Short seller alleges accounting manipulation by Fairfax

Short seller alleges accounting manipulation by Fairfax

Prem Watsa-backed Fairfax is under rough weather after short-seller hedge fund Muddy Waters Research alleged consistent manipulation of asset values and income by engaging in often value destructive transactions to produce accounting gains. Fairfax, which has invested heavily into India and is one of the contenders for buying a government stake in IDBI Bank, has […]

Crude oil marginally down as Israel intensifies attacks

Crude oil marginally down as Israel intensifies attacks

Crude oil futures traded marginally lower on Friday morning, as Israel attacked the southern city of Rafah, on Thursday, after rejecting the ceasefire offer by Hamas. At 9.52 am on Friday, April Brent oil futures were at $81.59, down by 0.05 per cent and March crude oil futures on WTI (West Texas Intermediate) were at […]

IPO objects for raising fresh capital under SEBI lens

IPO objects for raising fresh capital under SEBI lens

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has tightened its scrutiny on the objectives for raising fresh capital through initial public offerings (IPOs), said two people in the know. The regulator has expressed its displeasure over companies opting to raise money largely for debt repayment and is asking for more disclosures. ‘Need clarification’ “SEBI […]

Thanks to IT stocks, Sensex, Nifty recover

Thanks to IT stocks, Sensex, Nifty recover

Benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty advanced on buying in IT stocks and expectations of a status-quo in the policy rates of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which is set to announce its revised monetary policy on Thursday. Besides positive global cues, investors’ interest in oil as gas stocks helped the indices. Also read:Broker’s […]

SEBI may enhance large-cap stocks categorisation

SEBI may enhance large-cap stocks categorisation

Capital market regulator SEBI will soon widen the ambit of large, mid and small cap stocks based on their market capitalistion after the dizzying rally in equity markets last year. Mutual funds have moved SEBI to enhance the large-cap classification from top-100 companies in terms of market capitalisation to 125. Subsequently, mid-cap will now be […]

Five companies’ IPOs are set to hit market this week

Five companies’ IPOs are set to hit market this week

India’s primary market continues to be red hot, with four mainboard initial public offerings (IPOs) and one small and medium enterprise (SME) platform-related offering set to hit the market this week to mop up about ₹2,700 crore. Also read: Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels raises impressive ₹409 crore in anchor round before IPO While the mainboard […]