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T+0 settlement kick starts today: Exchanges witness token trades on day 1

Sebi has directed stock exchanges or depositories to disseminate the list of brokers that will be participating in the beta version of T+0 settlement on a periodic basis

BSE announces 25 stocks eligible for T+0 settlement cycle from tomorrow

Several brokers, however, not yet ready to offer same-day settlement

Low-quality stocks trump better-quality peers in FY24, shows data

Companies that do not fall in either of 'growth' and 'quality' bracket have delivered median return of 65 per cent.

Investors open wallets for equity mutual funds in choppy markets

Lumpsum inflows into equity MF schemes spike to a two-year high in February

Sponsor contributions in mutual funds near the Rs 1 trillion mark

Sebi requires those running mutual funds to invest money in their own funds as part of having 'skin-in-the-game', or aligning their interests with investors

Only 8 Sensex companies disclosed political donations in five years

Bharti Airtel stood out as the only Sensex company that consistently made political contributions each year, in the past five financial years

MFs impose curbs on smallcap funds; Franklin MF latest to restrict inflows

Nippon MF, Motilal Oswal MF tighten exit-load norms

Governance: On the path of progress

While challenges persist regarding executive compensation and board effectiveness, governance is now firmly on the board's agenda

Reorganisation to simplify market strategy, services: Deloitte India

Changes in Deloitte India's structure to align with changes in other countries

Tapping into India's talent, global capability centres eye revenue goldmine

India is home to more than 1,580 GCCs, with a total market size of $46 billion

Debt fund managers go bullish on G-Sec after global index inclusion

Cite better balance between demand and supply as well as inflation relief

Redemption risks

Stress tests highlight risks in smallcaps

HDFC Top 100 Fund: The top 30% ranking and steady asset growth

The fund's month-end assets under management (AUM) increased from Rs 17,715 crore in January 2021 to Rs 30,980 crore in January 2024. Rahul Baijal has been managing this fund since July 2022

US, UAE, Singapore, South Africa give a fillip to India's exports in Feb

After growth in merchandise exports remained in negative territory for most of 2023, outbound shipments have turned positive

Global supply, margin pressures overhang for Indian steelmakers' stocks

Exports are high due to weak Chinese domestic steel demand which contracted 2 per cent YoY in CY23

Recent strong rally leaves little room for IT firms to disappoint

The Nifty IT index has started to outperform the Nifty from around November 2023. It has delivered 26 per cent return in the last 12 months

Majority of F&O trading from co-location for second consecutive year

Co-location is the practice by institutional investors to locate their servers on the site of the stock exchange, in exchange for a fee, to cut down on latency and trade that much faster

PSU shares gauge sees worst day since pandemic amid stock market crash

Analysts said the PSU space had gotten overheated after relentless gains over the past year and was ripe for a course correction

Smallcaps slip into 'correction' zone; index down 10% from February

The drop in the smallcap index comes even as the benchmark Nifty logged a fresh record high in an earlier session

Market regulator Sebi to erect 'building blocks' to wall in finfluencers

Sebi to soon issue norms on performance validation agencies