'Given the emerging trends, it may be time for India to embrace digital banking,' notes Pradipta Bagchi.
Unlike bank FDs that are considered risk-free investments, NCDs do carry a certain amount of risk, primary among them is the risk of default, either servicing the interest payment or meeting their principal repayment obligations.
Richest 10 account for 41% of promoter wealth, up from 33% in December 2018, says Krishna Kant.
Sebi's surveillance department has red-flagged unusual trading patterns in some stocks. Shares of some companies were seen going up ahead of a sharp sell-off.
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Licence winners are expected to be announced by the first quarter of 2014.
'2018 has seen a bi-polar market.' 'Thanks to gains in some key stocks, market returns are positive. But there has been huge wealth destruction in the small and mid-cap space.'
Starting April 1, a non-executive director of 75 years or more can be appointed or re-appointed only by way of a special resolution, which requires 75 per cent 'for' votes.
Hopes of revival and earnings growth in 2020, surprise tax cuts, and robust foreign flows - thanks to easy global monetary policies - are a few reasons why the markets have managed to digest the low GDP footprint. Select bluechips such as Reliance Industries, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, and ICICI Bank have gained sharply this year. On the other hand, YES Bank, Zee Entertainment, and Indiabulls Housing have seen a sharp fall.
So far, nine companies have raised Rs 17,860 crore - nearly three times of last year's tally - by way of rights issues.
Frequent balance transfer in search of a lower rate can be tricky for borrowers, if property prices fall
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, turned negative from positive
Eight Sensex biggies such as Reliance, L&T, BHEL, SBI and ICICI Bank are among the worst hit.
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Nearly three-fourths of the debt money, as of April 30, 2019, was invested in securities with duration of less than three years.
Analysts attribute this outperformance to the government's proactive economic reform measures
India's cash-rich promoters are not the same as the wealthiest. For example, Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian based on his stake in Reliance Industries, followed by Premji, the Adani family of the Adani group, and Radhakishan Damani of Avenue Supermarts.
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Mannapuram Finance, Mahindra and Bharti Axa are some of the firms known to have bought office spaces worth more than Rs 100 crore
Largest deal in thermal power space; Lanco to use proceeds to lower debt.
Bankers have been criticised for not passing the benefits of rate cuts
Government on Monday formed a multi-agency group to monitor exposes in this regard and vowed to take action against all "unlawful" accounts held abroad.
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Puneet Wadhwa and Debashish Pachal locate real estate stocks to watch out for.
Fitch on Monday said the likely upturn in the country's investment climate and reduction in interest rates will improve the property market by the end of March 2016.
With a loan book of $268 billion, India's retail banking is now ahead of Russia, Malaysia and Mexico but behind China, Brazil and Thailand
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Most NBFCs will have to slow down their loan growth. Some of the most leveraged will have to sell a part of their assets (or loan book) to banks to raise incremental capital. Others may have to knock on the door of their deep-pocketed parents.
Banking stocks felt the heat due to worries that the lending rate cuts will hit their bottom line
Shares of rate-sensitive realty, bank and auto sectors were on buyer's radar on Wednesday.
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices added 0.5% and 0.7%, respectively
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Financial shares were among the top gainers with HDFC leading the gains.
ITC, Sun Pharma, Cipla and Tata Steel were top gainers on BSE Sensex
The S&P BSE Sensex has gained 149 points to open at 25,802.
Broader market outperformed the headline indices with BSE Midcap and Smallcap finishing the day 1.22%, and 1.54% higher, respectively
Demonitisation will facilitate transparency in the real estate industry, which has had a notorious reputation as a safe locker for black money, says Saket Mohta.
Unlike in the past, when old private banks compromised upon underwriting standards to take on the bulk, they've now realised that scaling up at the cost of quality isn't worth the while. These banks have also readjusted growth targets when required, and rebalanced books to preserve capital and asset quality.
The broader NSE index has fallen about 0.9% as investors wait for corporate results
