HDFC Bank on Tuesday said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed an external IT firm for carrying out a special audit of its IT infrastructure in the aftermath of repeated service outages at the country’s largest private sector lender over the past two years. “RBI has appointed an external professional IT firm for … Read more
What makes companies stock market favourites? They dare to dream. As equity indices scaled fresh peaks in 2021, here’s how an initial push of Rs 10,000 fared over the decades in the below mentioned stocks. IT stocks Infy: Rs 1.5 crore (1995*) Infosys is the stuff of middle class dreams. It was founded as an … Read more
The Adani Group Sunday refuted allegations levelled by BJP politician Subramanian Swamy that it owes Rs 4.5 lakh crore as NPA to banks and claimed it has maintained an “impeccable record of not a single NPA in the three decades of its existence”. “The Adani Group strongly objects to a factually incorrect tweet posted by … Read more
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has written to the finance ministry seeking details about the ongoing performance audit of government’s massive recapitalisation excercise of public sector banks (PSBs). CAG is doing performance audit on recapitalisation of PSBs after 2016-17 and it has written a letter to the Department of Financial Services, Ministry … Read more
Chinese regulators announced measures to crack down on Jack Ma’s Alibaba and Ant Group on Thursday. Beijing will investigate e-commerce site Alibaba, co-founded by Ma, over alleged anti-monopolistic practices, and urge fintech Ant Group to implement stricter financial regulations, regulators said. Ant Group’s IPO, which would have been the world’s biggest-ever, was halted in November … Read more
An updated effort to attract long term capital towards a sector that never seems to get enough of it !
India’s macroeconomic troubles are attracting a new wave of global investors betting they can eke out profits from the rising number of capital-starved businesses struggling to stay afloat. Some global heavyweights like Apollo Global Management Inc. and Oaktree Capital Group have either struck recent India deals or scaled up their teams in the country in … Read more
Ant said that its listing had been suspended by Shanghai following a recent interview regulators held with its founder Jack Ma and top executives. Ant Group’s $37 billion stock market listing has been suspended in both Shanghai and Hong Kong in a dramatic move just two days before what was set to be the world’s … Read more
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