The fine print of the budget had some more surprises in store. While employer contribution to CPF had been permitted in the new tax regime, the CBDT has put an upper limit of Rs.7.50 lakhs for employer contribution towards the long term retirement and Read more [...]

Trigger for the Week How will it impact? Banks and financials to react positively to the monetary policy Financials are likely to be impressed by the liquidity infusion although the rates status quo was maintained Real estate Read more [...]

Real challenge will be to get LIC prepared for the IPO There was big hype over the proposed LIC IPO announced in Budget 2020. Before the LIC IPO becomes reality, there are 4 key shifts that are essential. Sec 24 – Corpus Handling Section 24 of the Read more [...]

Why oil prices crashed by 20% in the last 2 months? Most people did not realize that the price of crude oil had touched a yearly low at $54/bbl and had fallen nearly 20% in a span of just 2 months. Here is why the oil prices cracked. Chinese pandemic Read more [...]

RBI’s rate decision was largely along expected lines The RBI policy announced on 06th Feb had little by way of surprises. The RBI held on to its repo rate of 5.15% leaving the reverse repo at 4.90% and the MSF and bank rate at 5.40%. What were the Read more [...]

  News Announcement Impact Analysis RBI holds repo rates at 5.15% largely along expected lines High inflation at 7.35% forced the RBI to maintain status quo on repo rates and therefore on reverse repo and MSF However, the stance Read more [...]

Markets continued to rally for the third day in succession after the initial budget jitters but markets are likely to be a lot more cautious on Friday being the last trading day of the week. Expect some profit taking towards the end. The monetary Read more [...]

The RBI in its last credit policy for the fiscal year 2019-20 maintained status quo on the repo rates at 5.15%. This retains the reverse repo rate at 4.90% and the bank rate at 5.40%. This status quo on rates was largely along expected lines after the Read more [...]