http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/fullFri, 21 Apr 2006 16:45:29 +0000http://investing.moneybn.com/Money Man MikeBlogger115http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/117603846373989176Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:20:04 +00002007-04-08T06:21:03.748-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> But venture investors have been overshadowed by ever-ballooning private equity firms and believe it's inevitable that some of the capital sloshing around the buyout world will find its way to them. The figure is roughly three times the $129.6 billion that private equity firms shelled out last year to buy 721 companies. </div><p>Tagged: [existing_link:4d7f5fc32d235711fa620774264c95eb]</p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2006/12/private_equity_.html" title="Private equity set to reshape venture capital industry">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2007/04/private-equity-set-to-reshape-venture.htmlMoney Man Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/117603846335100909Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:20:03 +00002007-04-08T06:21:03.423-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> India's second largest lender ICICI Bank is poised to make significant investments on <a href="http://home-audio.on-topic.net/" title="Home Audio Topics | Everything you need to know about Home Audio">technology</a> and manpower in the next five years to serve four major booming businesses -- corporate, SMEs, wealth management and rural and agriculture. </div><p>Tagged: <a href="http://investments.moneybn.com" rel="tag"><strong>invest</strong></a></p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2006/10/icici_bank_like.html" title="ICICI Bank likely to invest heavily on tech and staff">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2007/04/icici-bank-likely-to-invest-heavily-on.htmlMoney Man Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/117601104416900398Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:43:05 +00002007-04-07T22:44:04.230-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> PNB continued to lost ground and ended nearly 2.5 per cent lower. ABB, which gained more than 10 per cent in the last 2 trading sessions, slipped and was the worst performer among index stocks - closing more than 2.5 per cent lower. Among metals, SAIL lost well over 2 per cent and Hindalco closed nearly 2 per cent lower. </div><p>Tagged: [existing_link:eae0d0c9486fe34432f9896ec215f403]</p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2006/10/sensex_dips_114.html" title="Sensex dips 114 points as techs come under pressure">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2007/04/sensex-dips-114-points-as-techs-come.htmlMoney Man Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/116117849918006047Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:28:16 +00002006-10-18T06:34:59.280-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> Mumbai, October 4, 2006 - Life <a href="http://long-term-care-insurance.on-topic.net/" title="Long Term Care Insurance Topics | Long Term Care Insurance News, Glossary and More - Everything you need to know about Long Term Care Insurance">Insurance</a> Corporation of India (LIC) will invest Rs 47,500 crore in government debt in the fiscal year through March 31, chairman T S Vijayan said in Mumbai. The <a href="http://idaho.travelbn.com/" title="Idaho Travel Blog -Things to do Places to see">state</a>-owned insurer has bought debt securities worth Rs 17,670 crore so far this fiscal year, he said in Mumbai on Tuesday. </div><p>Tagged: <a href="http://investments.moneybn.com" rel="tag"><strong>invest</strong></a></p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2006/10/lic_to_invest_r.html" title="LIC to invest Rs 95,000 crore in Govt. debt">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2006/10/lic-to-invest-rs-95000-crore-in-govt.htmlMoney Man Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/115858819134036681Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:57:12 +00002006-09-18T07:03:12.926-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> Amir Gal-Or, managing partner at Infinity, said the firm had last week put together its private-placement memorandum for Infinity III, its sixth fund. He said he expects the fund to close in 12 to 18 months. The remaining of the fund is invested in information <a href="http://home-audio.on-topic.net/" title="Home Audio Topics | Everything you need to know about Home Audio">technology</a>, with a heavy concentration on the software and semiconductor arenas. </div><p>Tagged: <a href="http://investments.moneybn.com" rel="tag"><strong>invest</strong></a></p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2006/09/infinity_ventur.html" title="Infinity Venture Capital Eyes Up To $150 Million For New Fund">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2006/09/infinity-venture-capital-eyes-up-to.htmlMoney Man Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/115772197349288242Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:20:34 +00002006-09-08T06:26:13.616-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> More than 80% of net capital inflows into India in FY06 were foreign investments, compared to 46% in FY05. The increase was primarily because of portfolio investments, which accounted for half of the net capital flows into the country in FY06, compared to 30% the previous year. </div><p>Tagged: <a href="http://investments.moneybn.com" rel="tag"><strong>investment</strong></a></p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2006/09/foreign_investm.html" title="Foreign investments now over 80% of net inflows">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2006/09/foreign-investments-now-over-80-of-net.htmlMoney Man Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/115760755286896373Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:33:36 +00002006-09-06T22:39:12.886-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> The Mumbai inter-bank forward offered rate (MIFOR) for six months closed at 6.56% as against 6.74% on Thursday, and the Mumbai rupee overnight offered rate (MITOR) based on the cash-spot dollar rupee premium was 5.72%, compared to Thursday?s closing levels of 5.91%. </div><p>Tagged: [existing_link:eae0d0c9486fe34432f9896ec215f403]</p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2006/07/bond_yields_plu.html" title="Bond yields plummet ahead of monetary review">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2006/09/bond-yields-plummet-ahead-of-monetary.htmlMoney Man Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/115760755205121546Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:33:33 +00002006-09-06T22:39:12.106-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> New Delhi: Like peers in the banking sector, Union Bank of India on Friday launched a new deposit scheme to attract small investors by giving 8 per cent interest and 8.5 per cent to senior citizens. Dhingra said the funds will be utilised to give more loans to customers as credit growth is robust. </div><p>Tagged: <a href="http://investments.moneybn.com" rel="tag"><strong>investment</strong></a></p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2006/09/union_bank_lure.html" title="Union Bank lures investors with 8% interest on deposits">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2006/09/union-bank-lures-investors-with-8.htmlMoney Man Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/115720602826386063Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:01:39 +00002006-09-02T07:07:08.310-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> According to the India Investor Experience Survey - an e-mail survey of nearly 7,000 individuals conducted by Starcom Worldwide - a part of the Starcom MediaVest Group, a little more than a third of all people who invest in the stock market believe that they?ve been taken for a ride by their broker. </div><p>Tagged: <a href="http://investments.moneybn.com" rel="tag"><strong>invest</strong></a></p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2006/07/brokers_no_more.html" title="Brokers no more a safe bet to investors">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2006/09/brokers-no-more-safe-bet-to-investors.htmlMoney Man Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/115224438552265561Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:49:07 +00002006-07-06T20:53:05.570-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> Mumbai: Stand-alone Primary Dealers (PDs) can now diversify their activities including investment,trading in equity, units of equity oriented mutual funds and advisory services, merchant banking, etc., in non-core areas, other than areas like government securities and other fixed-income securities. </div><p>Tagged: <a href="http://investments.moneybn.com" rel="tag"><strong>investment</strong></a></p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2006/07/rbi_allows_pds_.html" title="RBI allows PDs to invest and trade in equity">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2006/07/rbi-allows-pds-to-invest-and-trade-in.htmlMoney Man Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/115187232260981974Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:28:10 +00002006-07-02T13:32:02.633-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> US-based venture capital companies Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp; Byers and Sherpalo Ventures have invested in Cleartrip.com as the Indian online <a href="http://idaho.travelbn.com/" title="Idaho Travel Blog -Things to do Places to see">travel</a> market starts showing signs of getting crowded. Earlier this year, Norwest Venture Partners had joined Indian media company TV18 and Reliance Capital to invest in Yatra Online. </div><p>Tagged: <a href="http://investments.moneybn.com" rel="tag"><strong>invest</strong></a></p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2006/06/vcs_continue_to.html" title="VCs continue to invest in India, Cleartrip.com is set for operations">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2006/07/vcs-continue-to-invest-in-india.htmlMoney Man Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/115167816615401915Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:32:16 +00002006-06-30T07:36:06.520-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> BOMBAY - Indian shares slipped in volatile trading Wednesday and the benchmark index fell to a six-month low, reversing early gains. On the rival National Stock Exchange, the 50-company S&amp;P Nifty index jumped 85 points, or 3.2 %, in the first 10 minutes of trading before tumbling to an intraday low of 2,596 points. </div><p>Tagged: <a href="http://investments.moneybn.com" rel="tag"><strong>investment</strong></a></p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2006/06/indian_shares_s.html" title="Indian shares slip in volatile trading, reversing early gains">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2006/06/indian-shares-slip-in-volatile-trading.htmlMoney Man Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/115146593784667184Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:35:14 +00002006-06-27T20:38:57.876-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> The Japanese version of the report would be released in Tokyo on June 14 on the occasion of the India Japan <a href="http://bookkeepers.near-home.com/" title="Bookkeepers Near Home">Business</a> Summit and would be presented to Toshihiro Nikai, minister of economic, trade and industry, government of Japan by Kamal Nath, minister of commerce and industry, government of India. </div><p>Tagged: [existing_link:eae0d0c9486fe34432f9896ec215f403]</p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2006/06/japanese_firms_.html" title="Japanese firms to up investment in India">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2006/06/japanese-firms-to-up-investment-in.htmlMoney Man Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/114999342074003013Sun, 11 Jun 2006 02:33:44 +00002006-06-10T19:37:00.776-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> On Friday, ICICI Bank, the country?s second-biggest bank, raised its prime lending rates by half a percentage point, which will raise the price of retail home loans by a like amount. The rate hike by ICICI Bank comes just day after the central bank increased benchmark rates by 25 basis points. </div><p>Tagged: <a href="http://investments.moneybn.com" rel="tag"><strong>investment</strong></a></p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2006/06/corporate_loan_.html" title="Corporate loan rates are set to rise">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2006/06/corporate-loan-rates-are-set-to-rise.htmlMoney Man Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26120854/posts/full/114793264221957042Thu, 18 May 2006 06:08:04 +00002006-05-17T23:10:42.493-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="post_body"> Too bad you can't have Easter and spring every quarter. The President, according to his handlers, will also push for new tax cuts in an try to appease his base with 'red meat', but here his base and our astute readers are on par. Prosecutors say they want to try him again, but he can make a reasonable argument that enough is enough. </div><p>Tagged: <a href="http://investments.moneybn.com" rel="tag"><strong>invest</strong></a></p> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.dealbreaker.com/2006/05/opening_bell_51607.html" title="Opening Bell: 5.16.07">Continue</a></dd> </dl> </div></div>http://investing.moneybn.com/2006/05/opening-bell-51607.htmlMoney Man Mike