Several overseas bond funds have registered with Sebi, drawn by the higher interest rate and yield in the Indian debt market. As equities in India are one of the

Dark clouds over Dalal Street have once again started to loom large as dismal last quarterly earnings season coupled with raging European debt crisis and falling currency back home has taken toll on stocks across sectors.

If the recent shift of debt fund investors’ interest from open-ended debt funds to close-ended ones (on account of interest rate volatility in the debt markets) were not enough, Tuesday’s

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) may allow life insurance companies to invest in derivatives to hedge long-term risks associated with guaranteed returns on unit-linked pension products.
Equity derivative

The finance ministers of the European Union reached an agreement to introduce more stringent control over hedge funds and private equity firms as part of a major effort to regulate

Citigroup is in advanced talks to sell its USD 4-billion hedge fund business to US-based SkyBridge Capital, says a media report.

Attributing to people familiar with the plan, The Wall

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is going extremely slow on registration applications of hedge funds on concerns that they add to market volatility.

Assets under management (AUM) of India-focused hedge funds have dropped about 10 per cent this year despite speculation that these funds are driving the foreign fund flows into the domestic stock market.