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Amritha Pillay 15 April 2010
The Centre is trying to push the New Pension Scheme. However, out of the 23 States which had notified adoption of the Scheme for public sector employees, only 12 have executed the plan so far In the current Budget, the Central government had announced that it would contribute Rs1,000 towards...

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The Bank has glossed over the pending litigations against it in connection with the 1992 securities scam, in its IDR offer document. However, the market ‘watchdog’ seems least bothered by this astonishing lack of transparency  Standard Chartered Bank’s draft red herring prospectus to raise...

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Amritha Pillay 14 April 2010
Arshiya International will start operating its first free-trade warehousing zone in Mumbai by 23rd May; its hubs at Khurja (near Delhi) and Nagpur are likely to be completed by the end of FY11 India’s first free-trade warehousing zone (FTWZ) will be operational by 23 May 2010. Arshiya...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 April 2010
In a clear sign that we are in an extended bull market, funds with predominant exposure to growth stocks have outperformed the rest by a huge margin When mutual funds with a predominant focus on growth stocks like micro, small and mid-cap stocks completely outshine funds with a large-cap...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 April 2010
The market will remain under pressure for a variety of local and international issues The Sensex ended the day 31 points lower (0.17%) to 17,822 points and the Nifty closed 17 points lower (0.31%) at 5,323 points. The market started the day with a sharp rise. However, it came down soon and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 April 2010
SEBI has told all the 14 insurance players covered in its earlier diktat that all ULIPs launched after 9th April will require its approval Just when all market players thought that the dust was finally settling down in the spat between the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 April 2010
There has been a sustained bull market playing out, but new fund offers have virtually dried up A sustained market rally is usually a harbinger of a slew of new fund offers (NFOs) from fund houses eager to tap into the prevailing optimism. Indeed, past data indicates that, with a slight lag,...

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Ravi Samalad  and   Aaron Rodrigues 12 April 2010
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that SEBI and IRDA have agreed to “jointly seek a binding legal mandate from an appropriate court” on the ULIPs issue Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has finally stepped in to provide some clarity on the ongoing feud between the Securities and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 April 2010
All the major life insurance companies have turned a blind eye to the capital market watchdog’s diktat barring them from selling ULIPs; business continues as usual For life insurance companies, business continues as usual despite a blanket ban imposed by the Securities and Exchange Board of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 April 2010
The stock markets have rallied strongly for the past nine consecutive weeks. What does the tenth week have in store? Past trends suggest a 100% positive outcome For a straight nine weeks now, the 30-share BSE Sensex has been on an upswing. From 16,153 points on 11 February 2010, it has...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 April 2010
The turf war between SEBI and IRDA over ULIPs spooked market sentiment The market took a breather after a straight nine weeks of gains. The Sensex was down 80 points (0.45%) to 17,853 and the Nifty shed 22 points (0.41%) to end at 5,339. The sentiment in the market was subdued by the row...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 April 2010
It has been nine weeks of continuous rally. The market is overstretched. A correction is due after Monday. The only question is, will the correction continue? The market surged on strong retail data from the US on the last trading day of the week. Positive global cues were the driving force...

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Amritha Pillay 09 April 2010
With two warehouses already operational, Allcargo plans three more warehouses which will be coupled with third party logistics services Allcargo Global Logistics Ltd plans to have three more warehouses operational in the next 18 to 20 months. The company recently entered the warehousing...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 April 2010
Money continues to gush in, irrespective of nosebleed valuations The market was up today, taking a cue from strong global indices. The BSE Sensex was up 218 points (1.2%) to close at 17,933 and the Nifty closed at 5,361, higher by 57 points (1.08%) from the previous close. The market started...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2010
As suggested yesterday, the market was under pressure today. It will continue to remain under pressure The market was down today on weak cues from Asian bourses. The Sensex fell 255 points (1.4%) to close at 17,714 and the Nifty closed 70 points lower (1.3%) to 5,304. The market touched the...

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Ravi Samalad 08 April 2010
The industry body has issued warning notices to HSBC, NJ India Invest, HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank for not complying with NOC norms and luring investors to change distributors to garner trail commission The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) has finally woken up to the messy...

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Sanket Dhanorkar 08 April 2010
According to latest data obtained by Moneylife, new SIP registrations have been overshadowed by cancellations and ceased accounts in March, which is supposed to be a boom month for investments While stock markets are charting an upward course for several weeks now, mutual fund investments...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2010
Locked up all your money in FDs? Try these two products to gain higher post-tax returns Sulekha Nandani is a middle-aged working professional and earns a steady stream of income. She is seeking a safe investment avenue wherein she can put in some of her money to earn decent but assured...

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Amritha Pillay 08 April 2010
With Reliance Venture Asset Management recently funding the reverse logistics service provider RLC Pvt Ltd, experts say that more investments in the form of joint ventures and venture capital could take place in this sector With Reliance Venture Asset Management pumping in funds into RLC Ltd,...

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What should you expect from the second year of a new bull market? Based on past trends, the short answer is: expect a positive year but not a hugely positive one. Here is how to profit from it. Analysis by Debashis Basu In early March of last year, on 6 March 2009 to be precise, the...

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