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Cyrus reinstated: Tata Group stocks to remain under pressure, say analysts

The decision came at the fag-end of the trading session and saw most Tata group stocks react to the development

Rs 75,000-crore minimum alternate tax credit dilemma grips India Inc

Fifteen heavyweight companies have accumulated MAT credit in excess of Rs 1,000 crore each

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Whether in search of additional income or simply for the thrill of trading, a lot of people are joining courses on investing in the stock market

Frequent churn of portfolios, short-term goals eating into investor returns

While equity funds returned 8.2 per cent during the period under review, investor returns stood at 5.8 per cent

Sebi mulls direct plans for AIFs, PMS to help investors save on expenses

The minimum ticket size for investing in AIFs is currently Rs 1 crore and for that in PMS is Rs 25 lakh. Both PMS and AIFs typically charge a fixed as well as variable fee based on the performance

Consumer discretionary gets a leg up as equity investors chase quality

Earnings multiple of consumer durable firms at 3.5-year high

MFs' exposure to NBFCs down 30% in 15 months since IL&FS crisis broke out

Fund houses have particularly pruned exposure to troubled NBFCs

IPO listing-day returns: 40 scored in double digits between FY17 and FY19

Of 85 IPOs to hit the market between FY17 and FY19, 58 ended at a premium to their offer prices

Electronic trading: The NSE trump card that changed stock market dynamics

Electronic trading helped cut out unknown middlemen and unnecessary commissions, even as the exchange opened doors to many who had worked under big brokers

Regulated entities like banks, AMCs can now invest as Category II FPIs

This will give a lot of flexibility to them to invest, based on different client strategies

Private equity investments in India at $12.7 billion in 2019: Refinitiv

The deal flow in 2019 has been good with each successive quarter being better than the preceding one

In a move towards lighter-touch regime, 80% FPIs classified as Category-I

Prior to the reclassification, less than 3% of the FPIs were part of Category-I and more than four-fifths were part of Category-II.

NPS' debt assets in AAA-rated papers up by 1.83 percentage point to 37.87%

According to experts, the increase in AAA-rated papers signifies risk aversion in the aftermath of the IL&FS crisis.

Mauritius' regulator red-flags removal of investment status by Sebi

Mauritius funds may now look to shift their fund management activities to FATF member countries if Sebi does not relax its existing norms, said experts

AIFs log 60% growth in one year on the back of easier regulatory framework

Easing of regulatory framework, increasing debt investment provide a boost

Mutual funds beat a retreat from lower-rated papers: Value Research data

Investors have continued to pull out their monies from credit risk funds

Options trading gathers steam in Q2; share of cash in average volumes falls

Share of cash in falls from 2.9% to 2.5% in September quarter

PSUs lose 22% in 2019 amid market volatility and multiple headwinds

Market observers believe that PSUs have been under pressure since 2018

Equitas appoints JM Financial, Edelweiss, and IIFL for IPO of SFB unit

The firm is targeting an issue size of Rs 1,500-2,000 crore and may file its offer document with markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in a few weeks

Overweight positions in banks, industrials helped HDFC: CIO Prashant Jain

Given this background, an outperformance of nearly 9 percentage points over the Nifty 100 benchmark is no small feat