India weighs options against EU law on retaliatory tariffs

Officials said the EU law violates global trade norms and can become another dispute at the organisation. While the EU has not invoked the law as yet, New Delhi is also examining if it can retaliate by imposing higher duties on products coming from the EU against the quota restrictions put in place by the […]

Retail investors’ avg ticket size declines to Rs 68,321 in FY23

The average retail investor ticket size in mutual funds dropped by 3% to INR68,321 in March from the previous year, according to data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India. Conversely, institutional investors had the highest ticket size in that period, with INR10.11 crore ($1.34m) average per account. The average holding period of equity […]

Singapore govt’s Indian equity portfolio: 4 stocks surge up to 40% in 2023

​The Government of Singapore (GoS) is one of the high-net-worth investors in Indian equities through the foreign institutional investors’ platform. A March quarter shareholding report showing their public ownership of 51 BSE-listed stocks valued at approximately Rs 1,60,000 crore. This list is not comprehensive and only includes companies in which the GoS holds more than […]

Global rate hike push slows to a trickle in April ahead of busy May

Interest rates hikes globally slowed down in April due to consistent inflation and sluggish growth prospects. In March, six interest rate hikes took place compared to two in April in five meetings by central banks over the 10 heavily traded currencies. Policy makers in Canada, Japan, and Australia held fire, while New Zealand and Sweden […]