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Downer EDI’s asset spin-off spree has hit a speed bump, while its investors reel from last week’s profit hit.

MUMBAI : The promoters of Adani Group raised about $500 million by selling a part of their holdings in Adani Green Energy Ltd to investors, including INQ Holding Llc, a wholly owned unit of sovereign fund Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). This is one of the several recent stake sales by billionaire Gautam Adani aimed at cutting promoter-level debt and releasing stock pledges. At current market prices, around ₹31,095 crore ($3.75 billion) is required by the promoters to release the shares pledged by the promoters in five key group firms.

GIC and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) along with two Canada-based pension funds are in talks to acquire Blackstone Group's 50% stake in two separate commercial portfolios of Panchshil Realty and Salarpuria Sattva Group, said persons with direct knowledge of the development. The deal is estimated to be concluded at an enterprise valuation of over $4.5-$5.0 billion.

A group of senior executives from Wells Fargo Advisors with a $40 million war chest are planning to embrace a registered investment advisor aggregator and roll-up strategy, according to sources familiar with their plans.

₹88 crore for the first quarter ending June 30, 2023. The fertiliser manufacturer posted a net profit of ₹572 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, the company said in a regulatory filing. The total revenue from operation stood at ₹1,652 crore during the period under review, against ₹2,696 crore in the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal.

domestic investors took a back seat in the June quarter as they booked profits at higher levels. The share of domestic institutional investors, along with retail and high networth individuals (HNIs) in NSE-listed companies declined for the first time in six quarters to 22.5%, according to data sourced from Primeinfobase. The net inflows from DIIs stood at just Rs 3,368 crore during the quarter.

Zoom Video Communications Inc., once hailed as the emblem of the remote work era, is charting a new course by summoning its workforce back to the office. The company has revealed that employees living near a Zoom location will be required to be on-site for two days every week. This "hybrid approach," according to a company spokesperson, aims to bolster innovation and customer support while capitalizing on the firm's own technologies. Zoom's meteoric rise during the pandemic marked a significant shift in how industries communicated virtually. Nevertheless, as the world emerges from pandemic-related restrictions, diverse enterprises, including Amazon.com Inc., Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., and BlackRock Inc., have been recalibrating their work arrangements to include more on-site presence for employees. However, despite this shift, numerous office spaces continue to experience low occupancy rates. For instance, offices in the Northeast region of the United States were at peak capacity only 24% of the time during the first half of the year, as per data from Basking.io, an analytics company focused on workplace occupancy. Simultaneously, job listings for remote positions have witnessed an upward trend in multiple cities.

New Delhi: India’s youngest airline Akasa Air completes one year of operations today and is now getting ready to launch international flights as it now has 20 aircraft in its fleet. According to the current regulatory framework, an airline needs to complete five years of operations or must have a fleet of at least 20 aircraft to be eligible to fly overseas. Mint takes a look at where is Akasa headed: The idea of Akasa Air took birth during the year 2020 when industry veteran Vinay Dube approached stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.

Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR) has seen a third test of resistance from the 200DMA rejected as 3-months of suffocating price action seems set to continue.

Empatia Design Studio embarked on its journey with a lean team and a handful of projects. Today, they proudly serve a diverse portfolio of over 80+ clients spanning industries worldwide, fortified by resounding client testimonials. Empatia Design Studio has evolved into a stalwart presence in the branding arena, catering to businesses with revenues ranging from 5 crores to 1000 crores.

New Delhi: The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector in India has continued to demonstrate resilience and growth, as per the latest information received from the ministry of statistics & programme implementation and the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS), said minister of state for micro, small, and medium enterprises, Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said, according to the data presented by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, the share of MSME Gross Value Added (GVA) in India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) displayed a fluctuating trend over the last three years.

Here's a brief look at what the portfolios of these star investors are looking like post the first quarter.Rekha JhunjhunwalaAce investor Rekha Jhunjhunwala, who inherited the assets of the late Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, has raised stakes in three companies — Escorts, Titan and Tata Communications — during the June quarter. Rekha has also cut stakes in Metro Brands, Autoline Industries, Rallis India, Geojit Financial, Raghav Product Enhancers, and Agro Tech Foods in the same period, showed Trendlyne data.

Also Read: Icahn Enterprises cuts dividend in half following Hindenburg's accusations Despite this huge figure, the combined profit for all investors who shorted the shares right after the report was around $56 million, not factoring in the setup costs, the Bloomberg report said. Earlier this year, Anderson went after Gautam Adani’s business empire and released a report accusing the then world’s third richest man of ‘pulling the largest con in corporate history’ and alleging that the conglomerate was involved in a “in a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme over the course of decades.’ Anderson shorted Adani bonds, which might have yielded smaller gains as experts believe due to the challenges of building a sizable position in that market, the Bloomberg report added.

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EnergyAustralia’s parent company is still in discussions with potential partners for the business after Macquarie Group walked away, but chief executive Richard Lancaster says the solution may turn out to be deals at a project level rather than for the company as a whole.

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Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. traded at Rs 235.75 on BSE at 12:53PM (IST) on Monday, up 0.65 per cent from previous close. The stock quoted a 52-week low price of Rs 172.25 and a high of Rs 286.9.

Cyient DLM. Given that the two businesses are from two different sector, where SBFC Finance IPO is a non-banking finance company (NBFC), while Concord Biotech IPO is a research & development biopharma company, most analysts are bullish on both. In case you are an investor who is looking to apply for only one, here are some expert views: Speaking on SBFC Finance IPO vs Concord Biotech IPO, Vaibhav Kaushik, Research Analyst at GCL Broking said, “If you ask me to choose either of the two public issues, I would advice investors to go for SBFC Finance IPO as it is providing better valuation comfort to investors.

SBFC Finance and Concord Biotech, currently open for subscription. While both the issues have received thumbs-up from analysts, they clearly prefer SBFC Finance over the other if investors had to pick one.SBFC Finance IPO, which closes on Monday, is reasonably priced, offering room to investors for healthy listing gains. The unlisted market trends validate the reasoning as the GMP for the company's shares is around Rs 38, as against the upper price band of 57.

According to data from the “Data Breach Investigation Report 2023” by Verizon, SMBs experience 699 incidents annually with 381 cases of confirmed data disclosure and large businesses face 496 incidents annually with 227 cases of confirmed data disclosure. System intrusion is the top common threat. There are several safeguards’ companies can implement to protect themselves, says the report.

This week would be crucial for domestic markets as RBI is set to announce its interest rate decision. «Markets are likely to move in a broader range with some volatility. Interest-sensitive sectors are expected to remain in focus,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Option data suggests a broader trading range in between 19000 to 20000 zones while an immediate trading range in between 19200 to 19600 zones. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETS