V Vaidyanathan, MD & CEO, IDFC First Bank, says massive floods in Tamil Nadu five or six months ago disturbed the joint liability group (JLG) portfolio. IDFC First has taken extra provisions on that book because people at the bottom of the pyramid suffer during a calamity as it affects their earnings and hence the … Read more
Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com, says this is not the time for a midcap, largecap kind of approach. It has to be a company-wise approach where we have to be careful what companies we are holding and valuations become more and more important as markets zoom. Because at a 52-week high, irrespective of what price you have … Read more
As many as 7.9 million new investors started investing in mutual funds over the last one year, taking the total number of unique mutual fund investors up to 46 million. Many more investors are likely to buy mutual funds in the coming months. Investors have an option to buy and hold their mutual fund units … Read more
Staging a strong comeback after general election results, foreign investors pumped Rs 12,170 crore in Indian equities so far in June, mainly driven by expectations of continued policy reforms and sustained economic growth. This came following a net withdrawal of Rs 25,586 crore from equities in May on poll jitters and more than Rs 8,700 … Read more
Kolkata | New Delhi: Hyundai Motor India gave the third significant upgrade to its flagship sports utility vehicle Creta this January, almost nine years after its launch in 2015 and about four years after its second generation in 2020. But the next big development followed in just three months with the performance-focused Creta N Line … Read more
“If you look at the last three years, I think the compounded returns are upwards of 25-30% compounded. So, markets have definitely delivered what we were looking forward to over the last three-four years and that is where as investors we would always be a little bit tempted of taking something off the table,” says … Read more
“Like you rightly pointed out rejigging the portfolio or monitoring your portfolio is an annual exercise which you always should do. But there are some periods which are more momentous from a perspective of their timing that at that point in time reviewing your portfolio, making changes makes perfect sense,” says Feroze Azeez, Deputy CEO, … Read more
“Healthcare as a sector could turn out to be the dark horse in FY25,” says Aditya Khemka – Fund Manager, InCred Asset Management. In an interview with ETMarkets, Khemka said: “One could allocate higher capital to relatively smaller companies which are reasonably valued and would likely participate meaningfully in the Indian growth story,” Edited excerpts: … Read more
Markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday relaxed timelines for disclosure of material changes by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs). The regulator categorised material changes notified by FPIs into two groups. Type I group includes changes that require FPIs to seek fresh registration, or which affect any privileges or exemptions available to such foreign investors and Type II … 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
