Tag: Financial

Share market update: Nifty Financial Services index up; Indiabulls Housing Finance jumps 5%

Loknath Das

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Financial Services index was up with most of its components trading with gains in Tuesday’s afternoon session. Shares of Indiabulls Housing Finance (up 5.69 per cent), Shriram Transport Finance Company (up 4.20 per cent), Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company (up 3.75 per cent) and Indiabulls Ventures (up 3.51 per cent) were the top gainers in the index. ICICI Bank (up 2.38 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (up 1.58 per cent), State Bank of India (up 1.37 per cent) and REC (up 1.08 per cent)…

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Need to closely monitor asset-liability mismatch in financial sector: Krishnamurthy Subramanian

Loknath Das

NEW DELHI: Chief economic adviser Krishnamurthy Subramanian has said there is a need to closely monitor the asset-liability mismatch in the financial sector and called for an improvement in the disclosure framework for defaults, as embattled non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) face a liquidity squeeze and rating downgrades. In a wide-ranging interaction at the ET office, Subramanian termed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) a big change, and said the economy had done well by growing at an average 7.5% over the past five years even though there has been a slowdown in…

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Hold Shriram Transport Finance Company, target Rs 1,181: Emkay Global Financial Services

Loknath Das

View of the brokerage- MHCV slowdown resulting in slower disbursements: The domestic MHCVs are showing tepid demand due to high base effect, rural distress, changes in axle norms, leading to surplus capacity and slowdown in real estate. Although the implementation of BSVI emission norms may drive some pre-buying for CVs, the used CV segment is at a downturn as driver-owner is facing surplus capacity with stagnating income levels. We revise our disbursements growth estimates downward to nearly 10 per cent CAGR for FY18-20E from nearly 14 per cent earlier, considering the…

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Family Finance: Why Joshis have enough time to build sufficient corpus for all financial goals

Loknath Das

Early start to planning by Hyderabad-based Joshis will help them build sufficient corpus for all goals. Himanshu and Neha Joshi are IT professionals staying in Hyderabad with their four year-old child. They get a combined monthly salary of Rs 1.9 lakh and, after expenses and investment, are left with a surplus of Rs 10,108. They have already bought a house worth Rs 72 lakh, for which they are paying an EMI of Rs 45,000. They are also servicing a car loan of Rs 3.2 lakh with an EMI of Rs…

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Experts Debate Financial Future of American Higher Education

Loknath Das

Students sit outside at Sweet Briar College, which came very close to closing in 2015. Sweet Briar College is a small, private women’s college in the American state of Virginia. In 2015, the school’s governing board grew concerned about its financial future and considered closing the school. But after a change in leadership and the hard work of its employees and former students, Sweet Briar stayed open. Now, almost three years later, Sweet Briar College is “doing remarkably well,” says Teresa Tomlinson. She is the head of the school’s board of directors. She says…

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US financial technology firm Redline to create 20 new jobs in Belfast

Loknath Das

N AMERICAN financial technology company has chosen Belfast as the location for a new global support centre, set to create up to 20 jobs. Redline Trading Solutions, a niche global provider of Fintech services is the latest high profile addition to the burgeoning sector, with Belfast now recognised as the number one destination globally for financial technology R&D investments. Redline, who have headquarters in Boston and offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, chose Belfast over other locations in Britain, Republic of Ireland and Asia for the support centre, which…

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The Factor Which is Driving Rural Participation In Financial Markets

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For ages, government in India craved to get user participation on the board but were not able to – owning to a wide number of reasons. One of the most detrimental reasons was cost and resources. But with the advent of smart technology things have changed, and now there is more rural participation than there was ever before. Returns: the core reason for participation For a close to decade now, there are only two avenues that have completely outsmarted all other modes of investment – stock market and the real…

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The Challenges of Big Data on Financial Services

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The financial sector is one of the largest users of high-performance computing as it enables extremely valuable analytics to be performed regarding customer risk assessment, valuation and pricing of securities, and simulation of economic scenarios. The financial sector is gathering information about customers, both specific and generic at a faster rate than ever before in a bid to understand customer behavior and deliver appropriate products and services. The evolution of computing and big data collection has impacted almost every industry, but a more visible effect can be seen in the…

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Tips to Consolidate Business Debt When Faced with Financial Distress

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A sudden and a drastic change in your cash flow may affect your business adversely. Your business could face the risk of bankruptcy or the unexpected change may hamper your capacity to repay existing debt. It is under these critical financial circumstances that you should chalk out a debt consolidation strategy. How do Difficult Financial Times Take Control over Your Business Every business entails a certain degree of risk and every budding entrepreneur has to take some calculated risks from time to time for smooth running of business. An entrepreneur…

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