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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The Zee CEO has a plan to fix the media company’s plummeting profits and a stock in freefall. Will he be around to see it through?
On 27 March, news agency Press Trust of India put out a report saying one of Parag Parikh Financial Advisory Services Asset Management’s mutual funds had bought over 6.2 million shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprises for Rs 88 crore. By late evening, the fund house posted on X (formerly Twitter), probably choosing to err on the side of caution: “We wish to clarify that this was an Arbitrage transaction.” Arbitration trades are short-term by nature, involving the buying and selling of stocks almost simultaneously.
The response to the post was quick. Alok Jain, who goes by the handle @WeekendInvesting and …
Thinly traded listed entities have long served as breeding grounds for stock manipulation, hurting investors. The regulator, the NSE and BSE now want to fix things by focusing on efficient delisting.
The newly announced levy on UPI payments undermines the very foundation of using digital payments for stock market investing. Brokers are in a tizzy.
A Rs 10,440 crore share swap with listed Shalimar Paints could give the building materials startup a public market presence without a traditional IPO. But the novel route leaves investors grappling with dilution, valuation and governance concerns.
