Page 13 - Investments

UP eyeing pie of $5-bn projected investments in data centres by 2025

The state government will provide a host of incentives to the data centre developers, so that their projects are completed within timelines

With $40 billion, private equity players hope to better 2019 investments

RIL shores up the numbers, with $17 bn through PE, sovereign funds in 3 deals

Govt expands Rs 1.45 trn PLI scheme to 10 key sectors, industry hails move

The scheme is in addition to the already announced Rs 51,311 crore PLI for three sectors which takes the total around Rs 2 trn

NITI Aayog making strong case for further investment in science: V K Paul

The coronavirus pandemic has shown how important science solutions are for life, livelihood and development', and the NITI Aayog is making a strong case for increasing investments in science, its member V K Paul said on Monday. He was delivering the first Prof M K Bhan Memorial Lecture in a webinar. Bhan was the secretary, Department of Biotechnology. Paul said the think tank wants science and technology (S&T) to be the government's priority "more than ever". He said the NITI Aayog has prepared a couple of policy briefs which are aimed at creating institutional pace, capacity and resource base. We are working with VijayRaghavan (Principal Scientific Advisor to the government) and my colleague (Vijay Kumar) Saraswat, member S&T... three of us, looking at pathways, above all creating institutional pace, capacity base and also resource base, the official noted. Paul was responding to a question on what was the NITI Aayog doing to promote research and encourage young ...

Varmora to invest Rs 300 crore in two greenfield tile plants in Gujarat

Capacity pegged at 35,000 sq m a day, commissioning likely by April next, with direct and indirect job potential of 1,200

Nestle India to invest Rs 2,600 cr over four years to boost production

Some part of the funds will also be used for its plant in Sanand, Gujarat, which is currently under construction

Diversified portfolio is the best antidote to help you beat inflation

By allocating to equities, debt, and gold, you can earn positive real returns over long term

Kalrock to pilot Jet Airways take-off with Rs 1,000-crore investment

While Jet has admitted claims of over Rs 15,000 crore, the resolution plan consists of Rs 866 crore in upfront and deferred payment to creditors

Govt move to notify GICs as fin services at IFSC to spur MNC investment

Govt move will boost job creation, give a leg-up to social infrastructure in and around Gift City

Top-performing fund avoids investments in emerging markets low on ESG score

The $1.5-billion Candriam SRI Bond Emerging Markets Fund has outperformed almost 90 per cent of peers in the past three years and screens for ESG factors

Don't let past year's return guide you while deciding on asset allocation

Government and corporate bond schemes of NPS are unlikely to beat equity schemes over the long term

Tamil Nadu signs 14 MoUs worth Rs 10,000 cr, to create 7,000 new jobs

Among the companies that have committed investments are JSW Renew, Britannia, Apollo Tyres, Li-Energy for EV battery packs, Britannia and Hyundai Wia

Almost everyone at SoftBank thinks going private is a bad idea, except Son

Preliminary work on a buyout got under way after a record drop in SoftBank shares in March, but the effort was later tabled as the stock price more than doubled with asset sales

Malaysia risks investment trouble as political instability drags on

Fitch Solutions said the upheaval since March was risky for Malaysia's long-term growth at a time when its neighbours compete for investments from firms diversifying manufacturing away from China

PE-VC firms invest $26.3 billion in Jan-Sep 2020; down 2 per cent YoY

Investments in RIL subsidiaries deals have managed to arrest the overall decline in PE-VC investment figures in 2020

MF distributor or registered investment advisor: Whom should you choose?

Those who need advice on multiple products should go with a registered investment advisor, suggests Sarbajeet K Sen

Chemcon Speciality Chemicals garners over Rs 95 cr from anchor investors

Chemcon Speciality Chemicals Ltd on Friday raised over Rs 95 crore from anchor investors ahead of its initial Chemcon Speciality Chemicals garners over Rs 95 cr from anshare sale that opens on Monday.

VC investments from China down by 66% in 2020, startups to feel the heat

China, which was ranked third on the PE/VC investments by country of investors, in 2019 fell to the sixth position in 2020

Shiprocket launches accelerator program, to invest Rs 3.5 cr in startups

Shiprocket said the program is designed to help D2C (direct to consumer) startups scale up

Multi-cap funds must invest 25% each in small, mid, large-cap stocks: Sebi

As a result, a lot of multi-cap schemes' investment were skewed towards the large-caps