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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 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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Ravi Samalad 14 April 2010
Unable to expand through a combination of advertising and selling through national distributors, the fund house is empanelling smaller distributors now Fidelity Fund Management Private Ltd, the US fund management major which launched its India operations in 2005, was so far following a...

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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
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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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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The finance ministry has finally stepped in to resolve the SEBI-IRDA spat, which threatened to destabilise the market. However, instead of directly intervening in the dispute, the ministry seems to have bought some time by telling the sparring regulators to go to court After maintaining a...

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Ravi Samalad 10 April 2010
The total assets under management of the 37 fund houses are down by 20% from last month and equity mutual funds have witnessed redemptions in March After sailing in positive territory last month, equity mutual funds have again witnessed an outflow in March. Equity schemes recorded Rs2,016...

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Ravi Samalad 10 April 2010
The total assets under management of the 37 fund houses are down by 20% from last month and equity mutual funds have witnessed redemptions in March After sailing in positive territory last month, equity mutual funds have again witnessed an outflow in March. Equity schemes recorded Rs2,016...

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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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