Executive Director V Vaidyanathan will assume the position of managing director and chief executive officer of the bank's life insurance arm, ICICI Prudential. This slot had fallen vacant as Shikha Sharma decided to move to Axis Bank.
Shikha Sharma's contentious appointment as CEO of Axis Bank doesn't detract from her sound reputation in the financial world.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Nimesh Shah, managing director & CEO of ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company, tells Chandan Kishore Kant that he is bullish on the Indian market.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your stockmarket queries.
To present revival plan to board; Naik meets PMO official.
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'Funds based on this theme offer socially conscious investors an option to invest in a portfolio that is aligned to their beliefs.'
V Vaidyanathan joins a growing list of top executives getting a sumptuous sign-on bonus
In a career spanning over 29 years, Sharma has had a wide exposure across the entire spectrum of financial services and has held several leadership positions across various market-leading businesses, the bank said in a statement. Axis Bank is the third-largest private sector bank in India and its network spans across more than 840 offices and over 3,600 ATMs.
If FIIs come in looking for higher returns, this will help turn India Incs fortunes but a reform-oriented government is critical, says Nilesh Shah.
To get back equity-wary investors, fund houses and their portfolio management services (PMS) have started schemes that will regularly book profits. In these funds, mutual funds and PMS will realise appreciation at specific target returns and transfer profits either to a safer investment avenue or give the money back to the customer.
Covid-19, US yields, dollar to weigh on equity flows in the near term.
Life insurers' new business premium (NBP) reported stellar performance in November after a poor showing in October, on the back of strong growth in group single premiums for both private insurers and Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India. In November, 24 life insurers, including LIC, reported NBP to the tune of Rs 27,177 crore, up 42 per cent year-on-year (YoY) from the year-ago period. Private insurers' NBP rose 58.63 per cent YoY to Rs 11,209.75 crore as group single premiums more than doubled during this period.
The investors, which include ICICI Venture, Azim Premji and ICICI Prudential, say that they do not hold more than 38 per cent in the retail company and do not have the requisite shareholding to amend the articles. ICICI Venture, which alone holds 23 per cent stake in Subhiksha, had earlier rubbished claims made by Subramanian that the private equity company 'controls' Subhiksha by virtue of its right to appoint a majority of the directors in the company.
For instance, new fund offers of ICICI Prudential, Tata Mutual Fund and Fortis are on, while Religare, HDFC and Principal PNB have applied for launching NFOs.
When Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India gets listed on the bourses next month, it will be among the biggest listed life insurers globally in terms of market capitalisation (m-cap), assets, and revenue, but will also be among the least profitable and capitalised among its peer group. A big gap between LIC's m-cap, profits, and networth (shareholder capital) will make it one of the priciest insurers globally, in terms of price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple and price-to-book value (P/B) ratio. LIC also lags behind its Indian listed peers in terms of profit and networth.
The holding is expected to come down further as the promoters has pledged the entire holdings over a period of time since September 2006. More institutional lenders are expected to exercise their option of selling the pledged shares to cover margin calls.
'Markets are back in the 15000-16000 range, it's a barometer of confidence as much as it is of economic prospects.'
AMCs can invest $7 billion abroad, and $300 million per AMC, but investments are way below these levels. Most equity schemes can invest 35 per cent of their assets abroad and there are schemes that invest only in overseas equity. What's holding them back is that they are not very sure if they can buy these bonds.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has expanded its health insurance portfolio to cover over 1,000 surgical procedures and hospitalisation.
The country's largest private sector life insurer, ICICI Prudential Life, on Wednesday said it will hire 3,000 people in the next two months, debunking reports of any reduction in workforce.
Private sector lender Axis Bank on Monday said its board has recommended the appointment of Shikha Sharma, currently chief of ICICI group's life insurance business, as its next managing director and CEO.
Domestic fund houses forge pacts with foreign peers to mop up $7 billion.
Here's an analyses of 25 mutual funds that will create long-term value for you. In a 5 part series that began on September 29, here we present the fourth part of the mutual funds (that investors can buy for the long term) series.
Before you invest, check the fund manager's track record in managing such a strategy, asserts Sarbajeet K Sen.
Facing acute shortage of trained and expert professionals, corporate houses have adopted the strategy of tying-up with educational institutions to overcome the crunch of skilled professionals in the highly competitive market.
The board of ICICI Bank, the country's second-largest lender, will take a final call on appointing a successor to K V Kamath, its present managing director and chief executive officer, next month.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The recently-created flexi-cap fund category is emerging as the hottest segment in the Rs 11-trillion equity mutual funds (MFs) space. Buoyed by the success of ICICI Prudential Flexicap Fund, other MFs are lining up new fund offerings (NFO) in this segment. Industry players say the flexi-cap category could emerge as the biggest segment in the equity MF space. Recently, ICICI Pru Flexicap's NFO collected a record Rs 10,200 crore.
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Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your queries.
In a growth market, these funds should not form more than 10-15% of your portfolio. Invest with a horizon of at least 5 years
It is understood in organisations across India that work will come to a near standstill during any India-Pakistan match. During the World Cup earlier this year, productivity dropped across ranks as employees trudged in half-asleep, having been up half the night watching matches. In contrast, Twenty-20 cricket eats up only three hours of productive time, compared to the usual 10.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your queries.
Unit linked insurance plans are probably the hottest selling product for most life insurance companies today.
Three such funds have been launched recently, more are in the pipeline.
