The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 31, 2005

Raising the retail stake
SEBI's MOVE TO raise the level of retail investor participatation in equity offers is indeed a welcome development. With a number of companies planning to take the Initial Public Offering route and listed companies also raising funds through an ... More

ECONOMY

Infrastructure or SEZ investment?
IT COULD be another `chicken-and-egg' story. The Finance Ministry seems to believe that infrastructure investment would follow investment by SEZ (special economic zone) users, or at least that it could happen ... More

German economy: A turnaround in sight
With signs of recovery, the German economy could be the main beneficiary of Chancellor Schroeder's reform process that incidentally has triggered much controversy and emotional debates. More

Fund-Bank Spring Meetings — Thus must Finance Minister speak
The spring meetings of the Fund-Bank are about a fortnight away, and the Finance Minister will make his customary speech. More than what he will say, A. Vasudevan suggests the areas he should touch upon covering the international monetary and financial issues so that his credibility goes up. More

ACCOUNTANCY

In fits and starts
Mohan R. Lavi on how the draft company rules could have been more thorough More

A bowl at the exit gate
N. R. Moorthy on how the Simplified Exit Scheme is not all that simple More

Let discretion be your tutor with this `special' vehicle
HERE is an innocuous paragraph from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India's Guidance Note on Securitisation, where ``accounting in the books of the investor'' is explained: "The Investor should account ... More