It was a classic case of an anti-climax as far as the expectations of the media and the investors were concerned. The Kotak Press Conference on 29th March had raised high expectations about possible announcements on proposed inorganic acquisitions. The markets had been rife with expectations that Kotak may announce its plans to acquire another …
The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement, ruled that sale of BS-III vehicles will not be permitted effective from April 01st 2017. The date of April 01st is critical because it is on this date that the BS-IV norms will take effect, entailing more rigorous standards of pollution control and environmental sustenance. It is essential …
On 29th of March, the cabinet cleared the four key bills that will facilitate the timely implementation of the GST effective from July 01st this year. The Lok Sabha passed the Central GST Bill, State GST Bill, Integrated GST Bill and the GST Compensation of States bill in the Lok Sabha. The GST bills were …
To be fair, it was never in doubt that D-Mart will get a bumper listing on the bourses. But the stock actually went on to break all expectations. Against the issue price of Rs.299, D-Mart listed at nearly Rs.600 and despite minor hiccups, closed the day near its highest point. By close, it had yielded …
The month of March is just about 2/3rd way through and foreign portfolio investors (FPI) have already infused close to $3 billion into Indian equities on a net basis. This is a stark departure from the trend in previous months. In fact, between October 2016 and February 2017, the fears of the negative effect of …
For too long there have been demands for greater transparency and accountability in the area of real estate transactions. Laws were too ambiguous, recourse methodologies were opaque, home buyers were not organized and the legal process was overloaded. It was to address these pressing issues that the Real Estate Regulation & Development Act (RERA) was …
The merger of Vodafone and Idea was more a question of when than whether. With rising competition from Reliance Jio and deteriorating economics of the telecom industry, the major focus had to be on reducing the number of large players in the industry. This merger will not only reduce the number of large telecom players …
The February Trade data points at some distinct positives. Firstly, the Exports have shown a sharp growth in the month of February 2017 and are growing at its fastest clip in the last few months. A large part of this growth has been driven by sectors that were specifically identified for an export push. That …
The 2-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) concluded with a 25 basis point rate hike. This takes the Fed rate level to a range of 0.75%-1.00%. The indications were already there. In fact, over the last couple of weeks, the probability of a rate hike in March (as implied by the Fed …
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) announced the CPI and the WPI numbers for the month of February. Both the numbers were expected to come out on the higher side due to the weakening of the base effect as well as rise in oil prices, which tends to have a sharper impact on …
