The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 17, 2005

Poetry and business
WE have seen a lot of incongruous stuff associated with business: Equity, environment, social responsibility and even ethics! But poetry? We had, of course, long ago a banker, T. S. Eliot, who did stray into poetry ... More

GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW

What kind of a central banker do we need?
Examining the issues involved in a central banker's attitude towards risk and experimentation and whether there is a case for more experimentation in a developing, than in a developed, country, V. Anantha Nageswaran concludes that there can be no final answers to these issues. Indeed, the conclusion is that the answer is context-specific. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

Volatile condition may prevail
For India, the year-end asset allocation decisions by the FIIs were more influenced by the apprehension that the returns have peaked and are likely to fall in the medium-term. It would be too early to assert that India, one of four emerging markets w ould fast lose out in terms of priority of the global funds. More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

MFs: Wake up to ULIP challenge
Fund houses must warm up to the fact that their products are being rendered ineffectual by insurance companies, at least to a section of the market. More

ADR WATCH

Downtrend continues
WITH crude prices surging again, the equities at the US markets felt the pressure and eased further. The US stocks fell for a second week in a row. However, Friday's better-than-expected reports on industrial production and wholesale prices ... More

RANDOM WALK

Good tidings for the New Year
AFTER the terrible impact of the tsunami on the lives and livelihoods of a significant section of Kerala's population, it is difficult to be overly cheerful about how this year is going to turn out. However, surprisingly enough, some recent ... More

MARK TO MARKET

Minor variations, no real mutual benefits
THE number of equity funds in the country has risen handsomely in 2004-05. As of December 2004, the industry managed 140 schemes with an asset size of about Rs 31,500 crore. That is up from 128 schemes managed in April ... More

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