Bank Of America Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch India Equities Fund Mauritius Ltd on Tuesday offloaded 3.86 lakh shares at avg price of 1,306 per of private lender HDFC Bank for around rs 51 crore through open market transaction

Merrill Lynch Markets Singapore Pte Ltd has settled a case pertaining to incorrect reporting of offshore derivative Instruments (ODI) in monthly reports filed with capital markets regulator Sebi.

PEs have deep pockets with the ability to recapitalise the bank as and when needed

There is a 'gush of liquidity' around the world, including India after the US Federal Reserve opened the tap, says Raj Balakrishnan.

Billion-dollar deals aplenty for right business

Jaguar hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch to meet investors in the US last week ahead of a potential sale of new bonds, and days after warning the deadly virus outbreak was impacting its supply chain

Earlier this week, Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone all announced tariff hikes to be effective from next month

RBI has been blaming banks for slower transmission of its policy moves into their lending rates and continuously nudging them to cut more, so that credit pick up can increase to help broader growth

According to BofAML, trade war, Monetary policy impotence, bond market bubble and a credit event are some of the other 'tail risks' that the fund managers seem to be wary about

Most fund managers believe a trade war between the US and China remains the biggest tail risk

Investors were also gloomy on corporate earnings, with a fifth of respondents expecting global profits to deteriorate in the coming year, BAML said,

Even though this will raise the overall public sector borrowing, the market will not react adversely as the money raised will be tied to funding specific needs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said

Banks now have to report their derivatives trades in a timely way so that regulators can spot uncontrolled risks building up

Analysts at foreign brokerage Bank of America Merrill Lynch said the RBI will cut rates by 0.25 per cent in December, and follow it up with a 0.15 per cent in February

The Bank of America Merril Lynch report has identified Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, North East and Assam from where Vodafone Idea may exit

Investors are happy to accept a lower cost of capital for companies, which have the right governance structures, good management, and excellent track record, says Raj Balakrishnan

The survey showed buying technology stocks remained the most-crowded trade

Multiples for Indian staples have defied gravity recently

Fund managers said they had six per cent overweight allocation to commodities

Prices and valuations are never an indicator of timing but are good indicators of risk: Mookim