Category Archives: India
Financial Markets in India Update
Last week BSE Sensex gained 159 points or 1.1% to 14,564 and Nifty edged up 31 points or 0.71% to 4,360 Crude Oil has touched $117 now. FII have sold worth 1176 Cr and Domestic MF has also sold around … Continue reading
Introduction of Hedge Funds in India
The Draft Report of the Committee on Financial Sector Reforms headed by Professor Raghuram Rajan was issued for comment in April 2008. Among the proposals that the high-level committee made was the introduction of domestic hedge funds. The committee feels … Continue reading
Financial Markets India Update
The market moved in to a bit of a corrective mode recently with higher inflation numbers coming out week after week and also due to some amount of bounce in crude prices once again, which breached the USD 120 per … Continue reading
FII Investments in India Pare Down
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs), the most influential investor group in India, continues to pare their holdings in Indian stocks. During the one year period to June 2008, FIIs reduced their combined exposure to BSE 500 group of companies to 17.4%, … Continue reading
Trump Invests $1Billion in Indian Real Estate
Trump announced that he intends to set up a hedge fund worth up to $1 billion to invest in Indian real estate. Accordingly, the privately held fund would initially target property in Mumbai and also include an Indian family as … Continue reading
Overview of the Markets as on 12th August 2008
In the last fortnight we witnessed the RBI increase the Repo Rate by 50 basis points to 9.0 per cent and the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points which also now stand at 9.0 per cent. Although the … Continue reading
FII and Mutual Funds have divergent views on Sensex
Even as foreign institutional investors reduced their stake in some of the leading companies during the quarter ended June 30, mutual funds were seen buying those stocks and increasing their stake. According to the shareholding pattern declared by the companies … Continue reading
Transparency in Mutual Funds
Open letter to SEBI by Personalfn.com, a financial planning initiative. It can be reached at info@personalfn.com. I have their permission to reproduce the article. Dear Mr. Chairman: The fact sheet of a mutual fund scheme that is released by its … Continue reading
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