Mumbai: From Friday, a new era of global interconnectedness begins for the Indian sovereign debt market with government bonds’ inclusion in an international bond index set to attract billions of dollars of foreign money and increase worldwide scrutiny on the country’s fundamentals. JP Morgan will include 27 fully accessible Indian government bonds in its GBI-EM … Read more
Chirag Setalvad, head (equities) at HDFC Asset Management, in an interview with Prashant Mahesh, spoke about Indian equity valuations, investment opportunities, and risks among other issues. Edited excerpts: India’s stock market valuations are considered rich after the near one-way move since Covid. What are your thoughts? Valuations have moved up but they have to be … Read more
Mumbai: Financial services stocks remained the top pick of overseas fund managers in the second half of December after witnessing record flows in the first part of the month. The sector received ₹6,277 crore in the period between December 16 and 30, according to the data from National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL). In the December … Read more
Indian sovereign bonds, coming off the best annual performance in three years, are poised for further gains on expectations that their upcoming inclusion in a global bond index will lure big foreign inflows. The benchmark 10-year sovereign yield fell 15 basis points last year, the most in three years. It’s expected to slide by more … Read more
