Defence, power themes attract interest, but challenges persist: Anand TandonEquity markets have seen a rapid recovery, surprising many investors. Despite this rebound, concerns about high valuations and unresolved g...
BFSI is an acronym; each letter has a different ability to create wealth. Time to be contrarian? 6 stocks with an upside potential of up to 39%BFSI. Just because these letters are clubbed together, it does not mean they are all the same. History tells us that the Banking, Financial...
Are all the headwinds of regulatory and policy cleanup behind them? 5 insurance stocks with upside potential of up to 27%Close to two decades back, private insurance companies started gaining prominence, there were two issues which got highlighted. First, the ...
Bearing the brunt today, but good for long term: 6 stocks with pedigree from the financial services sector with upside potential of up to 28%One of the best and probably also the worst part of the presentation of return performance of any stocks or for that matter any asset class...
A large opportunity but only for long term investors: 6 insurance stocks with potential upside of up to 17%While it should be done for every sector, for some sectors it is extremely important to make a distinction between the narrative which is m...
From a long-term perspective; 4 life and 1 general insurance major with potential upside of up to 32%Insurance as a product has been existing for ages, but still the industry was growing at a very slow pace. The awareness and the need to ha...
3 life and 2 other insurance majors with potential upside of up to 45%Insurance is one industry that got hit very badly and led to a situation where literally every company has to raise funds to meet regulator...
Big movers on D-Street: What should investors do with TCS, ICICI Pru Life and Bank of Baroda?Stocks that were in focus included names like TCS, which fell 0.44%, Bank of Baroda, which rose 3.22%, and I-Pru Life, whose shares decline...
Turbulence is now behind them: 5 insurance stocks from different segments with upside potential of up to 34%After the changes in tax law, all insurance stocks were hit badly. While all three belong to the insurance sector, there is a world of diff...
Some assurance in insurance; 3 life & 2 other insurance majors with potential upside of up to 33%When it comes to the insurance sector, a number of times, the name of both life and non- life and health insurance companies is taken in th...
Growth concerns! Macquaire downgrades HDFC Life, I-Pru Life, SBI Life despite valuation comfortAnalysts are sceptical about the growth prospects of the insurance sector, despite lucrative valuations. The sector has underperformed the ...
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- EPFO names SBI, 3 others to run 3.5-lakh-cr fund
SBI, I-Sec PD, R-Cap and HSBC Asset Management Co have been appointed fund managers for EPFO's more than 3-lakh- cr corpus for next 3 years.
- ICICI, Pru pour more into life business
Life insurance business is turning out to be a money guzzler for promoters. Here's how.