And if there are so many opportunities, why haven't they invested in them, asks Debashis Basu.
In one of the largest FDI deals in realty sector, global private equity Warburg Pincus will invest Rs 1,800 crore (Rs 18 billion) in Piramal Realty, which would use the funds to develop mixed-use projects in the megalopolis.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
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'But we are much better than what we all had expected and planned, and what all the prophets of doom had predicted.'
S&P Global Ratings on Monday expressed scepticism over allowing corporate ownership in banks given India's weak corporate governance amid large corporate defaults over the past few years. It also said that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will face challenges in supervising non-financial sector entities at a time when the health of financial sector is weak. Last week, a RBI panel had proposed that large corporate may be permitted to promote banks, as well as raising the cap on promoters' stake in private sector banks to 26 per cent, from15 per cent at present.
Raghavendra Kamath reports on what ails India's real estate sector.
Market watchers believe that the change in guidelines fly in the face of some of the recent initiatives taken by the government, such as easing norms for foreign portfolio investors.
These consistent performers are expected to maintain momentum.
Retail investors usually get caught up in the frenzy of a bull market and burn their fingers in IPOs, warns Tinesh Bhasin.
Cross previous high of $72 billion in 2007 as Indian promoters overcome the selling taboo. Abhineet Kumar reports from Mumbai.
'To ensure you remain with the better performers, you need to consistently monitor your MF portfolios and weed out the non-performers, even if they are from a star fund manager or a fund house with a sound record.'
Of these 26, Bajaj Finance, Associated Alcohols and Breweries, Garware Technologies, Filatex India, Tasty Bite Eatables, Aarti Industries and GMM Pfaudler saw an over 10-fold surge in price since 2014.
Bupa and Axa have already declared their intention to raise stakes.
Debt funds have exposure of nearly Rs 8,000 crore to Zee group papers. Aditya Birla MF, HDFC MF, Franklin Templeton MF, and ICICI Prudential MF have the highest exposure, reports Samie Modak.
Because of local and global problems, inflation pressures may continue, helping these schemes perform better.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay offers some unsolicited advice for a government wh,ich came to power, with brute majority and the nation's pragmatic chief money man.
Keki Mistry, vice chairman and CEO, HDFC tells Joydeep Ghosh and Chirag Madia that unlike some other players it never went for excesses and never took unreasonable risks.
Since there are many and complicated choices, retail investors stand to benefit
Several Sensex stocks hits 52-week low in intra-day trade on Monday with financials leading the decline.
Over 25,600 cases of banking fraud reported up to December 21, 2017, says Minister RS Prasad.
The report has identified 29 instances where it appears that the loans disbursed to borrowers were in turn utilised by their group companies to repay the existing debt obligations with IL&FS Financial Services Limited.
At a pre-Budget meeting, the FM was asked to ensure that NBFCs come out of the liquidity crisis they are facing with the help of RBI. They also spoke about the futility of trying to achieve a 3 per cent fiscal deficit target over the medium term.
PMAY-Gramin, which was launched in November 2016, aims to construct 10 million homes by March 31, 2019, with private sector and state government participation
In a chat on rediff.com, Feroze Azeez offered valuable tips.
Parekh ensures that he never forgets the importance of correctness.
Founded in 2006, PremjiInvest's assets under management are worth over $2 billion across India
Nearly three-fourths of the debt money, as of April 30, 2019, was invested in securities with duration of less than three years.
State owned banks SBI and PNB were the top Nifty gainers along with ICICI Bank and auto shares.
They have also been accused of extending loans for criminal intent of falsification of repayment by a number of borrowers, including some entities associated with large corporate groups.
The Sensex ended 229 points down at 27,602 and the Nifty ended down 63 points at 8,293.
Market participants are hoping for a few tweaks on the taxation front which will encourage consumers and businesses to spend.
In an email interview with Ranju Sarkar, International Finance Corporation's South Asia director Mengistu Alemayehu explains why the firm is bullish on building affordable homes in India.
Consensus continues to be cautious with analysts pointing towards tougher days ahead
Banks have issues with their balance sheet profiles, say PSB executives.
'It's a toss-up between a fire sale of equity or merger with a strong bank,' points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
If the view is that rupee will depreciate, hedge your exposure by using forward cover
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are Infosys, Cipla, NTPC, ITC and Lupin
What connects P S Jayakumar of Bank of Baroda, V Vaidyanathan of Capital First Ltd and Chandra Shekhar Ghosh of Bandhan?
Financials emerged as the top gainers while auto shares rallied on robust September sales
