The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 20, 2003

Debt funds: The bigger the better
OUR last column looked at the recent performance of equity funds and it is time now to shift our gaze to their debt counterparts. Debt funds in general are known to have furnished safer returns when compared to certain other investments. A ... More

STOCK EXCHANGES

BSE appoints Vaish as CEO
MUMBAI: The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has appointed Dr Manoj Vaish as CEO and Executive Director of the exchange for a period of three years. Dr Vaish is currently acting as Executive Director of BSE. Dr Vaish joined BSE in November ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Banking on numbers
A number of banking companies such as Canara Bank, Corporation Bank, Karur Vysya Bank and Punjab National Bank are expected to announce their financial performance for the quarter ended December this week. Many are expected to announce sizeable ... More

Bank, pharma sectors may lead
THE equity market is likely to see further consolidation this week, forming a base for a rally. However, the tech stocks are likely to remain subdued and yield the leader's place to banking, pharma and some of the commodity counters. The rosy ... More

Geojit Securities' clients to get Reuters support
GEOJIT Securities will partner with Reuters online equity solutions to support its private investors trading business. The solution will be implemented across the company's 92 branches in India. According to a press release, Reuters will work ... More

ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANIES

Birla Sun Life aims at Rs 10,000-cr assets
BIRLA Sun Life Asset Management Company Ltd plans to swell its assets under management to Rs 10,000 crore by this year from Rs 6,250 crore as on December 2002, according to its Managing Director, Mr S.K. Mitra. The growth will be triggered ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

SEBI plans to amend listing agreement

INTERVIEW

`Alliance assets the attraction' — Mr Nikhil Khattau, CEO, SUN F&C Mutual
SUN F&C, with its asset base of around Rs 750 crore, is the smallest player bidding for Alliance Capital Mutual Fund, which is up for sale. Its move is pitted against bids placed by relatively larger entities such as AIG (which has no mutual ... More

COMMENTARY

Rediff rolls on
NOT impressed by the outlook given by the computer majors such as Microsoft Corp and International Business Machines Corp, the US market witnessed a sharp slide during the last week. In fact, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index had its biggest weekly ... More

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