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Companies Spend Record Amounts On Dividends, Despite a Looming Downturn

In 2022, businesses in the S&P 500 are expected to devote $561 billion to dividends, up from $511.2 billion in 2021. For the first time since the outbreak, several businesses started paying again. According to Howard Silverblatt, a senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices, as corporations face pressure from investors to keep raising returns, dividend expenditure is on track to reach another record in 2023. The balance accounts of corporations still show substantial liquidity and a considerable retreat would be required for there to not be a record [in 2023] at this moment.

28 Jan 2023
Markets

India's secondary listing plan for firms joining foreign markets irks investors: Report

India drafting rules to allow firms to list abroadCurrently, Indian companies can list locally and then access foreign equity capital through instruments like American Depository Receipts

3 min read13 Sep 2020
Markets

Stock market sell-off will put investors’ DNA to the test

Will they buy the dip again or start paying more attention to fundamentals?

4 min read4 Sep 2020
News

To some investors, 10-year Treasury note isn’t what it was

It was once every investor’s touchstone. Now, the 10-year yield ‘has apparently lost any heartbeat’

5 min read9 Aug 2020
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Markets

BFSL offers benefits beyond low-cost brokerage to investors

A demographic shift towards new-age technology in India has steered the focus towards a new mate of stockbroking, known as discount broking

3 min read28 Jul 2020
Markets

Selective disclosures on covid impact leave investors in the dark

In many cases, firms stuck to a ready script, using the same phrases such as internal and external informationOn 20 May, Sebi asked listed firms to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on their business performance and financial results

2 min read15 Jul 2020
Technology

A window of opportunity for Indian apps: Investors

Investors said social content constantly requires large investments to scale, which domestic investors may be unwilling to doInvestors also highlighted the challenges around technology, product talent and capital investments, which are required to scale these social platforms

2 min read3 Jul 2020
Markets

BSE to shift weekly contracts in equity derivatives to Monday

BSE Sensex 50 is a transparent, rules-based index that is designed to measure the performance of the top 50 largest and liquid stocks in the BSE Large MidcapBSE has also introduced liquidity enhancement scheme (LES) in the equity derivatives segment for BSE Sensex 50 - weekly and monthly futures

1 min read10 Jun 2020
Markets

Markets soar 6% on global equities support, investors await stimulus package

The Indian rupee closed at 75.20 down 0.28% against the dollar on FridayOn Friday, union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a meeting of a task force formed to assess the impact of the pandemic and to find ways to tackle it

2 min read21 Mar 2020
Industry

Investors seek clarity on Yes Bank’s rescue plan

Investors want to know who will provide liquidity support once moratorium is liftedSBI is in talks with marquee investors such as Goldman Sachs, Brookfield, Blackstone, HDFC

2 min read10 Mar 2020