How to protect yourself from becoming a victim of mis-selling

Vivek Sharma | 2/5/2013 @ 10:31am

Mis-selling is rampant in the financial services industry. While legislation may act as a shield in protecting the interests of investors, an investor can take care of the following aspects to minimize instances of mis-selling More

Did HSBC Bank resort to toxic churning and illegitimate transactions to earn commissions?

Jason Monteiro | 26/4/2013 @ 4:52pm

Two complaints of high net worth individuals have shown that the bank has possibly flouted rules and taken signatures on blank forms to execute transactions to churn the mutual fund portfolio and earn huge commissions More

Will T+1 settlement only create more problems?

Moneylife Digital Team | 24/4/2013 @ 6:00pm

T+1 settlement appears to be a good idea on paper. However, brokers and small investors are not too happy with it due to lack of infrastructure like banking services More

Wipro demerger: What is the best option for the shareholders?

Moneylife Digital Team | 24/4/2013 @ 5:16pm

The demerger does not in any way change the prospects of Wipro and shareholders should chose the option to get shares of a known entity that is listed on the stock market More

T+1 settlement system proposed by SEBI: How will it benefit you?

Gurpur | 23/4/2013 @ 5:42pm

The proposal to shorten the settlement cycle to T+1 is the most ideal one to mitigate the overall risks in the trading system. With the banking system having taken giant strides in technology, this should help in introducing much faster settlement system in the capital market without any hassles whatsoever More

It is no surprise that Infosys analysts failed to get their quarterly forecast right again

William Gamble | 22/4/2013 @ 11:20am

Analysts can’t seem to get it right with the Indian tech company Infosys. Five times in the last 8 quarters, their forecasts have been way off. One of the most interesting and consistent problems with analyst forecasts is excessive optimism More

What should be the value of Fresenius Kabi Oncology’s shares?

Moneylife Digital Team | 18/4/2013 @ 3:39pm

The world-class oncology drug manufacturer has decided to delist its shares from the bourses at Rs130 instead of complying with SEBI’s mandate of 25% public float. The cunning manner in which it has done this may set a dangerous precedent. Incidentally, what should be the fair value of the company? More

SEBI directs cos to redress investor complaints within a month

Moneylife Digital Team | 18/4/2013 @ 12:01pm

“All listed companies are required to redress the grievances of investors and inform them within 30 days of the receipt of the complaints,” the market regulator said in a circular on Wednesday More

Looting Legitimately

Sucheta Dalal | 15/4/2013 @ 1:12pm

Will SEBI-RBI Protect this Investor? More

MCX starts trade alert confirmation service through SMS, emails

Moneylife Digital Team | 10/4/2013 @ 5:18pm

MCX is sending trade alerts confirmations to all end clients on a daily basis through SMS on their mobile numbers and email IDs updated in its UCC More

High court seeks reply from SEBI for tracking call records

Moneylife Digital Team | 10/4/2013 @ 5:16pm

The Bombay High Court has asked SEBI to file its reply on a PIL filed by Indian Council of Investors. The PIL alleged that SEBI is seeking CDRs of 2,327 subscribers from telephone companies without any authority or permission More

SEBI’s new regulation leads to crash in stock at ridiculously low volumes

Moneylife Digital Team | 9/4/2013 @ 10:38am

As SEBI’s new directive to tackle manipulation on so called ‘illiquid’ companies goes into enforcement, there has been widespread wealth destruction even amongst good companies which are ‘illiquid’ More

Bombay Stock Exchange declares 2,050 companies as ‘illiquid’

Moneylife Digital Team | 2/4/2013 @ 5:28pm

The Bombay Stock Exchange has identified those stocks which are illiquid as per SEBI’s new definition and will move them to a separate trading window which will begin from 8th April. Some well known companies are also in the list More

Royalty hikes by foreign consumer companies to impact minority shareholders

Moneylife Digital Team | 26/3/2013 @ 1:12pm

Rising royalty on their Indian operations will remain an overhang for the stocks of foreign consumer companies More

Curbing manipulation in illiquid stocks: Another harebrained idea by SEBI?

Moneylife Digital Team | 25/3/2013 @ 5:35pm

SEBI’s new regulation on illiquid stocks will have an adverse impact on equity markets in India and could alienate current and future investors More