Ashvin Parekh, Managing Partner, Ashvin Parekh Advisory Services, says we will have to get to a point where the regulator, merchant bankers, and the issuers themselves to start with, and thereafter, the media, social media particularly, will have to play a significant place. Otherwise, what was intended to be a good reform because of the … Read more
Two decades ago, Warren Buffett had warned that derivatives are nothing but time bombs, both for the parties that deal in them and the economic system. And now Sebi data has proved the ‘God of stocks’ right once again. In FY24, 92.50 lakh individuals and proprietorship firms traded in index derivatives segment of NSE and … Read more
Adani Energy Solutions, led by billionaire Gautam Adani, is likely to launch a share sale this week to raise more than $600 million, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday. The sale of existing shares will be Adani Group’s first fundraise from equity markets after a $2.5 billion share sale … Read more
Raamdeo Agrawal, Founder & Chairman, Motilal Oswal Group, says he wants to buy well-established businesses with strong management teams, which may be facing some headwinds recently. Agrawal says the shift of deposits from banks to the capital market is a significant trend. The banking sector must adapt to this change and ensure sufficient credit and … Read more
The Economic Survey reveals that 20% of Indian households are now investing their savings in financial markets. It cites data showing that unique tax IDs registered on the NSE surged to 92 million in FY24, from 27 million just five years ago. The impact of this influx of individual investors is evident in new investor … Read more
Capital markets regulator Sebi has kept in ‘abeyance’ the proposed initial share sale of vehicle finance and business loan-focused non-bank lender SK Finance. Without disclosing the reason, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said “issuance of observations (has been) kept in abeyance” with regard to the IPO of SK Finance, an updated showed on … Read more
Jayen Mehta, MD, Amul India, says as a brand, if Amul can connect the producers with the consumers, giving them good quality food, free from chemical fertilisers and pesticides, I think there will be a great contribution not just to the health of the country but also to improving the carbon content and productivity and … Read more
Anuj Kumar, MD & CEO, CAMS, says at the CAMS level, they have about 75% share in net equity sales, which is a very strong foundational metric to see which way overall assets are heading and combined with their investment in technology, talent and overall in risk and compliance kind of dimensions, they are poised … Read more
Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday proposed to enhance the threshold for the basic service demat account (BSDA) to Rs 10 lakh from the current Rs 2 lakh in a bid to boost the participation of retail investors in the securities market. A basic service demat account, or BSDA, is a more basic version of … Read more
The surge in Indian equity derivatives that’s driven up volumes to the highest in the world is spurring concern among the nation’s policymakers that the frenzy may hurt efforts to harness household savings for productive purposes. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran sounded caution in recent days about growing retail … Read more
