Page 23 - Investments

How much corpus will you need for higher education? Expert answers

It depend on how much will you be able to accumulate

Sebi set to relax investment manager eligibility norms for InvITs

Sebi will now allow a combined relevant experience of at leat 30 years of directors, partners and employees of the investment manager, even if it is a newly created entity

Private firms to invest Rs 3,000 cr in MP, to create 14,000 jobs

The Madhya Pradesh government on Friday announced investments worth over Rs 3,000 crore by private firms in the state, with a potential to generate employment opportunities for 14,000 people, according to an official document. The announcement in this regard was made by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath during the textile and garment sector round table held here. The highest investment of Rs 3,000 crore with employment generation potential for 10,000 people was announced by Trident Group, it said. Investments of Rs 100 crore and Rs 50 crore were announced by Mayur Uniquoters and Gokaldas Exports with a potential of generating 1,000 and 3,000 employment, the document said. Another firm-- Pratibha Syntex-- will set up a textile park for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise (MSME) units in Indore with an investment of Rs 100 crore, it said. Besides these, the MP government has decided to implement several measures to further boost ease of doing business in the state. Chief ...

Agritech platform Clover raises $5.5 mn from investors including Omnivore

The company said in a statement that it has raised this amount in Series A funding from Omnivore alongside existing investors Accel and Mayfield

Sebi hiring agency to study millennials' savings, investment behaviour

Also, Sebi will study the perception of this new generation about market integrity and transparency

Choose instruments with a higher lock-in period to get better returns

Experts say this is still a good time to get locked into good rates before other banks also start cutting them aggressively

Brazilian President Bolsonaro calls for investments by Indian companies

Brazil is pushing India to expand its footprint in the country's mining, power and agri business sectors

Budget 2020: CII seeks announcement of corporate tax rate merger to 15%

According to the industry body, the desired impact of the reduction in corporate taxes on the ground is still far from satisfactory.

Market value of Murugappa's investments surges 37% to Rs 10,986 cr

As on January 7, the value of its investments was slightly higher at over Rs 11,400 based on the holdco's shareholding on September 2019

Investment lessons of 2019: Focus on reducing risk, choose your bank wisely

2019 taught us that investments need to be diversified, and investors need to trust their money with well-regulated entities only

Govt open to further reforms to attract more investments: FM Sitharaman

India plans to invest about Rs 1 trillion in infrastructure sector in the next five years

The problem with investment scores

The various reports on investment climate of states do not match the ground reality

It's time you thought about tax-saving investments; ELSS can be one option

Among tax-saving investments, they have the lowest lock-in period of three years only

Investors pour over $1 bn into emerging-market ETFs for a second week

The MSCI EM index has gained as much as 9 per cent since October 1, only to give up some of its gains over the past few sessions

During uncertain times, move to dynamic funds to protect your corpus

To combat the ongoing phase of economic slowdown and revitalise the economy, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut rates in the past five successive monetary policy review meetings

SBICAP Ventures spots 12 stuck housing projects in first funding round

Most of the stalled projects are in eight large cities and 60 per cent of them are in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and National Capital Region

Want to increase savings? Don't wait until month-end to invest what's left

Remove a portion of earnings at the start of the month from the salary account to an investment account to reduce chances of misspending

AIFs log 60% growth in one year on the back of easier regulatory framework

Easing of regulatory framework, increasing debt investment provide a boost

SoftBank Group, Ant Financial likely to invest $2 billion in Paytm

Paytm has in a decade become India's biggest digital-payments brand

Projecting a pipeline

One way of helping project finance revive in India is by demystifying risk - and the government has just taken a useful step in that direction