a good idea and the time should have been utilised instead to fine-tune the Goods and Services Tax before it was introduced, said Gita Gopinath, John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Economics at Harvard University, in an interview with Advait Rao Palepu.
Wood Mackenzie projected India's real GDP level to overtake Japan and reach over $6 trillion by 2035.
Two pleas were filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday over the tractor rally violence on Republic Day, with one seeking the setting up of a commission, headed by a retired apex court judge, to inquire into the incident, while the other urged it to direct the media not to declare farmers as "terrorist" without any evidence.
India's service sector proportionately much larger than China's, while its investment and industrial-production shares are much lower
Analysts agree China, Greece and US Fed developments need careful monitoring but India should gain, over time, from relative rise of the dollar and fall in commodity prices.
Analysts attribute this fall to the recent moderation in energy (mainly crude oil) and commodity prices, lowering of input costs for companies in sectors such as FMCG, consumer durables, and automobiles, reports Krishna Kant.
'This four-member committee cannot supersede the four-five member ministerial committees, 25 top-level government bureaucrats, with whom we have had nine rounds of discussions each of which lasted for more than six-seven hours.'
On the 30-share index, Maruti was the biggest loser, shedding 3.60 per cent. Other major laggards were Yes Bank, IndusInd Bank, Tata Steel, Hero MotoCorp and NTPC -- ending up to 2.33 per cent lower.
'China's economy continues to slow and the US Fed may still hike rates before the end of the year.'
While headline and core WPI are stuck in a disinflationary phase, the retail measure is inching north.
From MRF to Shree Cement: 23 companies which delivered 30% CAGR in 15 years.
Some 500,000 drivers and helpers have been left high and dry because of lockdown; many of these trucks are carrying essential goods.
The surge in IT, auto and FMCG stocks were led by investors seeking safety against market volatility.
FMCG has been behaving unlike a defensive category in recent quarters.
Since last month, the realty (down 23%), auto (down 16%) and finance (down 14%) indices have underperformed the market by falling over 13%, as against 8% decline in the benchmark indices
Sebi also allowed foreign investors to own up to 15 per cent stake in domestic stock and commodity exchanges
An analysis of year-wise movements of average global crude oil prices versus India's GDP reveals no inverse correlation, contrary to wide belief.
Though the summer is expected to be hotter, global and domestic forecasts point to good rains.
This analysis is based on the quarterly earnings for 724 companies.
As debates and agitation on the issue of spiralling prices of essential commodities corner attention, the research and reference division of the library has come out with supporting material for MPs, bringing out background notes on price rise and global oil prices.
Numbers collated by the Business Standard Research Bureau show that in the last three years, leading cement manufacturers have multiplied their nine-month profits manifold and mining and paper companies have more than doubled it.
The research firm also expects sales growth of Indian companies in the quarter under consideration to remain muted. According to the CMIE, sales growth is expected to fall to 20 per cent from 34 per cent in the quarter ending September 2008.
'One out of three phones sold in India is a Xiaomi phone.'
Market cap of government companies has remained unchanged in the past 8 years.
Such an economic environment tends to be positive for gold, the ultimate safe-haven asset. Since gold cannot be debased by central banks, it naturally gains in value.
With scrutiny that comes with a public listing, Deepinder Goyal's leadership could face its sternest test yet.
A deficient rainfall season starts with heavy showers.
Crude oil volumes on the MCX platform touched a record level of 10.19 million barrels on Wednesday because of increased participation from investors amid high volatility in global crude prices. Although, there was a sharp fall in crude oil prices on Wednesday, but volumes remained upbeat, experts said, adding that prices were below $130 per barrel.
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India eats 1.2 million tonnes of onions a month and the current stock will last till the end of August.
The central probe agency had on Friday carried out a fresh round of searches in connection with the case, they said.
Joint Secretary in the health ministry Lav Agarwal said 154 new positive cases of the disease have been reported due to the transit-related history of those who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation. These include 23 new cases from Jammu and Kashmir, 20 from Telengana, 18 from Delhi, 65 from Tamil Nadu, 17 from Andhra Pradesh, nine from Andaman and Nicobar Islands and two from Puducherry.
India's water future remains very bleak. The monsoon season, which once extended to 4 months, is now down to less than 30 days of heavy rain.
Two leading economists associated with the multi-commodity exchange have pointed to serious flaws in the present method of calculating inflation and called for a change in line with prevalent methodologies in developed economies.
