The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 01, 2002

Regulating auditors: Easier said than done
FOR long, policy makers have admitted that in India reforms are crises-driven. Over the past few years, whenever a crisis has breaks out in the financial sector, the standard response has been to set up a new regulator or to suggest the setting ... More

MUTUAL FUNDS

Can debt funds beat interest rate volatility?
A good number of mutual funds have started talking about how they are trying to manage their debt products in tune with changes on the interest rate front. The buzzword that is doing the rounds is "active" fund management. The strategies ... More

STOCK MARKETS

April-June M-cap declines 5.83 pc — Finance, auto stocks buck the trend
THE first quarter of the current financial year seems to have been rather dull for the capital market as a whole. While the total market capitalisation of the market barometer 30-share BSE Sensex went down by Rs 16,195.78 crore from Rs ... More

Retail investors set to return
THE stock market seems to be bottoming out. This is the impression one gathers from a cross section of market players. "The market has been preparing the ground for a bull phase for quite some time now. Despite a plethora of negative news in ... More

INTERVIEW

`Short-term risky for debt fund investors': Mr Sashi Krishnan, Investment Strategist, Cholamandalam AMC
It is clear that the Government is rooting for softer interest rates, and the market will eventually be directed by policies that help the cause of lowering of rates. More

COMMENTARY

VSNL drifts lower
WITH accounting malpractices in more and more companies coming out in the US, the sentiment at the stock markets has taken a toll. After Enron, it is now the turn of WorldCom and Xerox Corp, to disclose that they have not followed accounting ... More

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IT sector prospects bright despite slowdown: OECD

Human resource management — New agenda for 21st Century

DCA in talks with SEBI to tighten pref allotment norms

Another package for IFCI likely

April-June M-cap declines 5.83 pc — Finance, auto stocks buck the trend

FAO working on monocrotophos ban

Shippers upset at cancellation of Shipping Minister's visit — Kochi port users' hopes belied

In Depth
Gender Justice

Simple Economics

Guide to derivatives

Looking back
Jun. 23-Jun. 29
Alliance Capital MF moots another equity product

Canara Bank plans IPO in Q3