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Manappuram Finance shares will be in focus on Monday as talks between the company and American private equity major Bain Capital reach the final stage. Bain is expected to acquire a significant portion of the promoter stake in India’s second-largest gold loan provider, sources said. The promoter group, led by Managing Director and CEO Nandakumar VP, currently owns 35.25% of Manappuram, which has a market capitalization of Rs 17,000 crore, based on its closing share price of Rs 200.85 on the BSE on Friday.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Monday marks the third anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, and the Kremlin marked the weekend with the largest drone attack of the war. President Trump says Vladimir Putin wants “peace," but Ukrainians have hard experience about what such a promise means in practice.

The muted GMP is in line with the trend seen in IPOs in the recent past, where many companies are struggling to find enough premium in the grey market.

Friedrich Merz was set to become Germany's next chancellor after his party emerged victorious in Sunday's election, though he faces complex and lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a historic second place in a fractured vote.

Gold prices steadied near an all-time high on Monday, supported by concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff plans, while focus shifted to a key U.S. inflation report due later this week.

borrowing bad? Doesn’t debt oil the financial machinery of the world? Why do personal finance columnists like me dissuade households from borrowing? These questions arose from feedback to last week’s column.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The Centre will shortly tap various ministries for inputs on tariff and policy tweaks to enhance market access for American goods and services ahead of upcoming trade talks with the US, four people aware of the plans said. The changes will aim to support US companies, educational institutions, and research in sectors such as space, agriculture, pharmaceuticals and high-value manufacturing.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Apart from the dollar’s strength and the “US exceptionalism" that has impacted all emerging market flows, the revival of positive sentiment around China’s technology sector (post Deep Seek and softening of Chinese governments’ stance towards the private sector) can impact India’s valuation premium over China and other emerging markets, said Rahul Singh, CIO-Equities, Tata Asset Management.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Dear reader, Last week, I wrote this was a phase when traders should focus on capital preservation and trade light. In my past articles, I have drawn your attention to extremely high volatility and a sharp fall in traded volumes.

Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) may deliver interest rate cuts in a measured way and raise liquidity, but it is unlikely to shift its monetary stance from neutral to accommodative as it weighs the implications of the global trade war on financial markets.

Personal loan growth moderated in the quarter to December following regulatory cautioning over possible overheating. The annual growth print for the personal loan segment was recorded at 13.7% at the end of December 2024 from 15.2% at the end of September, Reserve Bank of India's quarterly data showed.

The popular narrative among Federal Reserve policymakers these days is that policy is «well-positioned» to adjust to any upside or downside risks ahead. However, it might be more accurate to say that policy is stuck in position.

Indian equity markets so far this month, pushing total outflows past Rs 1 lakh crore in 2025 amid rising global trade tensions. Going forward, V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services, believes that revival of FPI investment in India will happen when economic growth and corporate earnings revive. Indications of that are likely to happen in two to three months. According to the data with the depositories, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) offloaded shares worth Rs 23,710 crore from Indian equities so far this month (till February 21). This came following a net outflow of Rs 78,027 crore in January. With these, the total outflow by FPIs has reached Rs 1,01,737 crore in 2025 so far, data with the depositories showed.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A new world order is emerging and India will have to defend its rightful place in it. It all started at the annual Munich Security Conference, which is usually a quiet affair and dominated by defence ministers, diplomats, security analysts and policy wonks as they engage in dialogue to peacefully resolve conflicts around the world.

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