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Decoded: Why Sebi's new margin pledge norms have rattled brokerages

Business Standard tries to explain why Sebi introduced this new system and why it is worrying the broking community

Street signs: Route Mobile IPO, brokers eye tech improvement, and more

Last week, low-cost brokerage 5paisa.com appointed former Flipkart chief technology officer Ravi Garikipati on its board as an independent director

Covid-19 selloff in March eats into EPFO equity returns in FY20

Investments accrue return of -8.3 per cent for the fiscal, down from 14.7 per cent in the previous fiscal

New margin norms to hit traditional brokers, more suited for online brokers

Uncertainty over outstanding F&O positions where margins given under erstwhile system

Franklin Templeton's wound-up schemes receive Rs 1,500 crore in August

With this, the total cash flow into these schemes since April 24, the day of suspension, has increased to Rs 6,486 crore

Once nearly half, China's market capitalisation is now 5x India's

According to Bloomberg data, China's m-cap stood at just $407 billion in May 2006 - 45 per cent below India's m-cap of $745 billion

Future firm default hits four of six Franklin schemes wound up in April

Among the four, Income Opportunities Fund had highest exposure to Rivaaz Trade Ventures at 6.32 per cent of its AUM

PE firm TPG Capital asks Puneet Bhatia to honour shareholders' verdict

According to sources, TPG, which has investments in several firms domestically as well as globally, doesn't want to be at odds with voting advisory firms and shareholders over any governance issues

Street signs: Scarcity premium for banks, new pledging system & more

The investment legroom for FPIs in HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and IndusInd Bank has reduced, according to index provider FTSE, which has dropped these stocks from some of its indices

KR Choksey identifies key holding companies one can bet on: Here's the list

The brokerage believes investors can invest in holdcos to diversify risk

A roller-coaster ride: 2020 shows best and worst of foreign flows

Market players say the flow remains stable as long as the US Fed keeps interest rates low

Edelweiss 'looks to do an HDFC--scale up and list': Group chief Shah

This financial year will be a washout; businesses are keeping an eye on what happens post March 2021: Rashesh Shah, chairman and CEO of Edelweiss group.

Banking stocks rally on better earnings outlook; room seen for upside

Hopes of improvement in asset quality, better credit growth and lower valuations are supporting factors

Fee discord stokes company-auditor divorces amid Covid-19 pandemic

So far this year, nearly 12 firms have reported resignations by their auditors due to disagreement over fees

Street signs: Nifty at crucial juncture, YES Bank shares gain, and more

Technical analysts say the positive momentum in the market could sustain as long as the index stays above 11,100 levels

Sebi fines LIC, SBI, BoB for not cutting stake in UTI MF below 10%

LIC, SBI, and BoB did not bring stake below 10% by March 2019 in accordance with rules

Reclaiming lost ground: India regains $2-trillion market capitalisation

On March 23, at the height of Covid-triggered sell-off, m-cap had slipped to $1.3 trillion

Confusion over MSCI weightage triggers volatility in Bharti Airtel

The stock recouped most of the day's losses after some brokerages pointed out that the reduction in weightage could be on account of an error in computation

Equity MFs turn aggressive sellers in July, shares worth Rs 9,000 cr sold

RIL, HDFC Bank, and HDFC remained the most-sold counters

Multi-year bull cycle in India unlikely, says Alliance Bernstein

It concluded that this would be 'a macro rebound but not a multi-year bull cycle'