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Over a billion unclaimed shares in IEPF, shows Lok Sabha data

Less than 2% of such shares with IEPF make their way back to investors, shows data before Lok Sabha

BSE adds 10 million investors in 148 days to reach 120 million-mark

Leading stock exchange BSE on Tuesday said it has added 1 crore registered investor accounts to its platform in a span of 148 days, taking the total count to 12 crore. The exchange added one crore investors' accounts between July 18 and December 13, BSE said in a statement. In comparison, the exchange took 124, 91, 85 and 107 days for the previous milestones of 11 crore, 10 crore, 9 crore and 8 crore, respectively. "BSE crossed the milestone of 12 crore registered users based on Unique Client Code (UCC) on December 13, 2022," the exchange said. Of the 12 crore users, 42 per cent fall in the 30 to 40 age brackets, followed by 23 per cent in 20-30 years and 11 per cent in the 40-50 age bracket. In terms of states, Maharashtra leads in terms of investors with a share of 20 per cent of the total 12 crore investors. This was followed by Gujarat at 10 per cent, Uttar Pradesh at 9 per cent and Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu at 6 per cent each. The exchange did not specify how many of these ..

Sensex, Nifty end marginally lower ahead of US Fed's policy meet

Investors remained on the sidelines ahead of industrial production and retail inflation data scheduled to be announced after market hours, traders said

After market shivers, volatility thaws out in second half of 2022

Revival in FPI flows, sharp recovery from year's lows in June helped calm investor nerves

We see trade with India growing two-fold in next 5 years: Ontario minister

In a Q&A, Victor Fedeli says several top Indian companies are continuing to build their presence in the Canadian province despite concerns of tighter global financial conditions

Buoyed by firm demand, HDFC Bank mulls fresh Rs 5,000-cr Tier 2 bond sale

The quantum raised through Tier 2 bonds is set to rise much further in coming days as Axis Bank is slated to sell Rs 12,000 crore of such instruments on Friday

Time still not ripe for investors to bet on long-duration debt funds

Lock into one-two year FDs and continue laddering, say experts

Canara Bank wins 'Banker's Bank of the Year Award 2022' for India

The winners are judged on their ability to deliver returns, strategy, innovation, technology and product & services in their respective geographies in the last 12 months

RBI conditional approval to Carlyle, Advent's stake buy in YES Bank

The fund-raising would be conducted through a combination of $640 million (Rs 5,100 crore) in equity shares and $475 million (Rs 3,800 crore) through equity share warrants, YES Bank had said

Madhya Pradesh set to organise global investors summit in Indore

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said MP's policy of providing facilities to investors was the best in the country. The state government has committed itself to extending full cooperation to investors

Invest Rajasthan Summit proposals in implementation stage, says minister

The summit had drawn interest from local businesses, in addition to a number of those from India and outside

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Caveat emptor

Investors need to be cautious and look beyond market highs

Dharmaj Crop IPO subscribed 1.8x on Day-1, QIB portion not fully covered

Retail, HNI fully covered, institutional investor portion subscribed 35%

Fewer active investors even as benchmark indices hit record highs

Market volatility and lacklustre 1-yr returns weigh on activity

Adani Enterprises to raise Rs 20,000 crore through follow-on public offer

The face value of each Adani Enterprises share would be Rs 1 each and the approval of the shareholders would be taken via postal ballot

Prosus posts $80-million loss on investment in PayU India

Technology investor Prosus on Wednesday reported widening of its consolidated trading loss to USD 80 million, about Rs 654 crore, on account of investment in PayU India business during first half of the current fiscal. The Netherlands-based investor firm, however, registered a 59 per cent growth in total payments volume (TPV) at USD 28 billion, about Rs 2.29 lakh crore, in India. PayU revenue increased to USD 183 million, about Rs 1,497 crore. "Consolidated trading losses expanded to USD 80 million, as we continued to invest in growing our credit operations in India. In India, our largest payments market, TPV grew 59 per cent to USD 28 billion, and revenue increased 48 per cent to USD 183 million, following increased digitalisation in e-commerce, financial services and bill payments, and a rebound in post pandemic travel," the company said. The Prosus group's overall trading loss widened to USD 1.4 billion during the reported period from USD 2.8 billion a year ago. The revenue of

Five-Star Business up 3.4% on debut as Rs 684 cr worth of shares are traded

Listing day gains come despite lukewarm response to IPO

As property market hits a slump in China, are investors turning to India?

-date period till October, investment in real estate development fell 8.8% compared with the same period in the previous year, commercial floor space sold dropped 22.3%

FTX fallout: Crypto markets on the back foot as investors pull funds

Investors continue to pull funds from digital-asset exchanges despite the latter's efforts to reassure markets about their stability.