November 27, 2020 03:25 IST
Term insurance: In October, the first-year premium of private insurers grew 23.56% to Rs 7,227 crore, and that of LIC grew by 36% to Rs 15,548 crore.
Thu, Dec 03, 2020November 24, 2020 03:19 IST
At a time when the world is battling the Covid-19 pandemic and interest rates in developed markets across Europe are much lower, investors are looking for relatively better-yielding debt instruments to safeguard their interests.
Tue, Nov 24, 2020November 24, 2020 03:07 IST
Handholding and advising entrepreneurs through his foundation, he said while there is always a case for more support from government during these times, our government did what it could despite weak finances
Tue, Nov 24, 2020November 23, 2020 04:54 IST
There are some who also raised questions on the way RBI came out with its resolution plan for LVB and announced that it has decided to merge the bank with DBS.
Mon, Nov 23, 2020November 22, 2020 00:24 IST
This jump of 22 per cent has come following a sharp decline in imports alongside strong foreign investment inflows in the second half of the calendar year.
Sun, Nov 22, 2020November 21, 2020 04:44 IST
FPIs have taken a positive call on India despite its economy being one of the hardest hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic, said market experts pointing to the all-time highs that benchmark indices have touched.
Sat, Nov 21, 2020November 20, 2020 02:01 IST
Whenever the market has scaled new highs in the past, as is happening now, investors have found it too expensive to enter. Only with time have many investors realised it was a mistake not to have invested then.
Thu, Nov 26, 2020November 18, 2020 00:49 IST
Manufacturers feel that government needs to help in lifting demand for full range of electrified vehicles including hybrids by way of tax incentives to attract investments for developing EV ecosystem in the country.
Wed, Nov 18, 2020November 14, 2020 04:38 IST
Remittances for the purposes of maintaining relatives and gifting in September 2020 were more than in February 2020 and September 2019. Remittances for purposes of education were 10 per cent less than the figure of September 2019.
Sat, Nov 14, 2020November 13, 2020 04:30 IST
As prices of many unsold units have slumped below circle rates in many cities due to the economic downturn, market rates are much below the circle rates in these cities.
Sun, Nov 15, 2020November 12, 2020 19:36 IST
Announcing new stimulus measures, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the "unrelenting reform pitch" of the government has helped in a "strong recovery" taking root in the economy.
Sun, Nov 15, 2020November 11, 2020 03:01 IST
Data from NSDL and BSE shows that over the last six trading sessions FPIs have pumped in a net of Rs 25,200 crore into Indian equities and market participants say that most of that has flowed into large cap firms.
Wed, Nov 11, 2020November 10, 2020 02:10 IST
Market experts say strong FPI inflows into bank and finance companies is in line with the fact that they are relatively undervalued.
Tue, Nov 10, 2020November 09, 2020 02:32 IST
After Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes were withdrawn from the system in November 2016, currency with the public, which stood at Rs 17.97 lakh crore on November 4, 2016, declined to Rs 7.8 lakh crore in January 2017 soon after demonetisation.
Mon, Nov 09, 2020November 07, 2020 01:21 IST
There is a general feeling that while US policies with respect to India may not see a big change despite a change of leadership in US, there is a sense that a more predictable leader is better geopolitically and for the global equity markets.
Sun, Nov 08, 2020November 06, 2020 03:30 IST
With markets back near their all-time high, and keeping in mind the uncertainty of fresh lockdown measures, it makes sense to book some of your profits now. Where should you book them from?
Sun, Nov 08, 2020November 06, 2020 01:02 IST
There is an increasing trend of first-time buyers and additional purchase by families as people don’t want to expose their family members to public transportation.
Fri, Nov 06, 2020November 05, 2020 02:19 IST
The RPL case has been hanging fire for the last 13 years. RIL had sold 4.1 per cent of its stake in RPL. However, to prevent a plunge in the RPL share price, the equity was apparently sold first in the futures market and later in the spot market.
Thu, Nov 05, 2020November 04, 2020 00:49 IST
Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj said the government expects high price levels to cool down with the arrivals of the new crop, adding that another round of stimulus measures is likely to be unveiled shortly.
Wed, Nov 04, 2020November 03, 2020 03:06 IST
Share price of Reliance Industries fell sharply by 8.6 per cent on Monday. What led to this? What is the way forward?
Fri, Nov 06, 2020October 31, 2020 04:55 IST
In order to factor in all present and future liabilities in its arbitration tussle with global e-commerce major Amazon, Kishore Biyani's Future Group is learnt to have set aside around Rs 1,000 crore in an escrow account as a safeguard measure.
Sat, Oct 31, 2020October 30, 2020 02:30 IST
A fresh spike in global Covid numbers and continuing uncertainty reinforce the case for investing in gold, whose prices are expected to firm up. The investment should be in gold bonds, periodically.
Fri, Nov 06, 2020October 26, 2020 03:40 IST
DHFL is considering various options, including inviting fresh bids, takeover of DHFL assets by lenders themselves or continue operating under the administrator appointed by the RBI.
Mon, Oct 26, 2020October 23, 2020 00:46 IST
The banking sector has not yet recovered from the pandemic blow. Is there still an investment opportunity? While concerns over NPAs remain, fund managers believe the sector holds out promise in the long term.
Wed, Oct 28, 2020October 21, 2020 00:34 IST
While the banking sector’s share in equity Assets Under Management (AUM) of MFs declined from 24.4 per cent in February to 17.9 per cent in September, sectors such as IT, pharmaceuticals and petroleum have seen an increase in their share.
Wed, Oct 21, 2020