In November, six primary market issuances accounted for more than 13,000 crore of net equity investments by MFs.
IT services provider Mphasis on Wednesday said it will open a centre in Sri Lanka by the middle of next year, for which it will hire 2,000 people. MphasiS Sri Lanka, a fully-owned subsidiary of the Mphasis Group, would be operational by the middle of 2010 and will start work with 500 people.
Mid-tier information-technology (IT) companies last financial year reported better growth numbers than their larger counterparts, highlighting their ability to navigate the uncertain macroeconomic environment. Most of these companies - such as Persistent Systems, Coforge, KPIT, and Mphasis - focus on niche businesses and industries that allow them to go deeper in terms of client mining and expanding wallet share from existing customers.
IT and BPO services provider MphasiS on Wednesday said it is set to acquire AIG Systems Solutions (AIGSS), part of the troubled insurance giant American International Group Inc, for an undisclosed amount.
The controlling shareholders of smaller and mid-sized companies are reducing their stakes at levels seldom seen since the 2008 global financial crisis. Over 20 per cent of companies listed on BSE MidCap and BSE SmallCap have seen a decline in promoter holdings for five consecutive quarters, reveals data from DSP Mutual Fund, shared with Business Standard. In the latest June quarter, the figure stood at 22.6 per cent.
Mphasis BFL Group on Monday said it would acquire London-based consulting company Princeton Consultings in an all cash deal for £7.73 million.
Mphasis BFL Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kshema Technologies for approximately $21 million through a combination of stock and cash.
HP's 60.5 per cent stake is valued at $1 billion.
Mphasis BFL Ltd on Wednesday announced the appointment of Alok Misra, as chief financial officer and Abnash Singh, as chief information officer of the company.
Mphasis BFL has reported a 23 per cent jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 30.96 crore (Rs 309.6 million) for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 as compared to Rs 25.12 crore (Rs 251.2 million) for the quarter ended March 31, 2004.\n
Global firm Accenture's fourth quarter results prove that the worst is behind for the Indian information technology (IT) sector, said analysts on Friday (September 27). While the pace and the broadness of recovery is debatable, they said Accenture's results and revenue growth guidance for the next financial year (FY25) reduce downside risks for Indian IT companies.
Mphasis BFL has reported a 29 per cent dip in its net profit at Rs 9.02 crore (Rs 90.2 million) for the first quarter ended June 30, 2005 as compared to Rs 12.79 crore (Rs 127.9 million) in Q1 FY05.
MphasiS BFL group has reported a 56.76 per cent rise in consolidated net profit for the third quarter ended December 31, 2003 at Rs 28.50 crore compared to Rs 18.18 crore posted in the same period the previous fiscal.
Indian software services firm MphasiS BFL Ltd said on Wednesday its January-March net profit rose 41 per cent from a year earlier to Rs 187.2 million.
Leading stock exchange NSE has tweaked the constituents of its major indices with Adani Group's two companies -- Adani Wilmar and Adani Power -- all set to make their way into some of the Nifty indices from March 31, 2023. Adani Wilmar will be part of Nifty Next 50 and Nifty 100 indices, while Adani Power will be included in Nifty 500, Nifty 200, Nifty Midcap 100, Nifty Midcap 150, Nifty LargeMidcap 250, and Nifty Midsmallcap 400 indices. All the changes in the indices will be effective from March 31 this year, the exchange said in a late night statement on Friday.
The total value of India's top 100 brands has increased by 2 per cent, from $162.1 billion in 2020 to $164.9 billion in 2021, according to the latest Brand Finance India 100 2021 report. This uplift in brand value over the course of the first year of the pandemic is an impressive feat given the global economic crisis following the implementation of national lockdowns in March 2020, when business activity was brought to a halt, affecting both production and consumption. Among the brands that came on the top of the list include Tata Group, Reliance Industries, and Mahindra Group.
Morgan Stanley has increased the target prices of certain information technology (IT) stocks by as much as 29 per cent, anticipating an improvement in earnings in the near future. Within the IT and engineering research and development (ER&D) services sector, it is now more optimistic about growth and margin estimates for 2024-25 (FY25).
Despite the recent turmoil in the Indian markets after a scathing report on the Adani group from Hindenburg Research, American private equity major Blackstone is "bullish" on the India growth story and plans to invest more in the country's infrastructure and real estate projects. "We have a long-term view on India, as growth will be higher here. We have invested half of our Asia exposure in India. "Our extraordinary performance in India has made us bullish," said Jonathan Gray, president and chief operating officer of Blackstone.
Some of external candidates being considered for the post of CEO include Bhaskar Ghosh of Accenture, Ritesh Idnani of Tech Mahindra, Ravi Kumar S of Infosys, and Nitin Rakesh of Mphasis, among others.
ITeS company Mphasis chairman Jerry Rao has invested an undisclosed amount in Royal Orchid Group of Hotels after joining the group's board of directors.
Siddhartha's knack for value investment dates back to 1995 when he infused capital in Kshema Technologies, which was acquired by MphasiS. He also took an early exposure in Mindtree way back in 1999. Since 1995, he had invested in more than 15 technology companies including chip-designing firm Ittiam Software, and GlobalEdge Technologies, among others, says Debasis Mohapatra.
After outsourcing its network management and IT operations, Sunil Mittal-owned Bharti Group has given contract of its call centre operations for mobile services to four global majors in a deal, valued cumulatively at Rs 1,000 crore.
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