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“The steep increase in stock prices simply reflects the irrational exuberance of investors in the mid-cap and small-cap parts of the market,” Sanjeev Prasad, co-head of institutional equities at the brokerage, wrote in a note. “There is no meaningful change in the fundamentals of most companies; in fact, they have worsened in many cases,” he said.Indian shares have surged on expectations for growth in the economy and corporate earnings, with a boom in retail investing particularly helping smaller stocks outperform.

These eight mid cap schemes underperformed their respective benchmarks in 2020, 2021, and 2022. The mid cap schemes are benchmarked against Nifty Midcap 100 — TRI, Nifty Midcap 150 — TRI, and S&P BSE 150 MidCap — TRI.

call money market by October, central bank Executive Director Ajay Kumar Choudhary said on Sunday. The pilot of the wholesale CBDC, known as the Digital Rupee-Wholesale (e-W), was launched on November 1, 2022, with the use case being limited to the settlement of secondary market transactions in government securities. «The RBI will introduce the wholesale CBDC in the call market either this month or next month,» Choudhary said on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit here. The introduction of CBDC was announced in the Union Budget 2022-23 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and necessary amendments to the relevant section of the RBI Act, 1934, were made with the passage of the Finance Bill 2022. The RBI picked nine banks — State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, YES Bank, IDFC First Bank and HSBC — for its pilot project for wholesale CBDC. Besides, the central bank has already rolled out a pilot in the retail version of the CBDC (e-R) on December 1, 2022.

Digital Currency (CBDC) for transactions for interbank borrowing or call money market by this October, Central Bank Executive Director Ajay Kumar Choudhary said on Sunday. Speaking on the sidelines of the G20 Summit here, Choudhary said, “The RBI will introduce the wholesale CBDC in the call market either this month or next month." In November 2022, the pilot of the wholesale CBDC, known as the Digital Rupee-Wholesale (e-W), was launched with the use case being limited to the settlement of secondary market transactions in government securities, according to PTI reports. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the introduction of CBDC in the Union Budget 2022-23 and necessary amendments to the relevant section of the RBI Act, 1934, were made with the passage of the Finance Bill 2022.

Top Performing Small Cap Mutual Funds in 1 Year: Several Small Cap Funds have given over 30% returns in 1 year till September 6, 2023, according to data on the website of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). Data shows that the direct plans of 9 small-cap funds have given more than 29% returns in one year while four funds have given a little over 28% return in this duration. The top-performing small cap fund in the one year till September 6 has given a 39.25% return to investors.

HSBC Holdings Plc has made a u-turn on its dollar forecast, predicting the world’s reserve currency will now strengthen well into next year given weaker global economic prospects. 

₹983-1,035 per share. At the upper end of the price band, RR Kabel aims to raise ₹1,964 crore from the IPO. The IPO comprises fresh issue of equity shares worth ₹180 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of 1.72 crore equity shares worth ₹1,784 crore by the promoters and investors.

Luxury-goods stocks slumped in Europe, wiping out more than $25 billion in market value, after Richemont chairman Johann Rupert said inflation is starting to dent demand across the region.

Death is the only certainty in life, so it makes sense to plan for it financially, said Suze Orman, an American financial advisor and author. A term insurance is one of the best gifts that individuals can leave behind for their loved ones—It can help mitigate their family’s financial woes. Yet, it is not easy to lay your hands on such a policy if you are chronically ill.

With economic storm clouds gathering, Canada’s bank regulator is considering stricter capital requirements that some analysts say have the potential to force Royal Bank of Canada, the nation’s biggest lender, to sell equity.

Exide Industries Ltd Thursday said it has invested over ₹100 crore in its wholly-owned subsidiary Exide Energy Solutions Ltd, which is into manufacturing of advanced chemistry battery cells. In the regulatory filing, the Exide Industries said the company has made the investment by way of subscription in the equity share capital of Exide Energy Solutions Ltd (EESL) on rights basis. The Exide Industries said there is no change in the shareholding percentage of the company in EESL pursuant to such an acquisition.

With economic storm clouds gathering, Canada’s bank regulator is considering stricter capital requirements that some analysts say have the potential to force Royal Bank of Canada, the nation’s biggest lender, to sell equity.

The company received approval from Sebi in the last week of August. The fresh issue size in the offer has been reduced to Rs 180 crore from Rs 225 crore earlier. The IPO also includes an offer for sale (OFS) segment of up to 1.72 crore equity shares.

(Reuters) — Mexican telecommunications giant America Movil (NYSE:AMX) is looking to increase the percentage of its debt held in pesos, Chief Financial Officer Carlos Garcia Moreno said on Wednesday.

The move to expand the programme follows an earlier pilot in 2022 conducted by EY and a subsequent 'Discovery Phase' held in consultation with market participants, including Barclays, Lloyds, HSBC, Santander and Visa. It follow a recent PoC run by the Federal Reserve with a clutch of top banks that demonstrated the feasibility of a an interoperable network for wholesale payments operating on a shared multi-entity distributed ledger. While the UK Discovery Phase explored the delivery of a RLN for wholesale paymnts, the PoC will track the retail consumer market. This would test the use case for a RLN that would provide commercial bank money with the equivalent programmability of a future digital pound, in this way ensuring competitive consistency in the event of a full scale CBDC roll out. The importance of this was emphasised in a speech given in July by Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, who stated: "We want to encourage more thinking and action in the world of enhanced digital bank deposits - sometimes call tokenised deposits.

The State Bank of India (SBI) has become the seventh bank to implement UPI interoperability in its Digital Rupee (e ₹) also called Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). With this move, the bank aims to deliver unprecedented convenience and accessibility to its customers. “This cutting-edge feature, accessible through the 'eRupee by SBI' application will empower SBI CBDC users to effortlessly scan any merchant UPI QR code for swift and secure transactions," SBI said in a statement.

stock market rally is strong enough to withstand another leg higher for bond yields, according to the latest Markets Live Pulse survey. With the soft-landing narrative for the world's biggest economy gaining traction, the majority of 331 respondents expect losses for S&P 500 Index to be contained to less than 10% should yields on the 10-year Treasury resume their climb and hit 4.5%. That would allow the US equities benchmark to hold on to some of its 18% year-to-date gains. «If we get higher interest rates and bond yields, it will probably be because the macro economy surprises on the upside,» said Christopher Hiorns, portfolio manager at EdenTree Investment Management Ltd.

The New Zealand home loan market is irrational, unprofitable and ultra-competitive, major banks say. Still, that has not stopped non-bank lender Pepper Money from picking up HSBC’s mortgage book, as New Zealand’s Commerce Commission launches a probe into the banking sector.

A Chinese commercial bank has launched new digital yuan-powered recycling rewards programs, with citizens receiving CBDC tokens in exchange for recycling their waste.

Royal Bank of Canada’s proposed acquisition of HSBC’s Canadian business is not likely to result in a substantial lessening or prevention of competition under the Competition Act, the Competition Bureau said in a review of the merger.

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