Foreign investors have pulled out a massive Rs 22,000 crore from Indian equities so far this month, due to uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections and outperformance of Chinese markets. This came following a net outflow of over Rs 8,700 crore in the entire April on concerns over a tweak in India’s … Read more
The International Monetary Fund warned Britain’s government on Tuesday that it was on course to miss its debt target and should not cut taxes before an election later this year, with tax rises likely to be needed in future. The IMF increased its projection for British economic growth in 2024 to 0.7% from an April … Read more
New Delhi, Shareholders and non-convertible debenture (NCD) holders of IDFC First Bank have approved a proposal to merge parent IDFC Ltd with the lender. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) convened a meeting on May 17 through video conferencing and other audio-visual means to consider and approve the composite scheme of amalgamation for IDFC First … Read more
Nandini Piramal, Chairperson, Piramal Pharma, says “for FY25, we are actually guiding an early teens absolute improvement in revenue and early teens margin growth as well. So, that is what I can say for FY26. In three to five years, we can see 22- 25% EBITDA growth margins.”This time your margins were close to like … Read more
Mumbai: A pricing contest is playing out between the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and sovereign bond traders as the central bank tries to deftly manage the government’s borrowing cost, provide sufficient liquidity to the markets, and ensure that its stance of withdrawing accommodation is not diluted. At a buyback auction of government bonds last … Read more
Ahead of India’s inclusion in the JP Morgan GBI-EM Global Index Suite, the majority of the clients of the index have their accounts set up to trade in Indian government bonds, with any “teething issues” related to operational readiness rather than barriers to entering the local market, Gloria Kim, Managing Director, Global Head of Index … Read more
Mumbai: Aditya Birla Group’s UltraTech Cement, Sajjan Jindal-promoted JSW Cement, and Lakshmi Mittal-promoted ArcelorMittal are among a dozen companies vying to acquire Vadraj Cement, formerly owned by ABG Shipyard, having secured creditors’ debt of about ₹8,000 crore, said people with knowledge of the matter. Nirma Group, JK Cement, Naveen Jindal group entity, and Oaktree Capital … Read more
Generally speaking, Dave Ramsey and his cohorts have a history of giving some terrible and frankly unhelpful advice when it comes to buying a car. However, in this case of a young crypto investor who is “bad at planning,” Ramsey’s buy a cheap car and have no debt approach would have been beneficial. Tesla’s Cybertruck … Read more
About a third of American households, according to a survey from the Federal Reserve, don’t have $500 in their savings accounts. Because we live in a car-centric society, having your car unexpectedly break down could cause massive financial hardship. If a car in one of these households needs repairs, and there isn’t enough cash on … Read more
Mumbai: ICICI Bank has provided a ₹2,675 crore debt facility to Tata Steel for a term of three years to repay its existing debt, said people aware of the development. Tata Steel has raised ₹2,700 crore through unsecured fixed-rate bonds at 7.79%, show documents filed with National Securities Depository Ltd. Tata Steel will make a … Read more
