HDFC net profit rises 20% in March quarter

The March quarter marked perhaps the last full financial year of standalone existence for India’s home-financing pioneer, which is being merged into the country’s most valued bank it spawned nearly three decades ago.

Adani Enterprises Q4 profit surges 138%

The company, which acts as an incubator for new businesses for the ports-to-cooking-oil conglomerate, reported a consolidated net profit of ₹722 crore for the January-March quarter, up 138% compared with ₹304 crore a year earlier.

Book profits with Nifty above 18,000, says BofA

The brokerage said with the Nifty above 18,000, which is its year-end target for the index, there is little room for more upside. If the Nifty falls to 16,000, it would be a buying opportunity, said BofA. The Nifty rose 165.95 points, or 0.92%, to close at 18,255.80 on Thursday.

Global finance dominated by few currencies: RBI

The global currency system needs to be diversified with the adoption of liquid currencies to de-risk the system from dependence on a few reserve currencies, according to Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar. He also called for the wider adoption of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and warned against allowing private virtual […]

PFC plans bond issues to raise Rs 6,000 crore

The power financier is likely to issue ₹600 crore worth of five-year non-convertible debentures with a greenshoe option of ₹3,000 crore on May 8. On the same day, the firm is also likely to issue three-year bonds worth ₹400 crore with an additional subscription option of ₹2,000 crore.

Taxman has a ‘benami’ key to exhume deals assumed long done and dusted

Indian tax officials, looking into suspected benami deals, are pressing wealthy individuals about transactions that occurred long before the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act came into force in November 2016. Ironically, even though India’s Supreme Court ruled in August last year that the law couldn’t be applied retrospectively, tax officials still have powers to call […]