India's real estate industry staged a rebound from 2020's downturn, with housing sales seen rising by over 50 per cent. The performance, though short of pre-COVID levels, has property developers hoping for stronger gains in the New Year and the beginning of a long upcycle. A strong foundation has been laid this year for revival in the Indian real estate sector, which is projected to reach $1 trillion mark by 2030 from $200 billion in the pre-pandemic year.
This is the second such incident in the city in last few days.
On November 12, 2021, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to ring in uniformity in asset classification and income recognition across all lending institutions. Shadow banks, or non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), like commercial banks, are to test non-performing assets (NPAs) on a daily basis and upgrade them to "standard assets" only when interest and principal arrears are settled by borrowers. This is going to create all manner of headaches for shadow banks and their clientele. Says Y S Chakravarti, managing director and chief executive officer (CEO), Shriram City Union Finance: "NPA levels will go up, especially of small borrowers.
'Life has been full of rewards, full of sadness.'
The buzz in the IPO market continues with four companies launching their initial share sales this week to raise over Rs 14,628 crore collectively. This comes after four companies -- Devyani International, Krsnaa Diagnostics, Windlas Biotech and Exxaro Tiles-- launched their initial share-sales last week to mobilise Rs 3,614 crore. So far in the current fiscal, 16 companies have raised Rs 30,666 crore through IPOs against Rs 31,277 crore by 30 firms in the entire 2020-21. Going forward, market analysts expect the IPO environment to remain buzzing during the entire 2021-22.
Companies like Brigade Group, Shriram Properties, Confident Group and Skyline Builders are in the final stages of completing the paper work of tying up these investments.
While Mcleod Russel, ADF Foods, Indiabulls Real Estate, DCM Shriram and BSE have announced buyback through open market route, the remaining 23 companies plan to buy back their shares via tender offers
Ajay Piramal bets highly on infrastructure, realty
The primary market is set for a bumper Rs 80,000-crore bonanza with 30 companies already filing IPO papers to raise Rs 55,000 crore, while around 10 more are lined up for this month itself, seeking to mop up another Rs 25,000 crore, say investment bankers. The market has been on a non-stop rally, hitting new records almost every week, on the back of an influx of investors -- a vast majority of them first-timers -- coupled with a flood of liquidity. Foreign funds alone had pumped in a record $35 billion into the market in FY21, while the trend has continued this fiscal as well. Domestic institutions led by LIC have also infused trillions of rupees, helping woo retail investors in troves -- the year saw over 20 million new investors coming to the market.
Google Inc. founder-director Kavitark Ram Shriram and Bose Corporation Chairman Amar Gopal Bose have both moved up the rankings in the list of Forbes' 400 Richest Americans.
Kochhar retires by rotation, and being eligible, has offered herself for reappointment as director, said the broking arm in a notice for its Annual General Meeting to be held on August 30
V G Siddhartha's wife has the support of the employees. But the challenges ahead of her are tough.
The film will see the young actor in a whole new avatar.
Is the worst over for Indian banks? The past two years saw them ride on treasury trades as deposits soared and credit growth dipped sharply. Gross and net non-performing assets (NPAs) moved south, and the provision coverage ratio (PCR), capital buffers, and profitability indicators are back at pre-pandemic levels. So, what's the plot ahead?
'If she contests it, then these people will have to fight it in court.'
'This issue is related to national security because they were compromising the entire capital markets's core infrastructure by leaking confidential information.' 'What would have happened if the servers had come down?' 'Or some confidential information leaked to terrorists who could have knocked out our capital market?'
Hundreds of Muslim women on Friday protested against the Sena mouthpiece.
Earlier this month, Sobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor, part of the promoter group of Balaji Telefilms, faced shareholder ire when they failed to obtain the requisite votes on resolutions proposing pay increases for them. In recent months, several promoter-directors, including Siddharth Lal of Eicher Motors and Pawan Munjal of Hero MotoCorp, have faced similar situations. Clearly, large institutional shareholders - and public shareholders - are not taking kindly to promoter-directors upping their remuneration takeaways at a time when the prospects of business recovery are clouded by the anticipated third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Google board member Ram Shriram is among three Indian investors who have made it to the top 10 in the Forbes Midas 100 list of venture capitalists.
Experts explain the distinction between the rights of small and minority shareholders in public-listed and private companies.
The penalty collected from Mazumdar-Shaw will be donated to a charitable organisation of her choice.
It has lined up formidable product line.
Faruqui and four others were arrested on January 1 following a complaint by a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA's son that alleged objectionable remarks about Hindu deities and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were passed by him during a comedy show at a cafe in Indore on New Year's day. One more person was arrested subsequently.
When you start taking feedback seriously that's when you become a better human being, says Ravi Subramanian.
Without panning Narayana Murthy's credentials, executives in many of these firms feel they are not sure about company's future.
Falling margins, high inflation pitting workers against management.
A third of FMCG sales and half of motorcycle sales come from the hinterlands
Thackeray announces Rs 1 crore for construction of Ram Temple from his trust.
Nifty crosses 9,750-mark; Bharti Airtel, TCS, Wipro, Lupin and Coal India gained the most on BSE Sensex
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Six Indian women have made it to Asia's most powerful women list released by Forbes.
There are solid reasons recent observations at the company raise question marks about its adhering to corporate governance in spirit.
Deficient rains in west, flooding in north play havoc with crop cycles.
A large number of the civilian awards went to persons from the 'art' category.
Love is in the air... and on social media!
The reforms will help FPOs procure directly from farmers, something that they have been pressing for long.
Analysts believe that new companies getting into banking space will look at acquiring old private banks. Following this view, there has been a significant rally in banking stocks.
Apart from fraud and corruption, MNCs have serious governance issues in India. Some of them include higher royalty payment to the parent, undervaluing assets of subsidiaries that are being merged and so on.
Announcement of India's first woman bank with Rs 1,000 crore capital is a great initiative.
