Long ago when I asked the mutual fund regulator’s office why there were no Mergers and Acquisitions happening in the mutual fund industry he said ‘because it is easy to get a new license’. Chuckle Chuckle. Now 3 companies Indiainfoline, Union Bank of India with KBC Asset Management and India Bulls have all got the […]
‘Get a good degree, get a job in a government organisation, the government itself or in a psu bank.’ Universally brilliant advise to all girls from mothers. Alas, no longer accurate or correct. Thanks to my friends, colleagues, family…I do not know too many people in the government, psus, etc. I know only 4-5 with […]
this post is partially repeated…there is a link at the bottom which is not a repeat… I am sure all of you know the cap seller and the monkey story. So why am I telling you the same story again? No this is not the same story, it has a twist. A capseller was looking […]
Not sure how many of you saw Vir Sanghvi’s article on how the older generation has failed the younger gen…he went on the say that the games should have been handed over to the private sector. This is a fantastic statement making an assumption that the private sector has no vested interests, and is full […]
To augment its Tier II capital State bank of India is coming out with a micro issue of Rs. 500 crores. I am deliberately calling this a micro issue, because there is a huge appetite for such coupon rates (9.2% to 9.5%) from such a great borrower (a AAA rating through the life of the […]
The Central Government have specified bonds to be issued by (i) Industrial Finance Corporation of India;( IFCI ) (ii) Life Insurance Corporation of India; (L I C) (iii) Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited; and ( I D F C) (iv) a Non-Banking Finance Company classified as an infrastructure finance company by the Reserve Bank of […]
http://www.subramoney.com/personal-financial-planning-workshop Wockhardt and then Emaar had withdrawn their IPOs. Withdrawn was a joke. The public did not buy them, therefore the issue had gone back. What was the learning? Even a rising market nobody, really nobody has any interest in saying that the issue is overpriced and the end customer should not subscribe. A greedy […]