High-street rentals continue to outpace those of malls, as retailers focus on prime locations and are willing to pay a premium for visibility. IMAGE: Camac Street, Kolkata. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kolkatan/Wikimedia Commons Between 2021 and 2025, rental values on prime
Ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) monetary policy review in the first week of December, major public sector non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) — the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), Small Industries Development Bank of India
India’s market regulator is moving ahead to include real estate investment trusts (Reits) in benchmark indices in a phased manner, Sebi chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey said, while asserting that the regulator was working to strengthen the link between infrastructure building
Following Axis Max Life Insurance’s second-quarter results for 2025–26, Sumit Madan, managing director and chief executive officer of the company, speaks to Aathira Varier and Subrata Panda/Business Standard about growth aspirations, strategies to offset the impact of the input tax credit (ITC)
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is revving up a long-anticipated plan to hold an initial public offering for his Pershing Square Capital Management, the Financial Times reported, citing unidentified people with knowledge of the matter. Ackman is talking with
Stocks to buy under ₹200: This week, the Indian stock market maintained their upward tone as the Nifty 50 index inched higher through most sessions. Despite a few intraday swings, overall sentiment stayed positive and buying interest remained intact. The
The country’s largest listed auto parts company by market capitalisation, Samvardhana Motherson International, reported a better than expected operating performance in the second quarter (July-September) of 2025-26 (Q2FY26). IMAGE: Employees of Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd, work on a car wiring
India’s equity markets may have expanded rapidly, but initial public offerings (IPOs) are increasingly becoming exit vehicles for early investors rather than as engines for raising long-term capital, a shift that undermines the spirit of public markets, Chief Economic Advisor
India’s merchandise trade deficit widened to a record $41.68 billion in October, as gold imports trebled and outbound shipments registered their sharpest contraction in 14 months, according to data released by the commerce department. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters Merchandise exports fell
Snapping the two-day rally, benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower on Friday mainly due to weak global trends and fading hopes of a rate cut by the US Federal Reserve in December. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The 30-share BSE Sensex
