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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has extended the compliance requirement for large corporates to raise at least 25% of their incremental borrowings through debt securities to a contiguous block of three years from the present two years. This decision comes after the board of Sebi allowed the proposal. Previously, large corporates needed to mobilize a minimum of 25% of their borrowings through the issue of debt securities in a financial year, which had been mandated over a contiguous block of two years.

Neil Parag Parikh, CEO of PPFAS Mutual Fund, stresses the importance of emergency funds and having a proper plan for investing taking into account short, medium, and long-term goals. He advises people not to invest based solely on past returns or recommendations, but rather to do proper research and get an asset allocation done in accordance with their risk profile. He also considers behavioural biases as a factor to take into account when making investment decisions.

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Benchmark indices ended the last day of the 2022-23 fiscal with a nearly 2% jump on Friday in line with firm trends in the global markets and heavy buying in Reliance.

The IPO comprises fresh issue of 10.95 lakh shares and plans to raise about Rs 5.15 crore from the public offer. About 57,000 equity shares of the company aggregating to Rs 26.79 lakh have been reserved for the market maker.

Brokerage Motilal Oswal has shared a list of potential private bank stocks that can fetch you better growth and good momentum.

As many as 33 companies will see the expiry of pre-IPO lock-ins in the next three months. A lock-in is a time period under which existing shareholders cannot sell their investments to avoid volatility in the stock.

Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley places India at the 7th spot in terms of market allocation among APxJ/EM (Asia Pacific ex-Japan / Emerging Markets). The US-headquartered investment bank and financial services company is ‘Overweight’ (OW) on China, South Korea and Taiwan.

"While the UPI block mechanism to allow trading with funds lying in the bank account is optional for brokers, the ability to collect fees from CC and potentially lower regulatory burden due to non-handling of client funds would probably mean that most brokerages will offer it," Kamath said.

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