Ishaan Gera

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01 July, 2015

Microfinance industry can sustain high double-digit growth: Ratna Viswanathan, CEO, MFIN

Ratna Viswanathan, the newly appointed CEO of self regulatory organisation (SRO), Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN), says MFIs will grow at ......

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29 June, 2015

Rights issues climbed to four-year high in FY15

With the stock market sentiments market reviving in 2014 riding on the euphoria of new government, more firms took the ......

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18 June, 2015

Open offers for listed firms sink to a decadal low as promoters go slow in hiking stake

With mergers & acquisitions (M&As) yet to revive big time after the slowdown years and deal structures bypass minority shareholders ......

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08 June, 2015

Close to half of all firms that issued QIPs in last one year trading below issue price

It is not just hapless retail investors who are taken for a ride by the euphoria in the primary market. ......

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05 June, 2015

Delhi pips Mumbai again as top Indian city as magnet for FDI; Mauritius back as top route

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India rose by a quarter to $44.88 billion last fiscal, the second-highest level ever as ......

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01 June, 2015

Private placements of corporate bonds revive in FY15, hit all-time high

Indian companies garnered a record sum through private placement of bonds last year in what also marked a revival in ......

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18 May, 2015

One out of every two firms that went public in last one year trading below issue price

Indian stock market's heady rise, which started in early 2014 and gathered pace after the new central government took over ......

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01 May, 2015

Lending to micro-entrepreneurs will be key going forward: Samit Ghosh, founder, Ujjivan

Bangalore-based Ujjivan Financial Services is one of the top-tier microfinance institutions in the country with a network of 423 branches ......

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30 April, 2015

QIPs rocket to five-year high in FY15; NCD issues skid to four-year low in India

Indian firms latched on to institutional equity issues while holding back on adding the burden of debt placements on their ......

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23 April, 2015

We aim to double our loan book & branch network this year: Manoj Kumar Nambiar, MD, Arohan

Arohan Financial Services, a Kolkata-based microfinance institution, has built a loan portfolio of around Rs 400 crore operating in Bihar, ......