The market regulator's stress testing emphasizes the need to assess and manage liquidity risks, especially in small and midcap equity schemes.
While SEBI’s intention behind the stress test is certainly a positive step in the right direction, the data shared by the AMCs, unfortunately, may not hold true in real stressful conditions, says Jain.
The Quant Mutual Fund Founder & CEO sees listed commodities, metals, pharma, cement, and infra as pockets that offer value at the current juncture
On private sector capex, Mirae Asset's view is that it has been growing, but not in sectors like power, metal and mining.
The stress test is a theoretical exercise and a good form of transparency that will give investors perspective about how liquid fund schemes are and the risks running in them, says founder and CIO of Quant MF.
AMFI-SEBI mandated stress test and recent regulatory glare is weighing on the market sentiment in mid and smallcap category. Over 80 percent shares from the smallcap index are in the red since February 19.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the damage last week to the Nord Stream pipelines linking Russia and Germany has "shown how vulnerable our energy infrastructure is", and a comprehensive plan is needed to ensure the safety of key EU networks
The Federal Reserve deliberately keeps quiet about how it measures lenders' performance during downturns, to prevent banks from finding loopholes in the process that would allow them to take more risk, senior regulators have said publicly.
The newest stress tests for US banks produced scores that are at odds with other measures of lenders' safety, in another sign that some institutions may be too big for regulators to understand and executives to manage.
With the emphasis on risk management at banks growing globally, there is an urgent need for banks to integrate risk management processes with business and operating models, says rating agency Crisil.
The Federal Reserve provided the country's 19 biggest banks with its the guidelines for the 2013 stress test. For next year, banks will be stressed under three scenarios, the most severe incorporating a slowdown in China, along with severe recessions in the US and Europe.
France, along with Germany, opposed the creation of a single Eurobond. France's economy minister, Christine Lagarde, in an interview on CNBC, says the foundation needs to be in place before looking at the creation of a single Eurobond as a fix to the eurozone’s mounting issues.