As the 2019 election draws near, investors focus on long-dated options.
Jefferies, IIFL, and JM Financial - none of which were in the top five last year - have now claimed the top spots in the league tables for equity capital markets (ECM) during the first nine months of calendar year 2023 (CY23), a period characterised by small- and mid-sized transactions. This shift marks a significant change, with these firms outperforming the bulge-bracket investment banks. According to data provided by Refinitiv, Jefferies leads the domestic ECM market, having handled share sales worth $2.3 billion, representing 12.4 per cent of the total volume of $18.4 billion for ECM transactions.
Who knows when the top chief executives will once again get the fat bonuses they were used to? The last recession provides a hint.
Notwithstanding the protectionism and other hindrances, the current mood of optimism about the Indian business process outsourcing sector's growth prospects seems justified, according to the London-based magazine The Economist.
In a significant decision on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that foreign companies would not have to pay tax on their global income earned from business related to their outsourcing arms/units if these are done at existing market prices.
Dried up liquidity, interest rate hikes and the resultant slump in consumption may slow down economic growth in the near term, according to the JM Morgan Stanley report for November 2005.
According to a Thomson Financial research, no Indian investment bank figures in the top ten list of the M&A deals that was struck this year, which was topped by UBS.
Transcript of the market chat held on January 12.
Malcolm Wood, Asia Pacific Equity Strategist at Morgan Stanley is not too positive on the financial sector in India.
Reliance Comm wants all of Hutch Essar at one go.
Indian equity markets had a good run in the first half of calendar year 2023 (CY23), with the S&P BSE Sensex and the National Stock Exchange Nifty50 hitting fresh 52-week highs. While the Sensex scaled up to a peak 64,718, the Nifty50 hit Mt 19,189. As the markets now prepare to enter the second half (H2) of CY23, all eyes are on global central banks, especially the US Federal Reserve, as to when they will pause and pivot as regards their interest-rate cycle.
According to dealers in the know, the Reliance Power IPO had generated deals worth Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion) in the grey market, of which nearly 90 per cent were settled till Wednesday. However, with the Reliance Power stock now struggling even to close above the Rs 350 level against the issue price of Rs 450 after three days of listing, some of the clients are refusing to pay, according to sources.
Iqbal Singh has been appointed as the new CEO and President of GE Money India. The company is also planning to induct a strategic partner in a few months.
Vikram Pandit has taken the helm at the troubled financial-services giant. He talks about the road back.
J M Morgan Stanley and UBS Securities have suggested that Reliance Communication Ventures has surpassed Bharti Airtel in terms of average usage but had lower revenue per subscriber.
Stephen S Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, warned that Asia and India will be hit hard due to a likely recession in the US in 2008, saying "if US sneezes, Asia will catch a cold." Predicting a significant correction in emerging market equities, which would also not spare the fast rising Indian stock markets, Roach, who is regarded as one of the Wall Street's most influential economists, said he did not believe in the global de-coupling theories.
but it had a mixed view on the new tax proposals burdening the capital market.
The under-leveraged nature of corporates will help reduce the impact.
Equity markets rallied after softer-than-expected inflation data in the US and UK rekindled hopes of the end of the rate-hiking cycle by major central banks. The soft inflation reading drove down bond yields and the US dollar, whetting the appetite for risky assets. The 10-year US bond yield fell below 4.5 per cent after topping 5 per cent less than a month ago.
Fidelity's head of investment strategy defends his lengthy portfolio and explains his approach.
Lead managers to the ensuing public issue of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation have agreed not to charge any commission on participatory notes aimed at attracting large foreign investors as part of its underwriting agreement.
While commercial vehicles are expected to benefit from strong replacement demand, the two-wheeler and tractor segments are expected to gain from a recovery in the rural economy.
Petronet LNG Ltd, which completed construction of India's first LNG import terminal at Dahej in Gujarat, announced on Monday that it will float an initial public offering of 26.10 crore
The eight-member team has been selected from 63 teams in the US to represent the country. One J8 team from each of the eight countries was chosen through an international process developed by Morgan Stanley and UNICEF.
India's flag carrier Air-India has shortlisted three companies to act as advisors for its initial public offer to finance the fleet acquisition and is awaiting the government's nod for the IPO, a spokesman of the airline said on Thursday.
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