The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 15, 2002

Short-term funds, good pick for `super investors'
ONE investor holds as much as 82.1 per cent in a certain 91-day fixed maturity plan and another 49.05 per cent in a 371-day plan of similar nature... Welcome to the super investors' club, a select band of mainly institutions and corporates that ... More

Not enough AAA-rated papers for debt funds
A shortage of highest-rated papers seems to be creating problems for debt fund managers. For one thing, they cannot be in the comfort zone delineated entirely by Triple-A and equivalent securities. Simultaneously, they must consider instruments ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Politics, results to drive market
MARKET trends for the coming week are likely to be a function of political decisions. If political tensions increase further, markets will react accordingly. Otherwise, amendments to the Budget proposals expected to be announced in Parliament ... More

Results fail to lift Infosys in big way
THE good financial performance of Infosys for the year-ended 2001-02 helped its ADR gain marginally at the US markets during the week gone by. Further, the software consulting firm has forecaste18-20 per cent growth in its topline for the current ... More

INTEREST RATES

Govt testing floating rates for gilts sale
OVER the last year or two, India's institutional lenders and banks have seen the best of their clients pre-paying the costly loans they had taken to finance their projects in the 1990s. Having borrowed at rates ranging from 16.5 to 19.5 per ... More

INTERVIEW

`OTCEI at the crossroads'
THE Over The Counter Exchange of India (OTCEI) started as a technology-enabled platform aimed chiefly at small, niche companies. Over the years it donned various mantles and went through a number of experiments overseen by several chief ... More

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