Birla Corp, the cement business of the MP Birla group, plans to undertake a massive expansion plan to double its cement manufacturing capacity to 30 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) by the year 2027. Its current cement capacity is 15.6 MTPA. Birla Cor

Year 2021 has been the year of the IPOs. In the first 9 months of the year, a total of 44 IPOs hit the market (including the IPO of Aditya Birla Sun Life currently open). These 44 IPOs raised Rs.78,520 crore. This includes two non-equity IPOs of Broo

In an interesting development, the largest shareholder of Zee Entertainment, Invesco Fund, has moved the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). It has asked the NCLT to intervene and instruct the Zee board to call an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM

The COVID-19 pandemic was a spirit dampener across the globe, but the timely actions and policies of the government have brought India's development trajectory back on track. And since the capital markets react to positive news faster than anything e

With the end of the fiscal year 2021, about a whopping INR 99 trillion had been parked in the public sector banks in the form of fixed deposits earning an average of 5 interest. On the other hand, retail inflation averaged at approximately 6. This

The Rs.2,768.26 crore IPO of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd, consisting entirely of an offer for sale (OFS) of Rs.2,768.26 crore, was partially subscribed on Day-1. As per the combined bid details put out by the BSE, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd IPO

One of the reasons, the stock of HDFC Asset Management Company was down 5.51 on 29th September was the sale of 5 stake by Standard Life UK. The sharp fall in price was specifically because the seller had set the floor price for the sale at a discou

In its latest board meeting held on 28th September, the SEBI Chairman Ajay Tyagi announced a slew of changes to capital market regulations to expand the offering for retail investors and better protect their interest. One such move is the proposed fr

Sahajanand Medical Technologies has filed the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with SEBI for its proposed Rs.1,500 crore IPO. The company is into the design and manufacture of vascular devices, with specialization in stents. Sahajanand already has

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The stock of Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GSFC) normally does not show too much movement in trading. On 28th September, GSFC started nearly 8-9 higher and touched a 52-week high of Rs.133.65. However, towards the close, the price d