COLUMNS
ACCOUNT SPEAK
Risks that control systems face from `creative responses'
Systems of control are subject to the same creative `responses' from individuals as the programmes they execute on a dayto- day basis for their employers.
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REFLECTIONS
They descend in droves, some inert or sauntering aimlessly
Writing in 1956 on Vedanthangal, naturalist M. Krishnan was surprised at the absence of painted storks (Mycteria leucocephala) and other storks, while noting nesting of hundreds of open billed storks in the Barringtonia ...
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CONTRA ENTRY
A Sovereign route
Sovereign Balanced Funds are not a new kind of scheme on offer by mutual funds. Instead, they are what countries sitting on a pile of foreign exchange reserves must set up and operate. China has built a staggering forex reserve of about $1,700 ...
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Spice in SPIcE movement
If you dubbed Wednesday’s trading as a bland fare, hold your tongue! There is spice in the top gainers’ list. Prudential ICICI SPIcE, the exchange traded fund (ETF), the only one mounted on the Sensex, today closed 20 per cent up. In ...
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ON THE HEDGE
Nifty future discount widens on fresh shorts
Foreign institutions turn net sellers
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