Infosys clarified after market hours yesterday, 7 June 2017, that the news reports on pricing cuts seen by the IT industry being attributed to the Infosys chief operating officer (COO) are incorrect. His comments have been misrepresented. The comments made in the media interview refer to cost take out efforts by clients towards reducing their program investments in the 'run' side of business, to reinvest them in newer technologies or the 'change' side of business. Cost take outs by clients do not necessarily translate into an impact on vendor pricing. There are enough levers available to meet the client demand on cost take-outs without necessarily impacting the pricing. Infosys commentary on pricing is no different from what it had shared with the market earlier. Infosys reiterated that it is not seeing anything new on pricing. This has also been clarified in the webcast of the Morgan Stanley India Summit, the company said.
The clarification was issued after a media report quoted Infosys' COO Pravin Rao saying that the company's clients were asking for 20-30% cut in prices for projects.
Reliance Capital announced after market hours yesterday, 7 June 2017, that the board of Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management (RNAM) has approved the plans to list the equity shares of RNAM, subject to necessary regulatory and corporate approvals. RNAM is the asset manager to Reliance Mutual Fund and will be the first among the top 3 players in the asset management company (AMC) industry to list its shares on exchanges. Discussions with merchant bankers, lawyers and auditors for IPO process would be initiated soon. The percentage of dilution, which shall be subject to regulatory norms, is yet to be decided, the company said in a statement.
RNAM is a subsidiary of Reliance Capital (RCL), with Nippon Life Insurance Company as its strategic partner. RCL holds 51% of the total issued and paid-up equity share capital of RNAM.
Cyient announced after market hours yesterday, 7 June 2017, that its subsidiary, Cyient DLM, has been qualified as an approved product supplier to UTC Aerospace Systems. This expands Cyient's 15 years relationship with United Technologies Corporation (UTC) as a valued engineering service provider. Cyient and UTC also extended the master terms agreement through 2020, enabling Cyient to provide technical services to UTC company-wide. With the qualification of DLM, the portfolio of offerings to UTC now includes both services and product development.
Endurance Technologies announced after market hours yesterday, 7 June 2017, that it has planned expansion of its annual installed capacity for manufacture of aluminium die casting (high pressure) and machining components/parts at its plant in Chennai. The company said it will expand its annual installed capacity to 12250 M. tonnes from 8161 M. tonnes. It requires an investment of about Rs 9.12 crore.
Biocon announced after market hours yesterday, 7 June 2017, that it has fixed 17 June 2017 as the record date to determine the eligible shareholders entitled to receive the bonus equity shares.
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