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Moneylife Digital Team 19 February 2010
After the ban on entry load for mutual funds (MFs) by the market regulator, banking channels have become the dominant route for fund companies to distribute MFs, as small distributors are finding it unprofitable to sell these funds. While banning entry loads, the Securities and Exchange Board...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 February 2010
After the ban on entry load for mutual funds (MFs) by the market regulator, banking channels have become the dominant route for fund companies to distribute MFs, as small distributors are finding it unprofitable to sell these funds. While banning entry loads, the Securities and Exchange Board...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 February 2010
S&P also affirmed its ‘BBB’ rating on Infosys due to a good operating performance despite the global slowdown Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P), has said that it affirmed Infosys Technologies Ltd’s long-term corporate credit rating to ‘BBB’ and revised the company’s outlook to...

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Swapnil Suvarna 19 February 2010
The US Fed’s surprise move to raise discount rates weighed heavily on Indian and Asian markets Indian markets along with other Asian markets slumped after an increase in the US Federal Reserve discount rate spurred concerns that the economic bounce-back will slow down as stimulus programs...

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A mutual fund dividend payout is just taking your own money and giving it back to you A spate of advertisements by fund houses about dividend payouts from various schemes has been enriching the print media of late. How do you use the dividends in a mutual fund at all? You have a corpus NAV,...

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Ravi Samalad 18 February 2010
The bulk of Interlink’s shares are in physical form even as market punters peddle rumours about its oil find. This will help price-riggers At a time when dealing in the securities market is becoming more technologically driven, Interlink Petroleum Ltd, a company engaged in exploration and...

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Swapnil Suvarna 18 February 2010
High food inflation data and weak Asian markets weighed on Indian bourses Indian markets slumped during the day on the back of weak Asian bourses and profit-booking, and on concerns that rising food inflation may force the Indian central bank to push up rates. The Sensex declined 101 points...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 February 2010
Investors have been withdrawing money virtually every month for the past 13 months—whether we are in a bull market or a bear market. This gives the lie to the fund industry’s notion that investors are merely booking profits After the ban on entry load that came into play from 1 August 2009,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 February 2010
Investors have been withdrawing money virtually every month for the past 13 months—whether we are in a bull market or a bear market. This gives the lie to the fund industry’s notion that investors are merely booking profits After the ban on entry load that came into play from 1 August 2009,...

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Swapnil Suvarna 17 February 2010
Strong global cues helped Indian markets to stay in the green Indian markets continued their uptrend on the back of strong Asian and US markets. At the end of the day, the Sensex shot up 202 points to 16,429 from the previous day’s close, while the Nifty closed at 4,914, up 58...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 February 2010
Calculation of brokerage by ICICIdirect at the end of the quarter has made customers an angry lot ICICIdirect’s refund of excess brokerage remitted at the end of the quarter under its I-Saver plan is not going down well with its customers. ICICIdirect recently launched its two new brokerage...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 February 2010
Calculation of brokerage by ICICIdirect at the end of the quarter has made customers an angry lot ICICIdirect’s refund of excess brokerage remitted at the end of the quarter under its I-Saver plan is not going down well with its customers. ICICIdirect recently launched its two new brokerage...

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Swapnil Suvarna 16 February 2010
Strong Asian markets and positive global cues helped the Indian bourses to stay positive Indian markets gained momentum during the day on the back of strong Asian markets and positive global cues. At the end of the day, the Sensex shot up 188 points from the previous day’s close to 16,227...

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Ravi Samalad 16 February 2010
The company’s top 10 customers accounted for 43.88% of its sales for 2008-09 Texmo Pipes & Products Limited’s over-dependency on its small customer base and concentration on two sectors could limit the company’s profitability. Texmo makes a variety of PVC and HDPE pipes. According to the...

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Ravi Samalad 16 February 2010
The company’s top 10 customers accounted for 43.88% of its sales for 2008-09 Texmo Pipes & Products Limited’s over-dependency on its small customer base and concentration on two sectors could limit the company’s profitability. Texmo makes a variety of PVC and HDPE pipes. According to the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 February 2010
Axis Bank debited Rs225 as ‘bank charges’ for the sale of its newly launched open-ended equity mutual fund, while Citibank used to do the same for insurance policies. Are the regulators aware of such things? Marketing of mutual funds through banks might be an ultimate way of penetrating the...

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The Rs905 crore collected by Axis Bank through its banking channel helped net equity inflows turn positive (Rs980 crore) in January after five months of decline After a continuous drain of five months, equity mutual funds (MFs) have recorded positive inflows. Axis Mutual Fund, supported by...

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Swapnil Suvarna 15 February 2010
Index heavyweight Bharti Airtel’s decline, surge in inflation and China’s surprise move to restrict bank lending weighed heavily on Indian markets Indian markets remained highly volatile during the day following index heavyweight Bharti Airtel’s massive slump and a jump in inflation. China’s...

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Sanket Dhanorkar 15 February 2010
One of the reasons for the dwindling investor population in India is the complicated and drawn-out KYC procedure, say industry experts The Indian government’s efforts towards strengthening identification norms have had an adverse impact in the most unexpected quarters. Apparently, the much...

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Sanket Dhanorkar 15 February 2010
One of the reasons for the dwindling investor population in India is the complicated and drawn-out KYC procedure, say industry experts The Indian government’s efforts towards strengthening identification norms have had an adverse impact in the most unexpected quarters. Apparently, the much...

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