MARKETS
BUYBACK
Delisting of shares — Sharadha Terry chases shareholders for buyback
A NUMBER of companies had sought to delist their shares from the exchange in the recent past. But not many had gone beyond making a public announcement in trying to track down the shareholders for buying back the holding held by the public. The ...
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INSIGHT
Index funds have a `weighty' problem
ONGC will be included in the S&P CNX Nifty from April 12. The composition of the Nifty index has changed nearly 40 times since 1996. Such reconstitution hurts index funds. Each time there is a change in the benchmark ..
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MUTUAL FUNDS
A bountiful FY03-04 for mutual funds
WHAT a year that was", says Mr Ashim Syal, Chief Investment officer, ING Vysya Mutual fund, aptly capturing the mood of the industry, looking back at financial year (FY) 2003-04. The year not only witnessed an over 83 per cent jump in the ...
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AMFI notifies `certified' distributors list
DISTRIBUTION of mutual funds has attracted the who's who of the financial world, according to the latest data put out by the Association of Mutual Funds in India. The list of corporate distributors drawn up by AMFI indicates the presence of ...
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Debt fund: Be patient
CONSIDER the attention that equity funds are getting from all quarters. And the fact that investors in debt funds are generally unhappy with the returns that their investments are generating. But does that mean that debt funds are at the end of ...
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STOCK MARKETS
Capital reduction proposals lead to slump in stock price
PROPOSALS to reduce capital by companies involving setting off of accumulated losses against equity capital are happening more often now. They reflect the intention of the management to start business afresh on a clean slate. The reduction of ...
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`Index is not the mind of market'
Its wrong to get anchored to any kind of index as it may not be an accurate benchmark/reflection of events or things to come, says Mr Parag Parikh, Chairman, Parag Parikh Financial Advisory Services Ltd. "Last year, after a good budget, market ...
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Infosys, Wipro buck bullish trend — Rediff registers new high
LED by Sun Microsystems, which settled a decade-long feud with Microsoft Corp to resolve legal disputes, the US benchmarks finished last week on a firm note. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index registered its first weekly gain in a month; the S&P
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Positive undertone prevails
LAST week, key indices made a decent comeback. But more importantly, the broad-based upward movement was witnessed across the sectors. As anticipated in this column, the mid- and small-cap stocks improved lot better than the heavyweights. The ...
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INTERVIEW
`We are considering ways of enlarging asset base'
SUNDARAM Mutual Fund would like to add to its arsenal of equity funds as a means of expanding its business. The MF is looking at a situation where it can attract more `sticky' money, courtesy investors who do not go away every time the market ...
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