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TCS may consider giving 12-15% hikes to top employees to curb attrition

TCS is also planning to raise base salaries in its campus recruitment drives. If implemented, this is likely to make Infosys, HCL Technologies, and Wipro follow suit

Infosys can slip below Rs 1,000 levels; TCS can hit Rs 2,900, charts show

Nifty IT index may fall up to 3 per cent post hitting a new 52-week low, trend turns bearish.

Nifty IT index plunges 8% after TCS, Infosys post subdued Q4FY23 results

At 09:47 am; Nifty IT index, the worst performer, down 6 per cent, as compared to 1 per cent decline in the Nifty50 index

Infosys tanks 12%, hits 52-week low on disappointing March quarter results

The company's performance was subdued owing to unplanned project ramp-downs and delays in decision-making by the clients.

Stocks to Watch: Infosys, HDFC Bank, Zee Ent, Tata Motors, VA Tech Wabag

Stocks to Watch: Infosys delivered a weak performance in Q4 as its profit declined 6.9 per cent on a sequential basis, while revenue dropped 2.3 per cent QoQ

TCS, Infosys results signal subdued Q4 for IT pack, say experts

The results of top-tier companies TCS and Infosys have tripped on global uncertainties and missed street estimates, setting a subdued tone for Q4 show by the IT pack, and experts see choppy 1-2 quarters for the industry but are hopeful of subsequent recovery. The earnings' season started on a sombre note with the Q4 scorecards that fell short of expectations, but more importantly the management commentary of India's top two IT services companies was punctuated with words of caution about prevailing customer sentiments across BFSI, technology services and certain other verticals, particularly in the US. While Infosys top brass spoke of "unplanned project ramp downs and decision making delays by some customers", Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) talked of some clients deferring newer, non-critical initiatives. Industry veteran and former Infosys director T V Mohandas Pai says Q4FY23 will be subdued for IT players but that extent and impact will depend on profile and strategy of individu

See very good opportunities in merger and acquisitions: Infosys CEO

The current environment is throwing up "good opportunities in the merger and acquisition space", Infosys CEO Salil Parekh has said, adding the Bengaluru-headquartered IT firm will look at companies that offer strong strategic and cultural fit. While Infosys is on "look out at all times" for good acquisitions, "this is a good environment for finding it", Parekh said. Infosys is seeing "very good opportunities" in the M&A environment, he observed. "...and this is a good environment. We have a very strong balance sheet, a very good way to deploy it. If we find a company or an entity which fits in strategically but also culturally, and we have a way of integrating it, we will look at that," Infosys top honcho said during the Q4 earnings conference recently. He was responding to a question on whether the weak US macro environment and the global uncertainities are offering lucrative opportunities in the merger and acquisition space. Infosys this week reported lower-than-expected growth

RBI's norms on outsourcing IT services will improve corporate governance

Reserve Bank's regulation on outsourcing of IT services by banking sector entities is aimed at improving corporate governance and will protect the interest of consumers, say industry experts. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently come out with detailed norms for the outsourcing of IT services by banks, NBFCs and other regulated financial sector entities to ensure that such arrangements do not undermine their responsibilities and obligations to customers. These norms came in the backdrop of the current practice of regulated entities (REs) of extensively leveraging IT and IT-enabled services (ITeS) to support their business models and also the products and services being offered to customers. Commenting on the Master Direction issued by the RBI on 'Outsourcing of Information Technology Services', Monish G Chatrath, Managing Partner, MGC Global Risk Advisory LLP, said, "Strong corporate governance practices and comprehensive risk management frameworks are aspects that are ...

Q4 results: Infosys slashes FY24 revenue growth guidance to 4-7%

India's second-largest IT services company misses estimates on revenue growth and net profit

Despite slower attrition rate, headcount down for Infosys in Q4

Infosys reported a net reduction even as rival TCS added 821 employees in Q4

UK PM Rishi Sunak's wife earned Rs 68 cr in dividend income from Infosys

Akshata Murty, the wife of Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, stands to earn Rs 68.17 crore in dividend income from her shareholding in India's second-largest IT firm Infosys. Murty, daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, held 3.89 crore shares of Infosys at the end of December, according to company filings with the stock exchanges. Infosys declared a final dividend of Rs 17.50 per share for FY23 (April 2022 to March 2023). If she retains her shareholding till the record date, June 2, she would get Rs 68.17 crore. Together with an interim dividend of Rs 16.50 a share declared in October last year, she would get Rs 132.4 crore. For the previous fiscal, Infosys paid a total of Rs 31 per share dividend, giving her a total of Rs 120.76 crore. Her holding is worth just over Rs 5,400 crore at Thursday's closing price of Rs 1,388.60 per share on the BSE. Infosys is among the best dividend-paying companies in India. Sunak, 42, in October last year became Britain's first prime

Infosys Q4 results: Net profit rises 7.8% to Rs 6,128 cr; revenue up 16%

The company recommended a final dividend of Rs 17.50 per equity share for the financial year ended March 31, 2023

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Stocks to Watch: TCS, Infosys, Karnataka Bank, FRL, Jindal Stainless

Stocks to Watch today: Analysts expect Infosys to report muted quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) revenue growth between 0.1-0.7 per cent in constant currency (cc).

Infosys Q4 Preview: Profit may weaken sequentially; FY24 guidance eyed

The quantum of deal pipeline, nature of large deals, pace of decision-making and drivers of consolidation trend will also be closely tracked

TCS, Reliance, Adani eye Bengal 'Silicon Valley,' state govt moving swiftly

The government hopes that the 250-acre tech hub, located in New Town, Kolkata, will attract an investment of Rs 1 trillion and create 50,000 direct jobs

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Stocks to Watch: Hero MotoCorp is now looking to cut flab and move towards a leaner organisation. It has launched a voluntary retirement scheme for its staff to make the organisation agile

Infosys collaborates with LexisNexis to provide end-to-end IT services

Infosys on Wednesday said it has extended collaboration with data and analytics company LexisNexis to provide information services across their range of content, enterprise and product applications. Infosys will provide LexisNexis end-to-end strategic IT services across multiple business domains that include their global content systems, global business systems and product development, according to a statement. These services will provide application maintenance and support, application development and validation, life cycle upgrades, application modernisation, and content modernisation. As part of the collaboration, Infosys will also offer strategic consultancy for LexisNexis' downstream, discretionary and strategic spending. "Building further on its 15-year-long relationship, Infosys will help ensure continued delivery excellence while enabling LexisNexis to seamlessly meet expected cost optimisation goals and business outcomes," the statement said.

Infosys to open campus in Kolkata to bring office closer to talent pool

Infosys is taking these steps to minimise inter-city travel for its employees and provide them with greater flexibility