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Canadian pension funds have been among the world’s most prolific buyers of real estate, starting a revolution that inspired retirement plans around the globe to emulate them. Now the largest of them is taking steps to limit its exposure to the most-beleaguered property type — office buildings.

best gold loan options, make sure to consult a financial advisor. Gold loans typically boast lower interest rates than unsecured personal loans due to the secured nature of the loan. This translates to potentially significant savings on interest payments over the loan term.

UK has announced steps to make it easier for local businesses to hire foreign workers, with the Home Office announcing a major change in the way sponsor licenses are renewed. Effective April 6, the requirement to renew licenses every four years will be abolished, offering significant relief to businesses sponsoring skilled workers from outside the UK. This development will streamline the process for employers who previously faced the administrative burden and cost associated with periodic renewals. Under the previous system, sponsors were required to submit applications 90 days before the expiry date, incurring fees ranging from £536 to £1,476 depending on their size and charity status. Processing times for renewals could also stretch up to eight weeks. Click & check your eligibility for immigration Find out Recognizing the challenges and aiming to improve efficiency, the Home Office has opted for a more automated approach. Existing sponsor licenses expiring on or after April 6, 2024, will be automatically extended by ten years, eliminating the need for renewals altogether. Sponsors holding valid licenses within this timeframe are not required to take any action – their licenses are automatically covered by the extension.

(Reuters) — Unity Software shares sank 15% in premarket trading on Tuesday after the videogame software provider's 2024 forecasts came in below Wall Street estimates, a sign that its turnaround was taking longer than expected.

Bank of Montreal missed analysts’ estimates as it grappled with weak capital-markets revenue and reported an increase in loan-loss provisions.

Ottawa’s policy of preventing Chinese companies from investing in Canadian-listed firms may be put to the test after Vancouver-based Osino Resources Corp. agreed to be bought by Yintai Gold Co. Ltd. for $368 million.

I got what looked like a nice email from Amazon last week. There were no spelling mistakes, so I figured it wasn’t a Russian bot and I could click on it. I was right. It was Amazon announcing a new initiative promoting Quebec products: “Les produits du Québec.” How the titans of globalization cower before the power of local interests!

₹162 to ₹171 per equity share of face value of ₹10. Platinum Industries IPO lot size is 87 equity shares and in multiples of 87 equity shares. 1.

Havells India Limited surged by 4 percent, reaching a 52-week high of ₹1,482. This notable increase came after Goldman Sachs upgraded the rating for the wires and cables manufacturer from "neutral" to "buy." Alongside the rating upgrade, the global brokerage also raised the price target for Havells to ₹1,660 from ₹1,540, indicating an upside potential of 17 percent from the previous session's closing price.

digital infrastructure that they use to generate large revenue, a top executive at global telecom industry body GSMA said, adding that a revenue share with telcos won’t lead to higher content costs for consumers. Julian Gorman, head of Asia Pacific at GSMA, told ET that the increasing demand for content is pushing telcos to make higher investments in expanding the digital infrastructure, leading to an investment gap, which needs to be addressed at a global level. “The concept of fair share is being discussed broadly across the world… I think the challenge, the overall problem is how the countries in the world build the infrastructure to support the digital future,” said Gorman.

Sebi's proposal of allowing mutual fund houses to have a single fund manager to oversee commodity and foreign investments is aimed at reducing the cost of managing the fund, a top official of Anand Rathi Wealth said on Tuesday. Sebi, on Friday, came out with a consultation paper proposing measures to support ease of doing business for Mutual Funds (MFs). In the draft paper, the regulator suggested appointing a single fund manager for domestic and overseas/commodity funds, relaxation of nomination requirement for joint holders and streamlining of prudential norms for passive schemes with respect to exposure to a single issuer within the AMC's group companies. This came after the Finance Minister in the FY24 Budget made an announcement to simplify, ease and reduce cost of compliance for participants in the financial sector through a consultative approach.

VOC Port at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu will become India's first green hydrogen hub as it will develop an ecosystem of green ports and also emerge as a transshipment hub when Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches numerous initiatives on February 28, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Tuesday. Also, Chennai would become the gateway to the Eastern Maritime Corridor to Vladivostok, Russia, and further increase the bilateral trade between the two countries, he said. «Tomorrow PM Modi will lay the foundation stone, inaugurate, and dedicate to the nation 36 transformative projects worth over Rs 17,000 crore. This is a step towards Viksit Bharat @2047,» Sonowal told reporters here. About 30 projects under his Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways worth Rs 10,324 crore would be inaugurated, foundation laid or dedicated by the prime minister, he said. Of these, six projects worth Rs 7,587 crore are only in the two ports in Tamil Nadu.

LIC Pension, UTI Pension, and SBI Pension Management. According to Ashish Aggarwal, Director, Acube Ventures, NPS aims to maximize returns for investors while minimizing risks - a prudent strategy for such a large, nationwide pension system.

Gaganyaan. He called them the four forces that encompass the aspirations of 1.4 billion people in the country. The four astronauts are -- Group Captains Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Angad Pratap, Ajit Krishnan, and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla, Modi said at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) at Thumba near here.

Shop price inflation fell from 2.9% at the start of the year to 2.5% in February, the weakest pace of increase in nearly two years, according to the British Retail Consortium and NielsenIQ's latest shop prices inflation index. Consumer confidence dips for first time in three months Helen Dickinson, chief executive at the British Retail Consortium, said easing input costs for energy and fertiliser had caused the month-on-month declines in the price of fresh food, including meat, fish and fruit. Regarding non-food, she said inflation for furniture, electricals and health and beauty p...

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Tata Motors, Mahindra, and Hyundai argue against any preferential tax treatment for these vehicles. These companies account for over 85% of the Indian car market, effectively making this an industry-wide discord. Both the camps have lobbied with various government departments and ministries, including the Prime Minister’s Office.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he believes provinces voicing plans to opt out of a national pharmacare plan will likely opt in eventually, noting similar sentiments were seen when universal health care became law in Canada.

Wipro, TCS, Mphasis, Coforge, and Persistent Systems and an over 40 percent decline at Tech Mahindra doesn’t support sharp recovery hopes as deal durations are rising," said Ambit. The brokerage retains a view of modest growth improvement in FY25E and a fall in Tier-1 margins (contrary to street hopes of increases). It believes that Tier-1/Tier-2 one-year forward P/E premium of 55 percent/116 percent to pre-Covid 3-year average looks unsustainable.

BSNL Revamp: In an attempt to provide an impetus to the state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to compete effectively with private players, the government is exploring various measures, including network upgrades and employee cost rationalisation, according to a report by Economic Times. Also Read | Is it too late to revive BSNL? The recommended initiatives also include improving sales and distribution channels along with introducing more value-added services (VAS), sources said, as per the report.

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