Sebi mulls hedge-fund like products for retail investors

Sebi mulls hedge-fund like products for retail investors

[ad_1] India’s capital market regulator is proposing allowing asset management companies to offer hedge fund-like products for mom-and-pop investors as it steps up efforts to curb proliferation of unauthorized investment products.The Securities and Exchange Board of India has proposed a “new asset class” that will lie between a traditional pooled investment vehicle like a mutual…

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Morgan Stanley’s profit jumps as investment banking recovers

Morgan Stanley’s profit jumps as investment banking recovers

[ad_1] Morgan Stanley‘s profit rose in the second quarter as investment banking activity rebounded on strength in equity and debt underwriting.Shares of the bank still fell 2% in choppy premarket trading as wealth management revenue rose only marginally, after powering growth through most of 2022 and 2023.The segment’s revenue increased to $6.8 billion in the…

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Budget 2024 income tax expectations: Top 5 things FM Sitharaman should do for taxpayers – from tax slab changes to hiking standard deduction

Budget 2024 income tax expectations: Top 5 things FM Sitharaman should do for taxpayers – from tax slab changes to hiking standard deduction

[ad_1] By Parizad SirwallaBudget 2024 income tax expectations: The Finance Minister (FM) will present the full Union Budget for Financial Year (FY) 2024-25 in Parliament on July 23rd. The Budget is of significant interest to individual taxpayers as they have a long wish list of the desired announcements on the personal tax front from the…

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China making youth unemployment a ‘top priority’

China making youth unemployment a ‘top priority’

[ad_1] SHANGHAI: At a job fair for soon-to-be graduates in central Shanghai, recruiters sat bored under washed-out tarpaulins as rain and an apparent lack of interest kept potential young employees away.The empty seats belied China’s stubbornly high youth unemployment rate — a problem so pressing that President Xi Jinping has told top Communist Party (CCP)…

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