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Unhappy with surcharge, private market investors bat for tax parity

Last Friday, the Union finance minister had cancelled the enhanced surcharge levied on long-term and short-term capital gain for FPIs, and for domestic portfolio investors

UP to woo investors in Russia, Europe for proposed Defence Corridor

The Uttar Pradesh Defence corridor is estimated to attract Rs 20,000 crore investment and create 250,000 jobs

Britannia back on investors' radar after sharp correction in past 3 months

Improving demand for cookies, intact structural growth story and attractive valuation augur well for the stock

Fund manager who beat 98% of peers says stay calm and buy stocks

Joanna Kwok, who co-manages the JPMorgan Asia Growth Fund, says volatility will linger in Asia markets due to trade tensions, corporate earnings concerns

Market players see short-term bounce after FM Sitharaman's measures

Stocks of firms in the automobile, banking, and real estate sectors, and those of non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are likely to remain under focus

Govt's reform push: Business income may also see surcharge relief

Taxes had risen for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and others following surcharges introduced in the Budget

Max Healthcare plans to spin off diagnostic laboratory, home care biz

Radiant is in the process of demerging its health care business into Max Healthcare

Investors play safe, shift to large liquid schemes after IL&FS crisis

Overall liquid assets have risen despite 23 of the 43 fund houses having witnessed a dip in liquid assets over the past year. This shows preference by investors towards larger fund houses

Investors lose Rs 2.21 trn as Sensex tumbles 624 points, 27 scrips hammered

At the BSE, 1,652 stocks declined, while 861 advanced and 148 remained unchanged

Dematerialisation of shares for private firms to increase compliance burden

Gaurav Pingle, a Pune-based company secretary, explains the implications of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019, which contemplates dematerialisation of shares of private companies:

Good, bad and ugly of incentives by financial firms an investor must know

You need to be discerning enough to be able to protect your best interest

HDFC Bank and Wipro lure global investors, MTNL and Dish TV lose luster

For instance, shares of HDFC Bank ADR command a premium of 18 per cent to their underlying shares

Existing investors in consumption-oriented funds should stay for long term

Enter when valuations turn more attractive

Investors' wealth erodes by Rs 1.24 trillion as stock markets plunge

From the 30-share pack, 25 scrips witnessed sell-off led by Yes Bank, Tata Motors, Bajaj Finance, Tata Steel and HDFC

Rich valuations can trip investors; look for stock-specific opportunities

Experts have warned that the headline index has crossed the P/E of 26 only thrice-in April 2000, December 2007 and March 2019. The market had crashed each time on the earlier two occasions

Desi investors make a beeline for Uber, Airbnb, other unicorn IPOs in US

Wealthy clients want a piece of Uber, Pinterest and Airbnb, which are set to make their market debut

Amid corporate governance woes, fund managers push ESG schemes

Avendus, Quantum, SBI MF already wooing 'socially responsible' investors

Looking forward to 2019

Higher capacity utilisation should lead to corporate capex picking up, leading to broader revival in the investment cycle and earnings growth

These brave investors aren't ready to panic-sell equities just yet

The global stock market's fall accelerated this week, sending investors in search of shelter amid concerns about rising interest rates and the sustainability of tech-companies' profits

Money supply likely to be tighter in 2019

Every opinion poll and assembly result from here onwards, not to mention Rafale, CBI etc. could cause volatility