The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has given a three-month window to unlisted bond issuers to get their securities listed, which would help debt mutual funds (MFs) bring down their overall exposure to such securities. According to industry participants, the regulator has asked MFs to inform the unlisted debt issuers about this window and consider this route. The window will open from June 15 and would be extended to unlisted non-convertible debentures (NCDs) held in portfolios of various debt scheme as of March 31, 2020. The issuers using this window would not…

Learn trends, tools, ad sales, programmatic advertising, and more.Free Book Preview No BS Guide to Direct Response Social Media Marketing The ultimate guide to – producing measurable, monetizable results with social media marketing. June 9, 2020 2 min readDisclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. Any entrepreneur knows that to grow your business, you need to get the word out there. Fortunately, the internet makes building your brand…

Relationships matter, which is why the deals world revolves as much around chance conversations as it does scheduled meetings and planned strategic maneuvers. COVID-19 has changed those serendipitous encounters and the get-togethers that help dealmakers build trust. That said, the dealmaking machinery is far from idle. Despite a lack of physical meetings, deals are still going ahead. Ten-hour videoconferences aren’t unusual. Site visits are a challenge, but drone technology presents a reasonable solution. Cosmetics firm Coty, which was looking for buyers, said it was considering the use of drones for due diligence; in May 2020, it sold its Wella and…

Shares of Vodafone Idea have been seeing sharp swings as the stock’s drop to a penny stock has attracted several speculative traders as well as retail investors looking to make quick gains from short moves on the counters. “There has been lot of speculation over the stock as it is in an industry, where other players are doing well. Its presence in the futures and options (F&O) segment has allowed traders to place bets on the directional move of the stock price in short-term,” said Deepak Jasani, head-retail research at HDFC Securities. ALSO READ: Coronavirus LIVE:…

Learn how to position your brand with buyers in this new economy.Free Book Preview No BS Guide to Direct Response Social Media Marketing The ultimate guide to – producing measurable, monetizable results with social media marketing. June 8, 2020 1 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Meghan Asha, the founder of FounderMade, was a guest at the most recent Startup Story Live, an extension of the hit podcast The Startup Story that gives everyone in attendance direct access to founders. The two-day livestream event, which streamed to 77 different countries, allowed founders to share the…

The banking and financial sector is among the worst hit in the current downturn. While the Nifty50 has declined 27.7 per cent, the Nifty Bank index has nosedived 40.1 per cent over the past three months. In a report issued on April 15, Macquarie Research cut its earnings per share estimates for private banks by 35-40 per cent and reduced its target prices for private banks by 45 per cent and for public-sector banks by 47 per cent. With economic growth poised to slow down — the International Monetary Fund has…

The benchmark indices gained sharply in the opening trade on Monday, but failed to sustain gains as investors resorted to profit-booking following a steep rise in the past fortnight. After climbing to 34,928 in intra-day trade, the Sensex settled at 34,371 — 557 off the day’s high but 83 points more than the previous close. The Nifty index hit an intra-day high of 10,329 before ending at 10,167, up 25 points, or 0.25 per cent. Subdued opening in the European markets, coupled with weakness in index heavyweights — such as Reliance…

Plus, this branding expert explains how entrepreneurs can use content creation to foster growth.Free Book Preview No BS Guide to Direct Response Social Media Marketing The ultimate guide to – producing measurable, monetizable results with social media marketing. June 6, 2020 1 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Henry Kaminski Jr. and The Playbook host David Meltzer chat about a range of topics including how a paywall impacts your viewership, the importance of assembling a supportive team around you and how ego can get in your way when building a personal brand. The pair also…