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The many facets of front-running and insider trading
Markets
R Balakrishnan

The many facets of front-running and insider tradingย 

SEBI (Securities Exchange Board of India) has levelled charges of front-running against two big institutions that may Indians are invested with โ€“ LIC and Axis Mutual Fund. Front running and its close cousin – insider trading – were quite widely prevalent in the days of yore, before SEBI drafted elaborate regulations to keep such practices at bay. But what do todayโ€™s investors need to know about these malpractices? Hereโ€™s an explainer.

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Prime fund recommendation - a beaten down sector to pick up now
Mutual funds & ETFs
Vidya Bala

Prime Fund Recommendation: A beaten-down sector to pick up now

Getting into a sector when the going is rough can pay off as kinks get ironed out and prospects look up. The complexity of this sector, along with other factors, has led to steep underperformance against the Nifty 50. But with more clarity now emerging on sustainable growth from here as well as a shift in the contours of the sector, this may be an opportune time to build up exposure to this beaten-down sector.

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Prime stock recommendation - an R&D focused company in the API space
Stocks
N V Chandrachoodamani

Prime Stock Recommendation: An R&D focused company in the API space

It has been a rough ride for the Indian API industry in the past 2 years. A combination of factors including price erosion in US generics, destocking, demand fluctuation, elevated raw material costs and freight costs have hit the margins of many API plays including market favourites such as Diviโ€™s, Laurus and Aarti Drugs. Their growth has also remained at low single digits in this period.
Still, if a company has managed to remain resilient in this period and yet corrected to valuations that make it attractive, it deserves to be noticed.

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4 metrics to choose the best index funds and ETFs
Mutual funds & ETFs
Aarati Krishnan

4 Metrics to choose the best index funds and ETFs

โ€œWhich equity fund should I buy?โ€ When asked an open-end question like this, most financial experts recommend an index fund. Choosing an index fund is supposed to be far easier than choosing an active fund from the hundreds of schemes. But the number and variety of index funds in India has mushroomed too. There are about 94 open-end equity index funds, while over 120 equity Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are listed on the exchanges. So, if youโ€™re thinking of buying an index fund, how do you choose the right one? Here are four metrics to choose the best index funds and ETFs.

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Insurance recommendation - A healthy policy that ticks the right boxes
Insurance
Bipin Ramachandran

Insurance recommendation – A healthy policy that ticks the right boxes

Often, researching for your health insurance doesnโ€™t stop at finding a good insurer and policy. The sub plans, options, and addons under a policy warrant more research to find out the best combination for you and to help you squeeze out the most benefit from your policy.ย Today, we take up Bajaj Allianz Health Guard, with a wide range of sub-options that can make it better.

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What has changed with REIT/InvIT taxation
Research Reports
Aarati Krishnan

What has changed with REIT/InvIT taxation

For Indian investors looking for regular income with the possibility of capital appreciation, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) are good vehicles. These entities own a bunch of real estate or infrastructure assets that throw up regular cash flows and distribute over 90% of their cash flows to their investors. As both their income and the value of the real estate or infrastructure portfolio they own can rise over time, REITs and InvITs offer the prospect of rising income with capital gains.

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Mankind Pharma IPO: Invest or avoid?
Stocks
N V Chandrachoodamani

Mankind Pharma IPO: Invest or avoid?

Mankind Pharma, which operates in the domestic pharmaceuticals space, opens its Rs 4300 core IPO today. The issue is priced at a band of Rs 1,026 – Rs 1,080 per share of face value Re.1/-.

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Prime Fund Recommendation: A multi-asset fund for long-term portfolios
Mutual funds & ETFs
Bhavana Acharya

Prime Fund Recommendation: A multi-asset fund for long-term portfolios

Multi-asset allocation funds as a category are not easy to use. With funds in the category having the freedom to swing drastically between asset classes, the aspects to consider range from how asset allocation calls are taken, how much the allocation changes, whether this translates into returns, and finally what the taxation is going to be.

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Prime Stock Recommendation - A pharma stock available at a bargain
Stocks
Pavithra Jaivant

Prime Stock recommendation: A pharma stock available at a bargain

Picking a stock in the pharma space is not easy. The businesses are complex and can leave you feeling like you are preparing for a mini-MBBS. Whatโ€™s more โ€“ no two companies are alike. To compound matters, it is also a heavily regulated space (and rightly so) with complex supply chains very often, heavily reliant on China. Not only do most end products have names that sound like tongue twisters but can be governed by complex patent regulations.

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Whats firing up gold prices and what you can do about it.
Gold
Aarati Krishnan

Whatโ€™s firing up gold prices and what you can do about it

After lying low for a while, gold as an asset class has woken up from its long slumber in the last six months. International gold prices, which fell by 3.3% in 2021 and 0.3% in 2022, have gained 9% so far in 2023 (as of April 11) and are up by 20% in the last six months. In India, gold prices recently bounced off a lifetime high of over Rs 61,000/10 grams, having gained 18% in the last six months. This recent run has made investors sit up and take notice of sovereign gold bonds, gold ETFs and other vehicles to own gold. But should you jump on the bullion bandwagon now?

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