A huge recovery on Thursday and Friday made the Nifty close just 2.4% below the May close, masking the crazy volatility in the month. The Nifty ended at 5842, ...
We are back up to the Rs. 68 levels (ex-Delhi), which is equivalent to Rs. 75 in Mumbai (and Bangalore). Prices go up because Crude just crossed $100, and the ...
HDFC Bank has stopped accepting credit cards as a payment method while selling gold. It has also yanked off the “EMI” scheme for jewellery purchases, where ...
New premiums in Life Insurance companies are down about 6% in 2012-13, and that follows a tough year earlier. (From the RBI Financial Stability Report) ULIPs ...
India’s current account deficit (CAD) was just 3.6% of GDP In the Jan-Mar quarter of 2013, said the RBI. The exact deficit was $18.1 billion, which is down ...
In what seems to be a love-hate relationship with Three Letter Acronyms (TLAs), SEBI has rejigged the concept of foreign investors in the securities markets. ...
In my Demystifying Share Buybacks article, I had mentioned new reforms expected for share buybacks. SEBI has now fixed at least two of the problems I ...
SEBI has introduced new guidelines for Angel Funds. As I’ve said recently, this is an absolutely important requirement in order for startups to avoid the ...
The good folks who bought Inflation Indexed Bonds (IIBs) in the first auction earlier this year have already lost 5% in the market, with another 1,000 cr. ...
The UK has decided to charge a “bond” of 3000 pounds (about 2.8 lakh rupees) every visitor from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Ghana ...
