nps: A product for all seasons? What is NPS’ appeal for millennials and Gen Zers?

Kurian Jose, CEO, Tata Pension Fund, says PFRDA is working on making pension and retirement products appealing to youth and has introduced investing through QR code. Also, the rules to withdraw money partially from the National Pension System (NPS) were changed starting February 1, 2024, whereby an NPS subscriber is allowed to withdraw from his … Read more

hero motocorp sales: Concept of rural India has to do well for two-wheelers to do well is absolutely passé: Hero MotoCorp CEO

Niranjan Gupta, CEO, Hero MotoCorp, says: “We are focusing on brands, models, portfolios, focusing on stores, premia stores, a lot of action at our end. Effectively, given the strong platform that we have, it is about changing gears and moving with speed, powered by the four S – speed, scale, synergy and simplification.”I must say … Read more

Earlier, it was about functionality in a car, now it is about aspiration: Shashank Srivastava, Maruti Suzuki India

Shashank Srivastava, Executive Director, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, says “the transformation of Maruti Suzuki is one of the biggest achievements of the company. Of course, we have contributed hugely to the Indian manufacturing sector. We are the leaders in the automobile for the last 40 years of its existence. But it goes beyond that and … Read more

Sanjiv Bhasin | Sanjiv Bhasin stocks: Do SIPs in HDFC, Asian Paints and reap reward in next one year; up ante in metal/OMC space: Sanjiv Bhasin

Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities, says the broader market will be in a consolidation phase. So pick your stocks. Right now, PSUs, OMCs, ONGC, Hind Copper, Vedanta, the metal/OMC space are looking very strong, as is insurance. That is where you should be upping your ante.” Bhasin further says: “Do a SIP in HDFC, Asian … Read more

Maruti Suzuki: Rahul Bharti on how Maruti Suzuki is promoting sustainable practices

India’s first automobile in-plant railway siding project (of Maruti Suzuki) was inaugurated by PM Modi in Gujarat on March 12. The project is at Hansalpur in Gujarat’s Mehsana district. Under the project, Maruti will increase the use of railways for dispatching finished cars from 26% to 40% annually, saving 50,000 truck trips, 35 million litres … Read more

Adani Group: Tata, Mahindra, Adani or Reliance? Which group could be a big trade in next 3-5 years?

Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com, says all the large group stocks have already done quite well. Look at the Tatas, the Mahindra Group, Adanis or Reliance. It is tough to pick out a group at this stage. The main thing is that if the economy can sustain 7-8% growth over the next few years, my guess is … Read more

Indiabulls Housing Finance: By FY26 end, expect to disburse Rs 3,000 crore a month; ROE at 15% by FY27: Gagan Banga, Indiabulls Housing Finance

Gagan Banga, VC & MD, Indiabulls Housing Finance, says: “We have now reached a stage where over the last four to six quarters, we stabilised the overall business, scaled up the retail disbursals and whatever are the targeted segments for growth, the disbursals around that are coming along at a good pace. At this point … Read more

tata sons ipo: Prefer NTPC over Tata Power; Tata Chemicals to benefit most in case of Tata Sons listing: Sudip Bandyopadhyay

Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Group Chairman, Inditrade Capital, says “there is a strong speculation that Tata Sons will get listed in the near future and the best way to play that will be probably through Tata Chemicals; that is the conventional thinking in the market and that led to this kind of massive rise in the share … Read more

gold loan business: IIFL Finance will comply with RBI suggestions in gold loan biz by March 31: Chairman

AK Purwar, Chairman & Independent Director, IIFL Finance, says RBI pointed out certain gaps in our systems. Let me put it that the gold loan business which we are having, the practices, systems, processes is all as per present industry standards and present industry norms. RBI suggested certain changes which we have in a way … Read more

Equitas SFB: If rates stabilise, our NIMs should be fairly comfortable going forward: PN Vasudevan, Equitas SFB

PN Vasudevan, MD & CEO, Equitas Small Finance Bank, says “NPA has moved up from 2.21% to 2.39% in the third quarter. By and large, NPA is fairly under control and the third quarter typically for us is a seasonally weak quarter from collections because in most of South India, we get the heaviest rains … Read more