Right marketing and product strategy have helped Falguni Nayar build a beauty retail business.
Rules applicable from April 1, 2014; investors who have already redeemed will also have to pay tax
'It is a worrying trend as we are not seeing too much fresh capital being raised for new projects, plants, expansion or diversification. It's just private equity or venture capital or promoters cashing out.'
Direct investors should stagger their investments over 1-2 months.
Mahavir Chopra compares mutual funds and Ulips to help investors decide.
Oppo's FDI application approved for single-brand retail trading
Investors with moderate risk profile and investment horizon of over three years could look at investing in balanced funds.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay, columnist and author of several books like From Lehman to Demonetisation: A Decade of Disruptions and Sahara: The Untold Story, tells Rediff.com why Yes Bank depositors should not panic and the current crisis at India's fifth largest private lender does not pose any systemic risk.
Buying stocks during bad times can lead to good returns.
All major sectors -- real estate, e-commerce, IT, retail and consumer products, healthcare -- saw new all-time highs in value invested.
The Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) has already taken up the matter with the market regulator and the finance ministry.
Experts say lending rates won't come down significantly,as banks are grappling with NPAs
With regard to his investment in Ola, Bansal said that on the one hand, the ride-hailing major had emerged as a global force in the mobility space and on the other it continued to build deeper for various needs of a billion Indians through its platform. This is the largest funding by an individual in the app cab.
The list of companies skipping dividends in FY19 includes some of the country's largest firms and industry leaders such Tata Motors, Avenue Supermart, Future Retail and Vodafone Idea, among others.
Flipkart co-founders Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, who were ranked 86th last year dropped out of the list
'We have seen a host of businesses across sectors generate economic value and wealth for investors.'
Public sector banks' need for capital should be used to make fundamental reforms to their governance and management.
The country's GDP grew at the fastest pace in seven quarters at 7.7 per cent in the January-March period, retaining the fastest growing major economy tag on robust performance by manufacturing and service sectors as well as good farm output.
Experts believe that one should not allocate more than 5-10 per cent of one's equity portfolio to international funds.
The decline is attributed to lower salary growth and a rise in households' financial liabilities.
Hopscotch.in wants to focus on enhancing technology and mobile applications.
Aditya Birla Money MD talks about liquidity concerns in the market.
Dhanteras' buying seemed to have been sparked by the belief that prices would remain firm
This is one of the rare orders by Sebi where it has barred a bluechip firm and its top promoter/executives.
Others on the list include Warren Buffett and Astrid Menks.
The top four countries account for 60.3% of the total worldwide HNWI population.
At nine-month high, current prices attractive; consumers want to cash in before a correction
Again would offer two variants of double-toned milk with almonds, cashews, dates; and strawberry, chocolate, jaggery - and two variants of double-toned yoghurt - alphonso mango; and carrot, orange, banana.
Petrol and diesel are among the 90-plus commodities that have been approved by the government for derivatives trading
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Balanced funds are suitable for investors who have low-risk appetite or are new to equities.Those with more than seven-year investment horizon should look at funds that have higher equity exposure.
As Sahara India chief Subrata Roy continues negotiations with potential investors to raise funds to secure his release from jail, a senior group executive has proposed a 'contribution scheme' to raise Rs 2,500-3,000 crore ( 25-30 billion) from two lakh members of its parabanking division.
Many people struggle to claim or liquidate investments and insurance policies due to procedural issues.
'The solution is to enable a graceful transfer of the deposit and funding 'franchise' from capital-deficient firms to capital-surplus firms.' 'This will expand credit intermediation, bring down its costs, and put the financial sector on a definite path of recovery,' argues former RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya.
'Overall, the Indian economy is doing well.' 'Our economic fundamentals are strong and the early signs of recovery are sustainable.' 'This is positive for the market in the long run.'
Ashish Chauhan is generous in his praise for his former bosses and doesn't flinch in pointing out the reasons why the BSE lost out in the initial years of the NSE.
Encouraging domestic financial savings through focused measures would help mobilise long term resources for funding infrastructure and economic development.
Meanwhile, for the fortnight ended March 20, deposits grew 11.42% y-o-y.
The cost of food has constantly been on the rise.
Gold monetisation scheme will help unlock value of gold.
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