JM Financial Fund: JM Financial Fund, Elham invest in GMR Sports’ bond issue

Mumbai: Closely held GMR Sports Venture, which partly owns Delhi Capitals cricket team, raised ₹1,000 crore three-year unlisted, unrated, secured bonds at 16% last week from JM Financial fund and Elham Credit Partners, a private credit fund owned by Hillhouse Investment, said people with knowledge of the matter. JSW GMR Cricket, a 50:50 JV between … Read more

Mahadev betting app scam: 19 smallcap stocks crash up to 37% this month

Investors in multiple smallcap and penny stocks, in which entities involved in the multi-crore Mahadev Online Book illegal betting application scam held a stake, have lost up to 37% this month. While Dubai-based alleged hawala operator Hari Shankar Tibrewala and related entities owned more than 30 listed stocks, at least 6 of them have been … Read more

Billions of FII dollars may chase Indian stocks in election season. Here’s why

There’s something about foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and election season. In all the last 5 election years, FII flows have been positive in the election quarter and, on an average, have improved in the next 3 months after the uncertainty eases. The impact of this seasonal trend can be already felt on Dalal Street this … Read more

Australia earmarks US$42 million for Asean security pact: ‘we face destabilising, provocative, coercive actions’

Australia said on Monday that Indo-Pacific and Southeast Asian countries are facing serious defence threats as it set aside more funds for a maritime security pact with Asean member states during a summit with the Southeast Asian bloc. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia would invest A$64 million (US$41.8 million) over four years, including A$40 … Read more

LIC Housing Finance: LIC Housing Finance plans to raise funds via green bonds in next financial year

New Delhi: LIC Housing Finance, the mortgage arm of insurance behemoth LIC, plans to mobilise funds through green bonds in the coming financial year with an aim to finance environmentally-sustainable housing projects. “Green financing is something that we will look at the next year and we would deploy the fund for financing green housing projects,” … Read more

Sandeep Tandon: LIC has potential to qualify for index stock in future: Sandeep Tandon

“If you look at the larger picture, we are looking for the PSUs, neither we get too complacent about the move which happened very recently nor we get too tense about what happened in last two or three trading sessions,” says Sandeep Tandon, CIO, Quant Mutual Fund.I would like to start our chat around the … Read more

All schools must disburse BAP funds appropriately, report any cuts, says Fadhlina

KAJANG: Schools should not deduct any portion of the one-off Bantuan Awal Persekolahan (BAP) cash assistance and must distribute it directly to students as intended, says Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek. “If there is a cut, please report it directly to the ministry for investigation. As mentioned, we have provided the full amount, so any discrepancies … Read more

FPIs: Revised standards bring in some leeway for FPIs

Mumbai: 2024 begins on an easier note for several foreign portfolio investors (FPI) betting on India. Among the offshore funds who were put off by the onerous disclosure rules imposed by the Indian capital market regulator, some now have a leeway. A number of FPIs that are pooled-vehicles from countries like Mauritius, Singapore, and Cayman … Read more