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Reduce risk in small, midcap funds with asset allocation

The results of the stress tests conducted by mutual fund houses in their mid and smallcap funds show that liquidity risk is higher in the latter category.

PSU stock froth persists: Q4 test for financial endurance

Market volatility prompts scrutiny of PSU stock sustainability in Jan-Mar

Sebi exempts some offshore funds from naming investors

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has exempted offshore funds from naming their investors under certain circumstances, it said on Wednesday, partly easing the disclosure rules it put in place last year.

Margin, demand woes may deflate tyre makers

The margins of tyre manufacturers could come under pressure given the rise in rubber prices and the moderating demand for tyres.

Investors' desire for buybacks, dividends highest in 9 yrs: BofA

Shareholders tapped emerging market equities in March - the fastest pace since April 2017

GIC's India equity holdings up 32% in a year

The market value of Singapore-based Government Investment Corporation's (GIC's) domestic equity holdings has risen 32 per cent to ₹2.14 trillion during the 12 months ended December 2023.

Indices rebound on global, domestic cues

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded on Wednesday, propelled by bargain hunting in index majors Reliance Industries, ITC and SBI amid a largely firm trend in global equities.

Democratising market is all about digitisation: Madhabi Puri Buch

Sebi chief bats for easy entry and exit for small investors

Reits seek 'equity' label, option to take loan from banks

CHANGES WILL ALLOW EASIER ACCESS TO CAPITAL

The 'inner life' of a rational scientist

There have been multiple biographies of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858-1937), the pioneering interdisciplinary scientist, who was close to the epicentre of the many tumultuous socio-political movements that swept through Bengal and India during his lifetime.

Governance: On the path of progress

For eight consecutive years now, we at Institutional Investor Advisory Services India, the proxy firm where I work, have been scoring the BSE100 companies on their governance.

A voice for consumers

Ombudsman for aviation sector a good move

All that breathes

Air pollution is absent from the political agenda

A big defeat for Big Tech

Tech firms realise that open debate favours consumer data security concerns, so they try to ensure no such debate could ever occur

Zimbabwe allows currency free-fall while it weighs gold standard

Zimbabwe, the poster child of hyperinflation, is allowing a free fall in its currency that it's no longer keen to defend and is instead working on a new exchange rate potentially backed by gold.

Boeing must improve quality to boost 737 production: FAA

The head of the US Federal Aviation Administration said Boeing must improve safety culture and address quality issues before the agency will allow the planemaker to boost 737 MAX production.

Tencent posts weak Q4 revenue growth

Tencent Holdings posted a weaker-than-expected 7 per cent rise in fourth-quarter revenue on Wednesday as its gaming revenue shrank, and said it was expecting to at least double its share buybacks this year.

How BoJ's Ueda dismantled world's last negative rate

When Kazuo Ueda emerged as the front runner to be the next governor of the Bank of Japan early last year, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers described the septuagenarian academic as the Asian nation's version of Ben Bernanke.

Intel plans $100 billion spending spree in US

Firm secured $19.5 bn in grants, expects another $25 bn in tax breaks

Govt notifies fact-check unit of PIB

Weeks ahead of the general election, the Centre on Wednesday notified the setting up of a fact-checking unit (FCU) for monitoring news related to the government.

Modi dials Putin, Zelenskyy; talks path for peace

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held separate phone calls on Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and discussed strengthening ties with both, ahead of a visit by the Ukrainian foreign minister to New Delhi.

BJP FILES PLAINT WITH EC OVER RAHUL'S SHAKTI REMARK

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) against Rahul Gandhi for his \"fight against a shakti\" remarks at a recent rally in Mumbai.

Govt defends CJI'S exclusion from selection panel

The Centre on Wednesday defended the appointment of two new election commissioners (ECs) under a 2023 law that excludes the Chief Justice of India (CJI) from the selection committee.

Despite today's electoral bond data, questions may remain over ₹4K crgap

Significant amount raised before April 2019, shows ADR data

Unexplained money is elephant in room for EC

Nearly ₹3,400 cr cash seized in polls in 2022-23, up 835% over 2017-18

India makes case before WB for logistics ranking push

World Bank incorporating more data to make LPI comprehensive

RBI guv, Sebi chief meet FM

Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das Wednesday called on on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, ahead of the central bank's interest ratesetting panel meeting next month.

Base effect to hit life insurers' March biz

New business premium (NBP) growth of life insurers in March is expected to be weak owing to the high base effect in the year-ago period due to revision in taxation norms for high-value policies, insurers said.

'India has a lot more trust in tech than others'

BRENDA WALKER global government sector leader, KPMG International, in a video interview with Ruchika Chitravanshi, speaks of an increased engagement with the government on digitisation, decarbonisation, skilling, and cryptocurrencies.

Rupee slips to 2-mth low against dollar

Indian currency has weakened 1.2% in FY24 so far