You can be sure that there is pressure on margins when a marquee company like Asian Paints reports pressure on profits. In fact, for the Sep-21 quarter, Asian Paints has reported pressure on operating and net profits, largely due to a spike in raw ma

Bandhan Financial, the holding company of Bandhan Bank, plans to foray into the insurance business by picking up a stake in Future Generali Insurance. Bandhan Financial had monetized close to Rs.10,600 crore from the sale of its stake in Bandhan Bank

Fisdom, one of India’s fastest growing wealth advisory platforms, has now made a foray into stock broking. Fisdom is backed by Naspers. Incidentally, Naspers is a South Africa headquartered technology investor with deep value investments in a numbe

Mirae Mutual Fund, part of the Mirae group of South Korea, may not have been around as many of the bigger names. But the growth in AUM of this fund has been phenomenal. The fund started operations in India in 2008 and by 2016, the fund had AUM of jus

Almost a month after the government offered the telecom relief package, Vodafone idea has opted for the 4-year moratorium which pertains to payment of AGR charges and spectrum usage charges. Bharti is yet to respond to the 4-year moratorium offer. Th

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is known in the stock market by many epithets. From being called the Pied Piper of stock markets to the Big Bull to the Indian Warren Buffett, there is no gainsaying his immense influence on investors. His portfolio changes are al

Vijay Kedia may have started out in a family of stockbrokers, but his heart always lay in long-term research-based investing. That is what he has fine-tuned over time. Over the last few years, his out of the box thinking and his ability to identify a

Two major companies Jubilant Foodworks, the master franchisee of the Domino’s Pizza and Dunkin Donuts brands in India, as well as electrical goods player Havells announced their results on 20-Oct. Here is a quick take on the numbers. Jubilant Fo

Just a couple of weeks after Moody’s upgraded India’s sovereign rating outlook from Negative to Stable, it has repeated the upgrade for Indian banks too. On the strength of improving asset quality and more durable capital buffers, Moody’s

Axis AMC and Inversion Advisory Services will collaborate to launch a Rs.3,500 crore fund to invest in stressed Indian companies that have the potential to turn around their performance and become multi-baggers over time. The structure will be an Alt

It is said that Gautam Adani is not used to thinking small. His emergence as one of the most formidable names in the infrastructure space was largely thanks to his aggressive approach to doing business. The latest example is his big bet on green ener

It looks like Reliance Retail has a real eye for fashion labels. Less than a week after Reliance Retail bought a 40% stake in Manish Malhotra’s company, MM Fashions, they have made their next big purchase. Reliance Retail has now bought a 52% stake