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MF must look beyond dividend plans
THE mutual fund industry is hoping the Government will remove distribution tax in the coming Budget. At present, dividends paid by mutual funds are tax-exempt for investors. Each fund instead pays a 12.5 per cent ...
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MUTUAL FUNDS
MFs eyeing a piece of the pension pie
`A PIECE of the pension pie' - tops the Budget wish list of the mutual fund industry. Asset management companies are hopeful that mutual fund participation in pension funds and personal equity plans (similar to the 401K scheme in the US) will ...
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Corporates dominate MFs assets
CORPORATE India invested aggressively in mutual funds for the whole of 2003-04. Now, with more and more companies releasing their annual reports for the past fiscal, the latest year-end numbers are for all to see. The country's corporate ...
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STOCK MARKETS
Holding nerves for Budget day
THE stock market, before the Budget announcement, regained some of its lost composure last week after declining consecutively for three weeks. The widespread rise in the market last week was accompanied by improved volumes. The possibility of ...
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Should the Government go in for turnover tax?
A flat, across-the-board turnover tax offers less scope for leakages and will allow our markets to integrate with the global markets.
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Infosys, VSNL shine
FEARS that Corporate America's profit may slow in the second half of the year coupled with the indifferent Government data indicating that companies added less than half the jobs expected, spoiled the mood of the US markets. As a result, the ...
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An analysis of black Monday events in stock markets
THE rapid fall and recovery of the markets may have resulted in high financial loss to investors on actual or notional basis. But to my mind the biggest loss is the credibility of prices. There is a great lesson to be learnt from this volatility ...
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Chance favours the prepared mind
INVESTOR PROTECTION
Ministry, SEBI vying to educate investors
THE capital market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), and the policymaker, Ministry of Company Affairs, now seem to be competing with each other to win investor confidence. The two entities that are more often than not ...
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