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IANS 14 February 2022
Holders of life insurance policies of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) may see reduced return on their policies due to the change in the sharing of the surplus, said the life insurer.   In its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) filed with the Securities and Exchange Board of...

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The last one has heard of disembodied voices helping humans in distress to tide over a critical moment in the battlefield or to unknot a tricky issue, such as whether the king should have his son trampled by an elephant as punishment for violating the code of conduct for a prince, was in the...

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The option of working from home during COVID attracted a massive influx of new investors into the stock market and the rise continues, even as stock indices have begun to wobble badly in the past two monhts. As of 31 January 2022, Central Depository Services (India) Ltd (CDSL) has 58.49mn...

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IANS 10 February 2022
Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul on Wednesday expressed his discontent at investors, duped in a case, sending messages on WhatsApp group, of which he is a part.   "I don't want to receive WhatsApp messages concerning the case. Someone sneaks into my groups and leaves...

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IANS 10 February 2022
India's equity-linked mutual fund schemes saw a sequential decline in net inflows even as SIP accounts rose to 5 crore, showed the data furnished by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) on Wednesday.   Accordingly, the net inflows into equity and equity-linked schemes in...

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“A higher valuation could have been achieved but we decided to price it at a level where everyone makes money,” said Madhur Deora, group chief financial officer at Paytm, after the public issue. The stock was issued at Rs2,150, got listed at Rs1,950, hit a high of Rs1,955 and then went into a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 January 2022
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has declared Delhi-based Omkam Capital Markets  Pvt Ltd as a defaulter and expelled it from its membership.   This is the 29th broker default on NSE since November 2019 and Moneylife has been covering this issue in great detail. (Read: 20 Broker...

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India’s investor population has nearly doubled since the lock-down forced by the COVID pandemic in March 2020. This means that over half the investors today—almost 20 million of them—are first-time investors in the stock market. They are attracted by a ferocious bull run that has allowed many...

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IANS 21 January 2022
Leading cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com has finally admitted that 483 users on its platform lost almost $34 million in various digital coins owing to a compromise in two-factor (2FA) authentication.   Overall, the unauthorised withdrawals had over $15 million worth of etherum, $19...

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Solapur and its neighbouring districts in Maharashtra have been rocked by the Barshi stock market scam, where Vishal Fate (Phate) duped hundreds of people of Rs20 crore by claiming to give them high returns through the stock market and allegedly through algorithm trading. Fate, the mastermind...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 January 2022
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) says it is examining the possibility of introducing alternate dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism in various agreements between the regulated entities and their clients. “This is with a view to providing an efficacious mechanism...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 January 2022
Raising serious questions on the valuation of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) for its initial public offering (IPO), EAS Sarma, former secretary to the Indian government, has asked the ministry of finance (MoF) to put on hold the entire process of disinvestment of LIC and other...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 January 2022
After remaining aloof for several years, the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) has become active on social media and responds to grievances posted by people there. Further, the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has simplified the claim settlement process for investors...

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IANS 12 January 2022
Cryptocurrencies and digital assets will be the top investor threat in 2022 and before you jump into the crypto craze, be mindful that cryptocurrencies and related financial products may be nothing more than public facing fronts for Ponzi schemes and other frauds, a top US non-profit...

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IANS 11 January 2022
Monthly SIP (systematic investment plan) contributions hit a record high in December 2021, rising to Rs11,305 crore, the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) said on Monday.   In November, contributions through the SIP route were at Rs11,005 crore.   Also, the number of...

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IANS 11 January 2022
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Monday that it has attached assets worth over Rs36 crore belonging to a Kerala-based businessman named Nishad K and his aides, who cheated 900 persons of Rs1,200 crore by luring them to invest into cryptocurrency promising high...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 January 2022
Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma Ltd and Chennai-based Thejo Engineering Ltd are the winner and runner-up of Moneylife Foundation's inaugural Corporate Governance Award. In an online function, M Damodaran, former chairman of SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) announced the winner and...

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IANS 30 December 2021
India's primary market is set to see a 'healthy but cautious' response from investors in 2022, analysts said.   Accordingly, a number of initial public offers (IPOs) are expected to hit the market. These might include the ones from the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 December 2021
Investors of Sahara India Real Estate Corp Ltd (SIRECL) and Sahara Housing Investment Corp Ltd (SHICL) have been paid back Rs138.07 crore, including Rs70.09 crore as principal and Rs67.98 crore as an interest, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.    In a written reply, the finance...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 December 2021
Japanese Kubota Corporation is paying Rs1,873 to increase its stake in Escorts Ltd to 14.99% from 9.09%. Escorts claims that this investment at Rs2,000 per share comes at a premium of 29.5% from its floor price of Rs1,544.16. However, proxy advisory firm Stakeholders Empowerment Services...

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