Fraudsters disguise as market experts to dupe investors - over 1 year ago
The number of online frauds has been rising in leaps and bounds though RBI, Sebi, stock exchanges and cyber crime cells have stepped up vigil significantly
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SVB fully exited Paytm by selling stake to private investors, clarifies Vijay Shekhar Sharma - over 1 year ago
According to Sharma's tweets, SVB had a total investment of $1.7 million in One 97 Communications and they exited fully with handsome returns
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Godrej Industries plans to raise Rs 1,000 cr via bonds - over 1 year ago
The issue of bonds by Godrej Industries has been divided into two tranches of 25,000 NCDs with a face value of Rs 1 lakh each. Each series will have an aggregate nominal value of up to Rs 250 crore with an option to retain over-subscription up to Rs 250 crore aggregating up to Rs 500 crore.
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Wall Street dives, Treasury yields tumble as bank worries spread - over 1 year ago
The data caps a week in which markets were preoccupied with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's hawkish two-day testimony before Congress, which moved the needle toward the likelihood that the central bank will hike its key policy rate by 50 basis points this month.
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Silicon Valley Bank's demise began with downgrade threat -sources - over 1 year ago
SVB then worked on a plan over the weekend to boost the value of its holdings. It would sell more than $20 billion worth of low-yielding bonds and reinvest the proceeds in assets that deliver higher returns.
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Sebi resolves 2,672 complaints through SCORES platform in Feb - over 1 year ago
These are Grovalue Financial Services, Analysewise Investment Advisors, Kaushal Mehta, Caledonian Jute and Industries, International Housing Finance Corporation and Brightcom Group Ltd.
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US Treasury's Yellen expressed confidence in regulators after meeting on SVB - over 1 year ago
"Secretary Yellen expressed full confidence in banking regulators to take appropriate actions in response and noted that the banking system remains resilient and regulators have effective tools to address this type of event," the Treasury said.
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RBI should pause, think about decoupling from Fed: Soumya Kanti Ghosh - over 1 year ago
"We need to ensure there is an end to this rate hike cycle and that should be data-dependent, otherwise at some point of time, this could hurt India's economic recovery," the senior SBI official said.
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Vietnam's VPBank nears $1.4 bln stake sale to Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui: Report - over 1 year ago
Japan's second-largest banking group is seeking to capture growth in Asian emerging markets through acquisitions, spurred by limited business opportunities at home with ultra-low interest rates and an ageing population.
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Smart Beta ETFs: An alternative way to take passive exposure - over 1 year ago
The popularity of Smart Beta ETFs is on the rise across the globe as they can generate alpha by using different factors
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Rs 1.48 lakh cr and counting in 2022! Why should investors stick to SIP this year? - over 1 year ago
Why SIP is the most efficient way to invest for beginners
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Nursing your portfolio; 4 healthcare services stocks with an upside potential up to 20% - over 1 year ago
During the Covid phase, while beds of hospitals were full, their bottomlines did not grow much. That’s because of pricing restrictions and other issues. After Covid, as elective surgeries and other services restarted, growth is back on the table for a select few players. It is one of the sectors where institutional investors have increased their overall exposure. The following list is based on an upside estimated by the analysts, in a descending order.
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MSCI ESG raters flag governance risks at embattled Adani Group - over 1 year ago
Seven listed Adani Group companies lost over $100 billion in market value combined after a Jan. 24 report by Hindenburg Research alleged stock manipulation and improper use of tax havens, and flagged concerns over debt levels. Adani has rejected the concerns and denied any wrongdoing.
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Tug of War! The disagreement between stock market and monetary policymakers - over 1 year ago
The US Fed started to increase rates in early 2022, taking and the total interest rate up by 450 bps. The current FED rate is 4.75%.
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US lawmakers met Fed, FDIC to discuss Silicon Valley Bank's collapse - Coindesk - over 1 year ago
The report comes after SVB, which did business as Silicon Valley Bank, collapsed on Friday in the largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis, roiling global markets and stranding billions of dollars belonging to companies and investors.
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Pharma stocks continue to underperform in 2023. Should investors take the bitter pill? - over 1 year ago
The Nifty Pharma Index fell about 6% so far this year on a year-to-date basis. The price pressure in US generic market is seen as a key drag for the sector
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China venture of collapsed U.S. lender SVB says its corporate structure is sound - over 1 year ago
SSVB's mission is to increase innovative companies' probability of success by providing unique financial products and services, targeting sectors including biotech, green technology, advanced manufacturing and digital transformation, according to its website.
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Learn With ETMarkets: Understanding CAGR, XIRR and Absolute Return! - over 1 year ago
In order to make intelligent investment, it is essential to understand which type of return is being discussed. This will help you put money in the right place to create wealth.
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SVB debacle sparks rush to defensive options on fears of contagion - over 1 year ago
"Investors have re-rated banks on a sectoral basis, initiated a huge flight into the safety of short-term (Treasury) notes, and options pricing reflects those fears," said Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers.
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John Mulvey's investment tips to enhance portfolio returns - over 1 year ago
Professor John Mulvey says market conditions pose new challenges for investors every day as traditional asset and liability models are struggling to meet investors’ needs due to poor performance of markets from time to time. He says it is evident that investors want to move their portfolio allocation to alternative assets due to which illiquidity issues and rebalancing difficulty are on the rise."We propose some new tactics of commodity futures to enhance the performance of portfolio return as well as solving illiquidity issues. Hidden Markov Model and multistage stochastic optimization are used to systematically optimize portfolio over a set of assets," he wrote in his book, "Optimal Financial Decision Making under Uncertainty."
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Target Maturity Funds: A better alternative to Fixed Deposits - over 1 year ago
According to an RBI analysis on households' financial asset holdings, 53% are held in bank deposits.
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Scrambling for last-minute income tax saving options? Here are 5 ways to do it - over 1 year ago
Small Saving Schemes serve the dual purpose of saving tax and making decent income for those who have a low appetite for risk
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Mind Over Money: What do you think about risk? The psychology of investment choices - over 1 year ago
Equities can be less risky, but to ensure that the investment has to be carefully researched with proper due diligence made
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Sensex frowned upon bear party, but 36 smallcaps went on joyride last week - over 1 year ago
In the smallcap segment, 36 stocks gave double-digit weekly returns. These include popular names such as Olectra Greentech, Kirloskar Oil Engines, Mangalore Chemicals, SeQuent Scientific, Jindal Saw, Usha Martin, Titagarh Wagons, Dishman Carbogen, Jindal Stainless, and South Indian Bank.
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What is an SIP? How to Invest in Mutual Funds via SIP? - over 1 year ago
Investment has been an essential tool to prepare oneself for potential emergencies, inflation, and other external circumstances. If you make smart investment choices, your money may increase in value and outpace inflation. For this to happen, an investor must use the potential of compounding and trade-off between risk and return. SIP is an investment option in which an investor's money is invested in a mutual fund over time at predetermined intervals (such as months or quarters). This method can help you build wealth via regular investment by providing compounding results regardless of the size of the investment amount.... Watch the full video for more on this.Data inputs: Nitin Shahi, Executive Director, Findoc
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Regulators to dispose of SVB's assets to protect depositors - over 1 year ago
The main office and all branches of Silicon Valley Bank will reopen on March 13 and all insured depositors will have full access to their insured deposits no later than Monday morning.
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SVB depositors, investors tried to pull $42 billion Thursday - over 1 year ago
​The bank had a negative cash balance of $958 million at the close of business on March 9
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ICICI Bank gets time till Sept 2024 to pare stake in ICICI Lombard - over 1 year ago
The bank now has time until September 2024 to reduce stake. ICICI Bank announced on Friday that it has received approval from the RBI in a letter dated March 10, 2023 extending the deadline. Initially, the bank was required to divest its stake in ICICI Lombard General Insurance by September 2023 to 30% from 48.02%, in accordance with RBI regulations.
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Who is Greg Becker, the head of failed Silicon Valley Bank? - over 1 year ago
Silicon Valley Bank's website calls Becker a "champion of the innovation economy." In a video for the BBC in December, Becker said his best career advice was for job seekers to build a skill-set around the innovation economy in fields like computer programming and project management.
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SVB's demise a sign of worry, but limited contagion risk: analysts - over 1 year ago
Following the 2008 demise of Lehman Brothers and the ensuing financial meltdown, US regulators required major banks to hold additional capital in case of trouble. US and European authorities also organize regular "stress tests" designed to uncover vulnerabilities at the largest banks.
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Inflows into equity funds rise as retail investors buy on dips - over 1 year ago
The fixed income segment saw outflows of ₹13,815 crore, led by liquid and ultra-short-term funds, which saw redemptions of ₹11,304 crore and ₹2,429 crore, respectively, with many investors preferring to lock into bank deposits, where rates have moved up sharply and there is visibility of returns.
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SVB chief sold $3.6 million in stock days before bank’s failure; removed from San Francisco Fed’s Board - over 1 year ago
He sold 12,451 shares on February 27. It is the first time in more than a year that Becker had sold shares in parent company SVB Financial Group, state regulatory filings
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Silicon Valley Bank is largest failure since 2008 crisis, billions stranded - over 1 year ago
The main office and all branches of Silicon Valley Bank will reopen on March 13 and all insured depositors will have full access to their insured deposits no later than Monday morning, the FDIC said.
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New threshold limit a challenge to many FPIs - over 1 year ago
The lower threshold can be a challenge for ultimate beneficiaries as lowering ownership below 10% in a fund could mean losing control over the entity. Bankers think investors who want to hide their identities may add a few more layers to dilute the eventual ownership below 10%.
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A bank failure jolts markets, sending stocks down sharply - over 1 year ago
The KBW bank index, which tracks the stocks of 24 major banks, was also lower and, after falling each day of the week, ended with a loss of more than 15%. The largest Wall Street banks held up better Friday, with the concern focused on a handful of smaller institutions.
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Wall Street falls as bank rout offsets easing rate hike jitters - over 1 year ago
The non-farm payrolls report showed the U.S. economy added jobs last month, when average hourly earnings rose 0.2% after gaining 0.3% in January, while the unemployment rate rose to 3.6%.
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Banking regulators close SVB, move quickly to avert crisis - over 1 year ago
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was appointed as receiver
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SVB rivals field calls from startups seeking new home for funds - over 1 year ago
According to sources, JPMorgan has received dozens of client calls seeking to switch from SVB to the company. But, news is not all good for potential beneficiaries
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These 7 midcap stocks slip to a new 52-week low; do you own any? - over 1 year ago
On Friday, the Sensex benchmark index closed with a decline of approximately 671 points at 59,135. As a result of this market downturn, 7 stocks belonging to the BSE midcap index experienced a drop in their trading value to reach their new 52-week lows. This metric is significant for certain traders and investors who utilize it as a technical indicator to evaluate a stock's present worth and forecast its future price trajectory.
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NSE moves 2 more Adani stocks to stage-II long-term surveillance frame - over 1 year ago
During instances of high volatility in stocks, exchanges move them to short-term or long-term additional surveillance framework to safeguard investors from speculative trades.
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Illiquid stock option: 10,980 entities avail Sebi's fresh settlement scheme - over 1 year ago
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) announced on Friday that 10,980 entities had settled cases pertaining to alleged manipulation of illiquid stock options. The scheme was initially kept open for a period of three months from August 22 to November 21 and it was later extended till January 21, 2023, considering the interest of a large number of entities to avail the scheme. Sebi noted several instances of trades by a set of entities trading in the options segment of certain stocks listed on
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Fed seen on shallower rate path after jobs report - over 1 year ago
Fed funds futures pointed to a quarter-point rate hike as the most likely outcome of the central bank's meeting this month after the Labor Department report, from a better-than-even chance of a bigger half-point rate hike seen earlier. Traders also pared expectations for the Fed to ultimately raise rates any higher than 5.5%
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SVB in talks to sell itself; shares halted after tumbling 66% in premarket trading - over 1 year ago
The crisis erupted earlier this week when the bank launched a share sale to strengthen its balance sheet
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US stocks open lower as bank shares drop - over 1 year ago
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 69.72 points to open at 32,185.14
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Banks sucked into global rout as SVB crisis spooks investors - over 1 year ago
The brutal rout in the lender's stock spilled over into other U.S. and European banks as the episode spread concern about hidden risks in the sector and its vulnerability to the rising cost of money.The S&P 500 banks index dropped 6.6% on Thursday and was set to open lower again on Friday
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Adani family looks to sell 4.5% in Ambuja Cements to raise funds - over 1 year ago
Secondary sale of shares could happen as early as Monday; at CMP stake worth Rs 3380 cr
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Skyrocketing Success! Sanjiv Mehta’s sown seeds make HUL grow like a Banyan Tree - over 1 year ago
HUL’s annual turnover and profits have more than doubled since 2013 under Mehta’s stewardship
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Equity mutual funds inflows hit 9-month high at Rs 15,685 crore in Feb - over 1 year ago
Equity mutual funds attracted Rs 15,685 crore in February, making it the highest net infusion in nine months. This is higher than Rs 12,546 crore inflow seen in January and Rs 7,303 crore reported in December. February also saw the 24th straight month of inflows into equity-oriented mutual fund schemes, data with the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) showed on Friday
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SVB Financial shares slide again on concerns over balance sheet - over 1 year ago
SVB claimed its deposits were dropping faster than expected owing to increased spending by clients, mainly technology and healthcare startups
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Tech View: Nifty forms hammer pattern on daily charts. What should traders do next week - over 1 year ago
Options data suggests a broader trading range between 17,000 to 17,800 zones, while an immediate trading range in between 17,200 to 17,600 zones.
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