Indian govt not averse to weaker rupee vs dollar – source

The Reserve Bank of India has been selling dollars to alleviate the depreciation pressure on the rupee due to the surging dollar and foreign portfolio outflows. e central bank sold a net of $19 billion from its reserves in July alone to prevent the rupee from falling much below 80.

Global PE investors warm up to India’s microfinance sector

In one of the biggest investments in the microfinance space in recent times, British International Investment along with existing investors Incofin Investment Management, Nordic Microfinance Initiative (NMI) and Dutch impact investor Triple Jump will be putting in about $25 million or ₹196 crore in Ahmedabad-based Light Microfinance, which has made strides over the past few […]

Adani more than doubles wealth, Poonawallas at number 3

​​Sun Pharma’s Dilip Shanghvi and Uday Kotak re-entered the list this year, replacing Kumar Mangalam Birla of Aditya Birla Group and Jay Chaudhary of Zscaler, according to the study based on estimates till August 30, 2022.

Wall Street slumps as investors absorb hawkish Fed rate message

However, policymakers also signaled more large increases to come in new projections showing its policy rate rising to 4.40% by the end of this year before topping out at 4.60% in 2023. This is up from projections in June of 3.4% and 3.8% respectively.

Exit barriers for customers not acceptable: Sebi Chief to Fintechs

If the regulator senses that there are inadequate disclosures then the question is, is the investor being misled or if he is being conned? If your business model is woven around a black box which is not open to sunlight or is not capable of being validated or audited it cannot be permitted, said Buch.

Fed delivers third-straight big hike, sees more ahead

In a statement Wednesday following a two-day meeting in Washington, the Federal Open Market Committee repeated that it “is highly attentive to inflation risks.” The central bank also reiterated it “anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate,” and “is strongly committed to returning inflation to its 2% objective.”