New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Bitcoin fell below $60,000 for the first time since October 2024, extending a broad reversal that has seen the largest cryptocurrency lose more than half its value from an October peak above $126,000.The cryptocurrency slid as much as 7 per cent to $59,101, and was trading at $59,743.21 apiece early on Saturday.Bitcoin is suffering from liquidity shifts especially by institutional investors and capital rotation into sectors drawing fresh investor attention such as artifi…
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Mumbai, June 4 (IANS) BSE Index Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of BSE, on Thursday announced the launch of a new benchmark index — the BSE India 5-Year Sovereign Bond Index — aimed at tracking the performance of India’s benchmark five-year government securities.The newly launched benchmark has a base value of 100 and a first value date of April 27, 2018. It will be reconstituted on a monthly basis, according to the company.The launch is expected to expand passive investment opportunitie…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) India’s capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India on Tuesday proposed a major revamp of the trade-processing mechanism used for institutional stock market transactions, seeking to cut delays, lower costs and reduce dependence on a single infrastructure provider.In a consultation paper, SEBI proposed replacing the existing centralised Straight Through Processing (STP) hub model with a direct communication framework based on application programming…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) India’s real estate investment market sustained exceptional momentum into 2026, with transaction volumes in Q1 CY2026 reaching $1.7 billion, up 37 per cent year‑on‑year, a report said on Monday.The report from JLL said the quarter saw a structural shift toward core asset acquisitions, which surged 178 per cent to $1.03 billion.The trend has accelerated into Q2, with core asset deals already totalling $1.48 billion, signalling sustained confidence in stable, income-g…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Physical gold may have taken the lead, but the precious metal has also surged in the digital space, with gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) emerging as a favourite among both retail and institutional investors as total assets under management (AUM) surged to Rs 1,71,468.4 crore in March 2026, nearly tripling on a year-on-year basis, a report showed on Wednesday.As per the ICRA Analytics analysis, the AUM figure represents a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) o…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Digital non‑banking finance companies’ personal loan portfolios are expected to exceed Rs. 3.6 lakh crore by FY30, implying a compound annual growth rate of 26–28 per cent during FY25–FY30, a report said on Monday.The report from ratings agency CareEdge Ratings said that the strong growth is driven by increasing digital penetration, expanding borrower segments and a supportive regulatory framework.Outstanding personal loans of digital NBFCs more than doubled to…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) India continues to strengthen its position as a key investment destination within the Asia-Pacific region, recording one of the strongest growths in real estate investments among the nine major APAC markets in 2025, a report showed on Wednesday.Colliers’ report found that total real estate investment volumes across nine key Asia Pacific markets reached $162 billion in 2025, marking an 8 per cent year‑on‑year increase, with momentum building in the second half of …
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) About $180 billion of sustainable bonds issued in Asia-Pacific during the 2020-2021 boom are set to mature in 2026, a report said on Thursday, adding that in India, issuance is likely to remain modest, with sovereign green tranches continuing to anchor the market amid limited corporate participation.India’s sustainable bond issuance, already relatively small, declined to $2 billion in 2025. Green bonds still dominated volumes with a 62 per cent share. The remainder of is…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Beijing Stock Exchange (BSE) reveals a deeper feature of China’s political economy, where capital markets function less as liquidity-driven than as policy instruments that prioritise strategic industrial objectives, according to a new report.China’s stock exchange illustrates how China deploys capital markets as instruments of industrial policy while accepting limited market liquidity, said the report in East Asia Forum.“Designed to fund ‘little giant’ firm…
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) World’s largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin extended losses on Friday, falling over 6 per cent to about $66,198 as risk aversion, heavy liquidations, weakness in technology stocks, and fears of tighter US monetary policy rattled investors.Bitcoin saw its sharpest single‑day decline since late 2024 on Thursday when it slid 12.6 per cent to roughly $63,300, its lowest level since October 2024, wiping out billions of asset value in dollar terms, multiple reports said.Analysts sa…