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MUMBAI : Corporate India has often been praised by investors for maintaining a stronger cash position and for being debt-free, Subhrajit Roy, managing director and head of global capital markets, Bank of America, said in an interview. He anticipates an acceleration in capital markets activity in 2024, in view of the deleveraging of corporate balance sheets and restarting of the capex cycle. Edited excerpts: 2023 has been interesting and the activity has been in phases.

MUMBAI : Piramal Alternatives and CDPQ-backed performing credit fund have agreed to extend a ₹200 crore sum to ATM (automated teller machines) operator Transaction Solutions International (India) Pvt Ltd (TSI) in a structured credit transaction, a top executive said. The capital, raised against convertible securities, will help with TSI’s business expansion initiatives and accelerate its ATM deployment and other payment processing plans, the firm said. “With TSI, we had the opportunity to participate in a professionally led business within the high growth consumer payment sector.

Colliers-FICCI report. Flex space stock across the top six cities has almost doubled since 2019, and is currently at 43.5 mn sq ft, comprising 6.3% of the total Grade A office stock. India's flex space market has outpaced peers in the Asia Pacific region as it grew stronger and bigger post pandemic amid evolving workplace trends, increasing diversification of occupier-base and realignment of real estate portfolio by corporates. «The spurt in flex activity continued in 2023 as well, reinforcing the gradual shift in the way businesses are realigning their real estate portfolio decisions. By the end of 2023, flex space leasing is estimated to constitute an impressive 15-20% of overall office leasing and this is noteworthy.

sobering placement season this year. For thousands of to-be engineers in the class of 2024, the number of hirings is expected to taper, although salaries may not drop by much. “IIT-Bombay and IIT-Delhi have informed the companies with an explicit request not to defer joining dates as was done in 2023," said a partner at a consulting company that has recruited 8 -11 students from the IITs in the ongoing campus placements.

MUMBAI : The Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee (MPC) is likely to maintain status quo on policy rates for the fifth consecutive time, 10 economists polled by Mint said, amid persistent inflation risks. They also expect the committee to nudge up its GDP growth forecast for FY24, from 6.5% to 6.7-6.8%, following higher-than-expected growth in the September quarter (7.6% year-on-year). A majority of the economists polled expect the rate-setting panel to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%.

Godrej Properties net debt rose 17 per cent in the July-September quarter to Rs 6,174 crore mainly due to fund acquisition of land parcels. According to its investors presentation, the net debt of Mumbai-based Godrej Properties stood at Rs 6,174 crore as on September 30, 2023. Its net debt was Rs 5,298 crore as on June 30, 2023 and Rs 3,649 crore at the end of the last fiscal.

INDIA bloc will meet at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in Delhi on December 6 to chalk out a strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, sources said on Sunday. During the meeting, which will be held in the evening, the leaders are likely to discuss and finalise their plan to take on the BJP ahead of the polls, they said.

Admiral R Hari Kumar said the Indian Navy has appointed its first woman commanding officer in a naval ship in sync with its philosophy of 'all roles-all ranks' for female personnel. Commander Prerna Deosthale is presently the First Lieutenant of warship INS Chennai, the Indian Navy said. She hails from Mumbai and joined the Indian Navy in 2009, Free Press Journal reported.

The demand for luxury holiday homes in India is on the rise, thanks to the country’s rapid economic growth and increasing disposable income. It’s not just the high net-worth individuals (HNIs) who are buying luxury villas in tourist destinations for self-use and investment purposes, but also the aspirational class who are keen on investing in properties in holiday destinations. This trend is reflected in the growing market size of holiday homes.

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ED) has registered a case of money laundering concerning the alleged fraud in setting up oxygen plants in hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, police said on Saturday. The police's economic offences wing (EOW) had on November 24 arrested contractor Romil Chheda of M/s Highway Construction Company for allegedly causing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) a loss of Rs 6 crore, an official said.

Vistara on Saturday announced the diversion of Flight UK906, originally bound for Delhi from Ahmedabad to Ahmedabad itself. Additionally, Flight UK954, travelling from Mumbai to Delhi, has been redirected to Jaipur. This adjustment came in response to adverse weather conditions and poor visibility at the Delhi airport.

Adani Group plans to spend 7 trillion rupees ($84.00 billion) over the next decade on infrastructure projects, Chief Financial Officer Jugeshinder Singh said on Friday. «Our capex will go up to run and develop infrastructure,» Singh said, without elaborating on the type of projects the company would undertake. The port-to-power conglomerate runs India's largest private port and is also developing and managing several airports and roads. The billionaire Gautam Adani-led group will also decide on divesting its stake in Adani Wilmar, its joint venture (JV) with Singapore's Wilmar International, in the next three months, Singh said on the sidelines of the Trust group event in Mumbai. Adani Group holds a 44% stake in the JV and has been considering a potential stake sale for a few months, Bloomberg News reported earlier, adding that Gautam Adani and his family may retain a minority stake in a personal capacity. Adani Wilmar posted a second consecutive quarterly loss in November. Shares of Adani Group companies are recovering after a Jan.

₹23.04 crores and it is entirely a fresh issue of 28.8 lakh shares. By the end of the last day of bidding Deepak Chemtex IPO subscribed 403.03 times. The public issue subscribed 475.36 times in the retail category, 96.80 times in QIB, and 642.25 times in the NII category by December 1, 2023 by 7.00 PM as per Chittorgarh.com data.

₹7 trillion ($84 billion) on infrastructure over the next decade, a similar amount the Indian conglomerate owned by billionaire Gautam Adani has lost in market value since corporate fraud allegations were leveled against it by a US short-seller earlier this year. “We desire to invest more," Jugeshinder Singh, the group chief financial officer, told reporters on Friday in Mumbai, without fleshing out further details. Singh’s ambitious expenditure targets are part of Adani’s strategy to attempt to draw a line over damaging allegations made by Hindenburg Research in January, after the short-seller accused the conglomerate of engaging in years of stock price manipulation and accounting malpractice.

Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) climbed to 56 last month, rebounding from October's eight-month low of 55.5. Also Read: Mumbai's property registration witnesses best November in 11 years: Knight Frank Report "A notable feature of the latest results was a significant reduction in price pressures. Although average purchasing costs saw an increase, the inflation rate eased to its lowest level in the past 40 months and remained negligible historically," the survey noted.

economy, India's housing market barely suffered a scratch from the Reserve Bank of India's 2.5 percentage points of interest rate rises from May 2022 through February this year. Average home prices were forecast to rise 6.8% this year and next, poll medians from a Nov. 16-30 survey of 12 property market experts showed, more than double the just over 3% increase in 2022 according to Reuters calculations based on the RBI's House Price Index.

Mumbai's real estate sales and registrations recorded their best November in 11 years, as per an assessment by Knight Frank India on Thursday, November 30, 2023. Shishir Baijal, Chairman & Managing Director, Knight Frank India, said, “Following a notable 6.5% YoY increase in prime property prices during Q3 2023, Mumbai is anticipated to witness a 5.5% upsurge in prime residential prices in 2024.

Cost of Living LIVE Updates December 1: The cost of living is basically the amount of money one needs to survive in a given place – and one's most essential needs such as food, water, housing, taxes, cost of commute, healthcare, etc. The high rate of inflation has pushed up the cost of living across the globe, burning a hole in the common man's pocket.

₹21 per cylinder in various locations throughout the country. The hike will come into effect from today i.e.

company's market value crossing ₹53,000 crore on Thursday, higher than that of some of its listed mid-cap peers such as KPIT Technologies and L&T Technology Services. Analysts said the 163% surge on the opening day has made Tata Technologies a more expensive bet than some of these rivals with a more diversified client base. But the bet could pay off if investors have the patience to hold the stock for a longer period, they said. Tata Technologies listed at ₹1,199.95 on Thursday, up 140% over its IPO price of ₹500 apiece before closing at ₹1,314.25.