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Enjoying the backing of the regulator, Gill has identified the core problems, ring-fenced the banks from "influencers" and is in the process of building a new team. Now, he needs to play a Vikram Pandit for YES Bank, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
It boosts confidence to investors sitting on the fence.
An estimated $344 billion has been illegally removed from the Indian economy between 2002 and 2011
Insurance firms have designed amazing retirment plans to lure more customers.
'This is for the first time home loan rates have dropped below 7 per cent,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
This mindless medley of products does not create choice.
The overriding objective of the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) must be adequate economic return, not financial return.
The chairman's post will soon fall vacant, but that's not the only one that needs to be filled.
The government may delay Rs 14,000 crore (Rs 140 billion) fund infusion in the public sector banks in view of volatile market conditions.
Despite the slowdown, property investments can give them good returns over the long term
It is advisable to stick to mid-caps with sustainable financial metrics rather than those offering the promise of faster growth.
Bain alleges that it invested around $60 mn based on false financial statements that EY had audited and certified
Deven Choksey, managing director of broking firm, K R Choksey Investment Managers shares his concern about 'trading stoppages' with Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore.
Sebi has long struggled with balancing the needs of small investors and those of the market.
The issue will now have to be resolved through arbitration.
Shanghai's benchmark share index plunged below 4,000 points for the first time since April
India's national security strategy needs to be revised periodically since the global and regional geopolitical situation is dynamic, points out Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).
The culture of these firms is alien to the Indian financial system. Distressed assets funds are known for their ruthless recovery ethics. Slicing and dicing a company and selling it on a piecemeal basis is their usual practice. This is something Indian banks are finding a little uncomfortable.
'Common sense says if one can afford, servicing the loans during this period is a better bet than postponing it by three months,' says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
'"We want to get the learnings from Flipkart and take it to other parts of the world," Walmart CEO Doug McMillon was quoted as saying.' 'That is a very large tuition fee for an MBA in a country that outdoes Brazil and perhaps even China in busting multinationals' knees and sometimes their heads as they try to crack a market of mostly impoverished people run by a government that has never really given up the sadistic pleasures of administering the license raj,' notes Rahul Jacob.
Of the 700-odd Indians having foreign bank accounts, not all can be deemed to be operating these illegally.
Current FDI norms allow a foreign airline to hold up to 49 per cent in a domestic carrier.
A new solution to raise deal speed is expected to avoid hiccups in trading when launched on August 1
The sector faces many challenges and calls for prompt corrective action.
Although this may not be music to Raghuram Rajan and Viral Acharya's ears, the real reason in my estimation for their quitting is expatriate over-sensitivity, intolerance or arrogance, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
'When bankers are hounded by investigative agencies for credit decisions going wrong and defaulters are treated like outcasts, who will borrow money and who will lend?' asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Chartered accountant and Sebi registered investment advisor, Harsh Vardhan Roongta, answers your home loan queries
Monsanto has taken the government to court over the royalty.
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.
Sensex, Nifty under pressure on weak global cues.
Half of the sharp rise in stocks in 2014 was driven by re-ratings - rise in price-to-earning ratios on hopes the new government would turn around the economy which will reflect in corporate earnings.
Legal hurdle cited in I-T action against 32,000 entities.
Market leaders in this line of business - New India Assurance and Tata AIG - have begun to reassess the premium on risk exposure of their portfolio in the director's and officer's liability business.
'It's a toss-up between a fire sale of equity or merger with a strong bank,' points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
JM Financial Consultants, Arpwood Capital and Alvarez & Marsal will advise the board going forward
Sahara relied on a letter from bank saying the funds were there.
Ahmedabad-based firm to fund deal through equal amount of equity and debt.
Cost is not the only factor that one should look at. It's best to keep investment and insurance apart
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