BUSINESS
LIC IPO: How to maximise your allocation and listing gains
With retail category highly likely to be oversubscribed, how can an investor improve her chances of taking a lot home
BUSINESS
Berkshire Annual Meeting 2022: What to expect and how to make the best of the Oracle’s wisdom
The famed Q&A session with chairman Warren Buffett, 91, and vice-chairman Charlie Munger, 98, will begin at 9.15 am Saturday morning. CNBC will start livestreaming at 7.15 India time.
BUSINESS
‘The rupee will slip even further to 77-78... and would have fallen to 80 without RBI intervention’: Deutsche Bank’s Mayank Khemka
To manage high levels of liquidity, the central bank is working its levers in the currency market
BUSINESS
10-year-bond yields are staying low and keeping real interest-rates negative
This is particularly bad in the US, UK and the Eurozone
BUSINESS
Grievance relating to delisting of Asian Paints’ founders’ company reaches PMO
It raises questions about valuing a holding company and the weak links in the delisting process
BUSINESS
Is the fear of wheat shortage valid?
The government’s plan to export the grain, even when there has been a fall in yield from bad weather, had started speculation India could face a food security problem
BUSINESS
How have currencies responded to inflation?
There have been serious dips and dramatic rescues in the emerging economies.
BUSINESS
Growth and cash flows will come from outlier sectors: Kenneth Andrade
He sees opportunities in manufacturing and agri-products, among others
BUSINESS
Inflation: Central Banks seem to have been slow in their response
With supply-chain disruptions driving up prices, we look at how policy rates have changed across countries over the last year to counter inflation
BUSINESS
Sri Lanka Crisis: What’s this currency board the economists want?
With the country’s central bank being blamed, for having let the crisis worsen under its watch, experts are suggesting an alternative monetary-policy regulator
MARKETS
There is a diversity of opportunities for the short canvas: ITI Long-Short Equity Fund’s Rajesh Bhatia
The MD and CIO explained which sectors to play and which sectors to avoid in an inflationary environment
BUSINESS
What is plaguing Rishi Sunak?
The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer calls himself a tax-cutting Conservative but the current crisis can be linked back to tax hikes
BUSINESS
‘Incipient signs of economic nationalism in Emerging Markets’: Nomura’s Rob Subbaraman
Emerging market economies may look to invest in their immediate neighbourhood, rather than investing in the developed markets. If this takes off, only a fine line will separate the benefits and pitfalls from it.
BUSINESS
Russia-Ukraine conflict: The deeper the sanctions, the more the opportunities that will open up for India: SBI's Soumya Kanti Ghosh
The stand-off between Russia and the western countries opens up various export opportunities for India, and the real possibility of an alternative oil-supply chain, said SBI's Group Chief Economic Advisor
BUSINESS
The RBI should change the stance to neutral, with inflation broadening out in India: Nomura’s Sonal Varma
The MPC meet will be held from April 6 to 8, and with inflation rising and growth just recovering, the Central Bank has tough choices to make.
BUSINESS
Coal price likely to average at $215/MT in FY23, 35% more than in FY22: ICRA’s Jayanta Roy
With depleted stocks, coal consumers are more vulnerable than they were at the end of 2021.
BUSINESS
IMF better choice than costly loans from friends, says former Sri Lanka Central Bank executive
Dr WA Wijewardena holds the government and the Central Bank accountable for the crisis
ECONOMY
Explained | What led to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka and how can it be tackled?
It is what happens when poor public-finance management meets bad policymaking and a pandemic
BUSINESS
Without Cold War competition, India would not have had such a significant and resilient public sector: Historian Mircea Raianu
Author of Tata: The Global Corporation that built Indian Capitalism spoke of how India and its old business houses managed to work the earlier geopolitical minefield to their advantage
ECONOMY
Solutions to water scarcity lie outside the water sector: Dr Tushaar Shah
Scientist Emeritus at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and former director of IRMA talks of economic and monetary solutions. March 22 was World Water Day
BUSINESS
LIC IPO | Markets may take dim view of slowdown in growth: Prabhudas Lilladher’s Nagda
The slow growth of new business at LIC can be attributed to its product mix, channel mix and average ticket size, said the head of investment products at Prabhudas Lilladher.
BUSINESS
How to shop for a vineyard, or a piece of it
A Bengaluru-based startup allows you to buy a piece of the experience. Here’s what should you consider before you write that cheque for a managed farmland
BUSINESS
Inflation: We need to be worried now, says CRISIL’s Dharmakirti Joshi
After the WPI and CPI numbers were released, CRISIL’s chief economist said that we need to start taking measures to contain the damage caused largely by external factors
BUSINESS
Barclays raises CPI inflation level for FY22-23 to 5.1% from 4.5%, on crude price rise
If crude oil remains at $110/bbl, prices of fuel at pumps could go up by 20% in a few months.
