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Investment through participatory notes drops to Rs 94,826 crore in Nov

Investments in Indian capital market through participatory notes (P-notes) dropped to Rs 94,826 crore till November-end after hitting 43-month high in the preceding month.

Retail investor participation in 2022 could slow a bit: Jigar Shah

Our Nifty50 target is 14,700, based on a one-year forward P/E ratio of 20x, a 10 per cent premium over the long-term average

Indices gain for the second consecutive session; Sensex gains 611 points

The sustained selling by foreign portfolio investors on valuation concerns had also weighed on investor sentiment

On the cusp of an orbital jump

Estimates indicate that by 2025 about 130 zettabytes of data in the world will be unstructured.

Period of easy money-making across asset classes is over, says S Naren

The positive amid all these from an India point of view is that the business cycle (in India) has turned favourable, says S Naren

How India's family offices are striking out on their own in start-up land

Not only that, 83 per cent family offices have an allocation to private markets that is more than 10 per cent of their overall asset distribution

Big decline in China's BRI investments, cash grants to Africa: Report

The BRI is a multi-billion-dollar initiative launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping

Medplus Health allots share worth Rs 418 crore from anchor investors

The price band for Medplus' Rs 1,398-crore IPO is Rs 780-796 per share.

Oil price steadies as investors assess Omicron variant's impact

Brent crude futures rose by 46 cents, or 0.6%, to $75.91 a barrel at 12:54 p.m. EST (1754 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $72.52 a barrel, up 47 cents or 0.7%.

RIL firms up first investment in West Asia in pact with Abu Dhabi company

RIL and TA'ZIZ launch a $2 billion chemical production partnership

FMCG not safe-haven bets for investors, analysts see more underperformance

The FMCG index had outperformed the broader market in previous corrections like in 2011, 2015, and 2018

Julius Baer's Asia-Pacific head on how 2022's shaping up for equities

Bhaskar Laxminarayan, head of investment management for Asia Pacific at Julius Baer, shares how the new Covid-variant could possibly change the outlook for global equity markets, including India

Won't be able to meet targets, extend PLI by a year: Telecom gear makers

Some of the companies have made it clear that they will not be able to meet their stiff incremental investment and production targets for the first year

Multiples's Renuka Ramnath on blockbuster 2021 for private equities

In an interview with Business Standard, Renuka Ramnath, founder, Multiples Asset Management, shares why it has been an exceptional year from investment, exits and investment valuation perspective

Ramcharan: The little-known entity that got $4.14-bn funding in RE space

US-based fund TFCC Intl picks up 46% stake in the firm at $9 bn valuation; firm plans to use some if the funds in two plants in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, and set up EV charging infra in various cities

Rajasthan govt signs 125 MoUs for Rs 69,000-crore projects

The Rajasthan government has signed multiple memorandum of understandings (MoUs) attracting proposed investments worth around Rs 69,000 crore, Rajasthan Industries Minister Shakuntala Rawat said on Wednesday.

CollegeDekho raises $35-mn funding from QIC, Disrupt ADQ and others

CollegeDekho, an online college admissions and higher education services platform, on Wednesday said it has raised USD 35 million (about Rs 260 crore)

Ugro Capital raises Rs 150 cr by issuing bonds on private placement basis

The company's Investment and Borrowing Committee has approved the allotment of 150 protected market linked non-convertible debentures

Understanding provident fund and public provident fund

Those working in the private sector don't have retirement benefits like pension. The retirement corpus they build over the years is through provident fund (PF). But what are PF and PPF? Let's find out

Macrotech Developers to invest Rs 3,000 crore as it eyes Bengaluru entry

Realty firm Macrotech Developers, which has projects in Mumbai and Pune regions, is looking to enter the Bengaluru market to tap huge property demand in the IT city and will invest Rs 3,000 crore equity capital for growth as it aims to increase its annual sales bookings by almost three times to Rs 20,000 crore by 2025-26, a top company official said. The Mumbai-based company, erstwhile Lodha Developers, is one of the leading real estate firms in the country and markets its properties under 'Lodha' brand. In an interview with PTI, Macrotech Developers Managing Director and CEO Abhishek Lodha said the company would deploy Rs 3,000 crore, out of the total Rs 4,000 crore recently being raised via sale of shares to institutional investors, for growth in the capital-light manner in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Pune. "Now with our balance sheet being rock solid that it is right now, the demand is just becoming enormous. That is why we have raised fresh capital within seven months o