Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Sunday, November 10, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Sunday, November 10, 2002 |
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COLUMNS EYE ON THE MARKET Will SEBI bite, at least now? THERE is now every reason for investors in the markets to hope that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) will play a more effective role in safeguarding their interests. SEBI now has the powers of search and seizure that it has been ... More TAKING COUNT Axing the tax incentive THE recommendation regarding personal income-tax of the Task Force on Direct Taxes closely follows the recommendations of an earlier group headed by Mr Parthasarathy Shome. There is largely nothing new. However, compared to those of the Shome ... More SIMPLE ECONOMICS Signalling Theory and market efficiency LAST week, we discussed bounded rationality, which exists because we have limited information and time for decision-making. But what happens if more information is available? Dr Michael Spence, a Nobel Prize - winning economist, conducted ... More TAX TALK Kelkar tax proposals — Set to hit salaried class hard LOOKING at the proposals on direct taxes made by the taskforce headed by Dr Vijay Kelkar as a whole, it is clear that, if implemented, they will hit the middle class and senior citizens hard. One look at the accompanying table may be enough to ... More IN FOCUS 
Kelkar's tax proposals — What's in it for shareholders?IF you are a shareholder in any company that has paid taxes at more than 30 per cent of its book profits, there is much to cheer in the recommendations of the Kelkar Task Force on Direct Taxes. But if you are a shareholder in a company that falls ... More FD WATCH 
Sundaram Home Finance: Home safeTHE fixed deposit programme of Sundaram Home Finance, a subsidiary of Sundaram Finance, could be a good option for investors with a low-to-medium risk profile. The interest rates are quite attractive, especially after the recent decline in ... More FUND WATCH 
Variable Investment Scheme — New index-linked plan from UTITHE Unit Trust of India (UTI) has launched an Index Linked Plan under its Variable Investment Scheme. The scheme will invest in debt and equity. The equity part of the portfolio will track the 30 stocks in the BSE Sensitive Index. The fund will ... More COMMENT Distorting cash component of IT funds ALMOST all IT sector funds have trailed the BSE IT Sector Index in recent months. This is because of their cash component, says a Crisil study. A look at how these funds were invested at the end of September 2002 reveals that, on average, only 80 ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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