All stories by Sachin P Mampatta
Investment banks order forensic audit of promoters, key management staff
Rediff.com22 Apr 2015The bank wanted to run a background check on some Indian promoters.
Fresh Ivy league post-graduates can't be analysts in India
Rediff.com11 Apr 2015Regulations ensure only PGs from Indian universities qualify.
Why dollar investors perform better than rupee ones
Rediff.com30 Mar 2015A rising rupee is a tailwind for dollar investors.
Chandrakant Sampat: One of India's foremost value investors
Rediff.com3 Feb 2015He believed in investing in companies with strong cash flows
10 things you need to know about FATCA
Rediff.com2 Jan 2015FATCA is aimed to strengthen business ties.
In a first, Sebi sends someone to jail
Rediff.com19 Dec 201458-year old Vinod Hingorani had defaulted on penalties of Rs 1.64 cr
Beware of get-rich-quick tips
Rediff.com1 Dec 2014The stock exchange does not store and display the numbers of investors. That would be like a bank publishing the details of its customers for everyone to see.
RTI Act remains in limbo for securities market
Rediff.com26 Nov 2014Stay orders keep law out of citizen access even years after CIC rulings on opening market institutions to scrutiny
'Bear market' reviving in Google searches
Rediff.com28 Oct 2014Average monthly searches for 'bull market' have gone down significantly from May-June peak.
Chinese internet giant dwarfs Indian biggies
Rediff.com21 Sep 2014Its market capitalisation tops those of the 3 largest Indian firms combined
Sensex far below its peak in dollar terms
Rediff.com19 Sep 2014Without factoring in the rupee-dollar exchange rate, the index has been touching new all-time highs repeatedly.
Fresh tax demand on foreign investors
Rediff.com17 Sep 2014Tax department sends notices saying they are liable to pay MAT.
Investors keen to buy unlisted shares on market optimism
Rediff.com10 Sep 2014Such brokers connect buyers to sellers, taking a commission on the deal.
Govt to ease fund raising, revamp capital markets
Rediff.com9 Sep 2014The government is also working on Euroclearing, the world's biggest bond settlement system, for Indian debt securities.
Wanted: Whistle-blower specialists to expose malpractices
Rediff.com5 Sep 2014A mechanism on whistle blowing is mandated from October and third-party entities managing such services give staffers far more confidence to blow the lid on wrongdoing.
Sebi sets Sept 30 deadline to apply for Sahara refund
Rediff.com25 Aug 2014Genuine investments identified so far is Rs.1.08 cr out of around Rs 24,000 cr.
Now, call goes out for a Jain stock index
Rediff.com21 Aug 2014On the lines of Shariah-compliant products, intermediaries ask exchanges to consider investment benchmark.
About 700 listed firms vanish from regional exchanges
Rediff.com5 Aug 2014List of disappearing entities could see additions, for first time in 20 years.