Purbalee Dutta

Nomura Holdings, a major global investment bank, is reviewing its India fixed-income business amid concerns that profits reported by its rates division may have been overstated in recent years. According to a Bloomberg report, the bank’s compliance team is examining how trades involving Strips were being valued. What Are Strips?Strips, or Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities, are created when a bond’s principal and interest payments are split and traded separately. Investors can buy these components individually instead of as a single security. Why They Matter in Accounting:The investigation is focused on whether traders marked their positions…

Tenneco Clean Air India Ltd, a subsidiary of the US-based Tenneco Group, opened its initial public offering (IPO) for subscription on November 12, which will close on November 14. The IPO price band has been fixed between ₹378 and ₹397 per share. In the grey market, the issue is commanding a premium of ₹61, suggesting an estimated listing price of around ₹458 per share—about 15.4% higher than the upper price band. Ahead of the launch, the company raised ₹1,080 crore from anchor investors, with participation from 58 major institutions, including SBI Mutual Fund, HDFC Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential, Nomura, BlackRock,…

Shares of Bajaj Finance Ltd., one of India’s leading non-bank lenders, tumbled up to 8% on Tuesday, November 11, after the company reported its September quarter results post-market hours on Monday. The management reduced its full-year Assets Under Management (AUM) growth forecast to 22–23% from the earlier 24–25%, citing slower growth in mortgage and SME segments. SME growth is now expected at 10–12%, with MSME performance likely to bottom out in the first quarter of FY26. Credit costs are projected to stay at the upper end of the 1.85–1.95% range before improving next year, prompting a 25% cut in unsecured…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached over 132 acres of land belonging to Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City in Navi Mumbai, valued at ₹4,462.81 crore, as part of its probe into alleged fund diversion by the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. Earlier in the day, the agency also seized the Ambani family residence in Mumbai’s Pali Hill, the Reliance Centre in Delhi, and several properties across eight cities in connection with investigations into Reliance Home Finance and Reliance Commercial Finance. Reliance Infrastructure clarified in a filing that business operations, shareholders, and employees remain unaffected, adding that Anil Ambani has not been…