This is a pure humor column…figures are completely wrong, but I guess the trend is correct…. 150,000 people selling mutual funds (read as UTI), post office products, etc…. Exam introduced by SEBI (people wrongly call it the Amfi exam) 10,000 people selling UTI products Exam introduced in Hindi 85,000 people have passed the exam…now it […]

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This is second in the series of what is an Idr..let us see who are the participants: Main Players: Issuer Company, Overseas Custodian, the domestic depository, and the Registrar and Transfer Agent Issuer company: Foreign Listed Company – i do not know whether there is any quality criteria. The investor gets an exposure to the […]

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What is an IDR? IDR is Indian Depository Receipts issued by a domestic depository in India and denominated in Rupees. It represents an ownership interest in a fixed number of underlying equity shares of the Issuing company. These shares are called Deposited Shares. Why should a company issue an IDR? A foreign company which cannot […]

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George Mathew & Swarup Chakraborty of Indian Express Mumbai have done the following story: At a time when banks are slashing home loan and other lending rates, they are quietly hiking the interest rates on credit card outstandings. Since October 2008 banks have raised interest rates on credit cards, some by over 4 per cent […]

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