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Capital market and investment firm CLSA on Wednesday trimmed its holding by divesting a 1.2 per cent stake in Edelweiss Financial Services for Rs 100 crore through an open market transaction. Hong Kong-based CLSA through its affiliate -- CLSA Global Markets Pte -- offloaded a little over 1.13 crore shares, or 1.2 per cent stake, in Edelweiss Financial Services, as per the bulk deal data available on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The shares were disposed of at an average price of Rs 88.55 apiece, taking the transaction value to Rs 100.08 crore. After the latest transaction, CLSA's holding through its arm in Edelweiss Financial Services has declined to 4.54 per cent from 5.74 per cent. Meanwhile, US-based Miri Capital Management through its arm -- the Miri Strategic Emerging Markets Fund LP -- bought more than 1.10 crore shares, or 1.16 per cent stake in Edelweiss Financial Services for Rs 98 crore. The shares were picked up at the same price. Details of the other buyers of ..
Global brokerage firm CLSA has reversed its early tactical shift from Indian equities to Chinese stocks, and has decided to raise India allocation while cutting exposure to China. In its report titled 'Pouncing Tiger, Prevaricating Dragon', CLSA cited challenges facing Chinese markets in the aftermath of Donald Trump's victory in the US elections as the reason for the move. "Misfortune can happen in threes. So it has played out for Chinese equities over the past week. Trump 2.0 heralds a trade war escalation just as exports become the largest contributor to China's growth," the brokerage said. Stating that it was sceptical on the endurance of the China equity melt up from the outset, CLSA said yet it committed a little more at the start of October by tactically deploying some of its over exposure to India towards China. It had reduced its Indian overweight to 10 per cent from 20 per cent and raising our China allocation to a 5 per cent overweight from the benchmark. "We now revers