The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 18, 2003

`SIP can add taste to equity-linked saving schemes'
WITH the rising stock markets, in a situation where investors are obsessed with mainstream equity funds, the traits of tax-saving schemes — a.k.a. equity-linked savings schemes (ELSSs) - cannot be overemphasised. These schemes are ... More

STOCKS

Hind Motors plans to delist from DSE
HINDUSTAN Motors Ltd (HM) has planned to delist its ordinary shares from the Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE). A resolution in this regard is expected to be passed by shareholders of the company at its forthcoming annual general meeting scheduled to be ... More

STOCK EXCHANGES

BgSE turns to TV to educate investors
THE Bangalore Stock Exchange, in its bid to educate investors, has started a live programme on Doordarshan's Kannada channel every Monday morning, which seeks to address viewers' queries on the markets. Moreover, the programme has an educative ... More

Finance, IT sectors' weightages to go up in free-float Sensex
THE weightages of the finance and IT sectors will increase while that of oil & gas and FMCG will come down after the Sensitive Index of the Bombay Stock Exchange shifts to the free float mode on September 1, a review undertaken by the BSE's index ... More

INTERVIEW

`We have been bullish on economic turnaround'
TATA Mutual Fund, which was recently in the news for its decision to part ways with TD, its overseas JV partner, is currently trying to shore up performance on the equity front. Mr S. Sankaranarayanan, Fund Manager, claims it has achieved its ... More

COMMENTARY

MTNL in limelight
THE US markets were unfazed by the worst power blackout in North American history, as investors continued to have confidence in economy turnaround and on companies. Following their support, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index surged 1.3 per cent to ... More

Market may flick in a range
"What may cloud the market thinking is the prospect of a general election in the near future. The political factor always makes the market uncertain and markets all over the globe do like uncertainty." More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Insider trading and efficient markets
SEBI charging Mr Samir Arora, former Chief Investment Officer of Alliance Capital Mutual Fund (ACMF), with insider trading in Digital GlobalSoft raises the larger issue of policing the capital market. The SEBI order ... More

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