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Moneylife Exclusives Sucheta Dalal & Debashis Basu 1 CommentHow skewed is the Indian Stock Market? - II The best kept secret about the Indian capital market is that in 20 years of economic liberalisation and market development, we have reduced it to a mere casino.  Debashis Basu, Sanket Dhanorkar & Pratibha Kamat 6 CommentsThe remarkable financial pyramid of gold loan companies gold loan companies
 Other ML Exclusives Sucheta Dalal & Debashis Basu 20 Comments
How hollow is the Indian Stock Market –I?
The massive daily turnovers of the two national bourses hide some shocking facts, as the finance ministry’s startling revelations in Parliament prove. Moneylife Digital Team
SEBI wants smoother transfer of mutual fund units, but will the investor benefit?
The move might just result in the already beleaguered industry having to shoulder additional costs Moneylife Digital Team 2 Comments
Malaysian MLM company ‘offers’ 200% returns in 10 months via gold trading in India
A gold-trading company that claims that it ‘earns’ 6% margin per month is ‘offering’ 200% returns to unsuspecting people from the North East Moneylife Digital Team William Gamble 1 Comment
Public banks and misplaced priorities
State-owned banks simply do not allocate capital to the most efficient and profitable enterprises MORE IN OTHER ML EXCLUSIVES Market Moneylife Digital Team Moneylife Digital Team Moneylife Digital Team Debashis Basu 1 Comment
Fortnightly Market View: Time To Sell?
A medium-term top may be in place Moneylife Digital Team 6 Comments
Volatility index VIX at its lowest level; expect a major market move
The market has been very placid for two months now. Low volatility period is always followed by a period of high volatility. So, fasten your seatbelts MORE IN MARKET Stocks Munira Dongre
Herd on the street: Deccan Chronicle, Patni, Ramsarup Industries, sugar stocks, Nirmal Kotecha, Larsen & Toubro
What’s buzzing in these stocks right now Munira Dongre
Herd on the street: Cairn India, mining companies, Texmaco, Titagarh Wagons, VLS Finance, Jagatjit Industries, Force Motors
What’s buzzing in these counters right now MORE IN STOCKS Companies & Sectors Amritha Pillay
GMR Energy may have to wait before it plugs into Chhattisgarh
GMR Energy’s Chhattisgarh power project’s funds may be disbursed only when the coal linkage is in place and a certain amount of capacity is tied up Amritha Pillay 1 Comment
Union Bank of India plans to go for takeout financing
UBI is considering takeout financing for some of its infrastructure loans Yogesh Sapkale 1 Comment
After social networking, it’s time for group buying
Group buying on the Internet is simple. If certain number of people sign up for an offer, then the deal becomes available to all. If the predetermined minimum is not met, no one gets the deal. This reduces risk for retailers Amritha Pillay
NHAI to call for project bids worth Rs4,000 crore by month-end
The National Highways Authority of India has been aggressive in calling for bids across the country, but few projects have been awarded Veeresh Malik 14 Comments
Sunk - the commercial aspects of cargo ships when they capsize and sink
It is always sad to see ships collide, break their backs, capsize, and sink, especially if they are so close to port. Here major media make a circus out of what is actually one of the saddest spectacles MORE IN COMPANIES & SECTORS Personal Finance Moneylife Digital Team
Personal finance today
A quick look at the latest developments in the world of personal finance Debashis Basu and Aaron Rodrigues 41 Comments
Gold loan companies and their murky underbellies
If you thought loans against gold were the best thing to happen to mankind since sliced bread, think again. We made trips to various branches of companies which profess to offer ‘quick’ loans against the yellow metal and this is what we unearthed Moneylife Digital Team 2 Comments
KGN of Pune offers 1% interest a day, except holidays!
KGN and its related companies are running what looks like a pyramid scheme through a multi-level marketing chain in Pune under different names, ensnaring gullible small investors MORE IN PERSONAL FINANCE Insurance Raj Pradhan 8 Comments
“There is no crisis in ULIPs”, says LIC chairman
It is interesting to note that 75% of premium, collected by LIC, is from ULIPs and 25% from non-linked products, but a number of policies sold in the market for small ticket, longer duration is 80% (non-linked) and 20% in ULIPs. Raj Pradhan & Aaron Rodrigues 1 Comment
‘Public sector insurers will be launching their own Third Party Administrators’
The CMD of The New India Assurance Co Ltd, M Ramadoss, spoke with Moneylife’s Raj Pradhan and Aaron Rodrigues on various issues facing the insurance industry Raj Pradhan
PSU insurers deny any deal with medical equipment and pharma companies
PSU insurers have denied some newspaper reports which said that these firms were planning to deal directly with suppliers of medical equipment and pharmaceutical companies MORE IN INSURANCE Mutual Funds Moneylife Digital Team
Is Baroda Sector Focus Fund a diversified scheme?
Despite its moniker, the fund may do better by switching between sectors. But that makes it an equity diversified fund Moneylife Digital Team 3 Comments
Natural resources funds, unnatural returns
Another scheme — the Tata Natural Resources Fund — has entered this space, but there is nothing which this fund can deliver that existing equity funds cannot Moneylife Digital Team 7 Comments
AMFI to insist on in-person verification of new distributors
SEBI’s latest proposal for biometrics based know your distributor (KYD) norms for independent financial advisors is being reworked. MORE IN MUTUAL FUNDS MF houses receive 3.94 lakh investor complaints in 2009-10, non-receipt of dividends tops the chart 4 Comments Regulation Ravi Samalad
SEBI cracks whip on online mutual fund distributors
The regulator has asked fund houses to furnish all investor-related documents by 22nd November which were opened via online distribution channels Ravi Samalad 10 Comments
AMFI to tighten registration process for mutual fund distributors
The industry body will tweak ARN registration and renewal norms from1 September 2010 Moneylife Digital Team
High Court asks SEBI to take decision on equities trading on MCX-SX by 30th September
The Bombay High Court also asked SEBI to expedite process as MCX-SX is suffering losses and take a decision on licence renewal of the stock exchange in six weeks MORE IN REGULATION Corporate News Moneylife Digital Team Moneylife Digital Team Moneylife Digital Team MORE IN CORPORATE NEWS Other News
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