Emerging-Market Bulls Tout Modi Premium as Indian Election Nears

Modi is likely to spend heavily on manufacturing and infrastructure should he win, continuing a strategy that wooed money managers during his decade in power. The stock market has rallied to successive records, while India’s imminent inclusion in a major global bond index is expected to lure billions of dollars in inflows. A “pro-growth, pro-market … Read more

Will investing in bonds be made easier in India?

Will investing in bonds be made easier in India?

Indian investors love fixed income, and equity. Bonds, however, have not made the cut yet. The discomfort to invest in bonds is further accentuated due to lack of information and illiquidity. Having twin regulators at the helm— with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) supervising government bonds and market regulator Sebi overseeing corporate bonds—has not … Read more

Retail investors and the fixation with equity MFs

Retail investors and the fixation with equity MFs

Retail investors predominantly invest in equity mutual fundsand, as per data put out by the Association of Mutual Funds in India in December, over 95% of the assets under management (AUM) in debt mutual funds (MFs) comes from corporate entities, while over 90% of equity AUM comes from retail and HNI (high net worth individuals) … Read more

Most unresolved investors’ complaints belong to venture capital funds, Sebi data shows

Most unresolved investors' complaints belong to venture capital funds, Sebi data shows

In the month of February, there were 5,371 pending investors’ complaints at the start of the month, data released by the markets regulator Securities Exchange Board of India (Sebi) reveals. A total of 4,761 complaints were received in the month of February on SCORES platform out of which 4,471 were disposed as on Feb 29, … Read more

Chicago Distressed Properties Lure Bargain-Hunting Buyers

Developer Michael Reschke, who is turning the iconic Thompson Center into Google’s new office together with Quintin Primo, said his firm is in talks to buy several office buildings in the Windy City. The real estate duo has also put forward proposals to re-purpose five buildings in LaSalle Street, once known as the Wall Street … Read more

Mutual fund investment is not a do-it-yourself product in the long run

Mutual fund investment is not a do-it-yourself product in the long run

The digital era we are now living in has given us convenience, access, reach, and information. It continues to evolve quickly and holds many promises and possibilities for us in the future. Amid all this, it is interesting to see how the investors have also evolved. From physical forms to digital platforms, we have come … Read more