Know About: AXA, Aviva

AXA

AXA (Euronext: CS, NYSE: AXA) is an insurance company with a group headquarters in France. AXA is not the name of a single company but a group of companies independently organized and operated according to the regulations of many different countries.The AXA group of companies are engaged in life, health and other forms of insurance, as well as investment management. The AXA group operates primarily in Western Europe, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, North America and the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East.
There are five operating business segments with the AXA group of companies: Life & Savings, Property & Casualty, International Insurance (including reinsurance), Asset Management and Other Financial Services.The combined group has 189,000 employees and 122 billions dollars of revenues in 2004. If AXA were a single company it would rank as the 15th largest company in the world (based on revenues) on the 2006 Fortune Global 500 list.[1]


For more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXA

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Aviva

Aviva plc (LSE: AV.) is the world's fifth-largest insurance group, the biggest insurance group in the UK and the second-largest insurance group in Canada. Worldwide, it trails behind AXA, Allianz, ING and Fortis[citation needed]. It is one of the leading providers of life and pensions products in Europe and has a presence in 25 countries worldwide, notably France and The Netherlands. The company was formerly called CGNU, and was created by a merger of Norwich Union and CGU plc (itself created by the 1998 merger of Commercial Union and General Accident) in 2000. The Aviva name was adopted in July 2002. The company still uses the Norwich Union name within the United Kingdom.

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13 Indian cos amongst Asia`s growing firms : Myiris.Com

13 Indian cos amongst Asia`s growing firms


Amongst Asia's hot growing companies, thirteen Indian firms have been listed in the 100 fastest growing small and mid-size companies in Asia, report agencies sources.

This report, which is prepared by US-based financial magazine Business Week, India is home to higher number of such companies than China whose presence is limited to just eight firms.

India is next only to Taiwan and Japan, which have been represented by 24 and 18 firms respectively.

The list includes 13 firms from Hong Kong, from Korea 7 firms, from Malaysia 4 firms, 9 firms from Singapore and 2 from Thailand.

There was only one firm from Pakistan that ranked 84th. Among the Indian firms,
Among the Indian firms, Lakshmi Machine Works is ranked 17th, followed by Kirloskar Brothers (18th) and Godrej Consumer Products (23rd).

Also Indian companies such as Maricao ranked 40th, Colgate-Palmolive India 45th, Hexaware Technologies 53rd, GlaxoSmithkline Pharmaceuticals 60th, Panacea Biotec 68th, Bajaj Hindustan 72nd, and Titan Industries 98th.



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New Fund Offers (NFOs) from MF Industry

New Fund Offers

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JPMorgan India Smaller Companies Fund (G)
JPMorgan (I) Smaller Co.

Issue Open 09-Nov-2007 Issue Close 30-Nov-2007

Scheme Objective : JPMorgan India Smaller Companies Fund, is a n open-ended equity growth scheme. The investment objective of the scheme is to seek to generate long-term capital appreciation from a portfolio that is substantially constituted of equity and equity-related securities focused on smaller companies.

Mutual Fund Family
JPMorgan Asset Management India Pvt. Ltd.

Fund Class
Equity Diversified

Fund Type
Open-Ended

Investment plan
Growth

Fund Manager
Harshad Patwardhan / Amit Gadgil

Entry Load 2.25 %
Exit Load 1.00 %

Comment
Entry Load 2.25% for investment of less than Rs 5 Crs. Exit Load of 1% if redeem within 6 months from the date of allotment in respect of Purchase made other than through SIP and Exit load of 1% in respect of the first purchase made through SIP if redeem Within 24 months from the date of allotment.
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Franklin Asian Equity Fund


Scheme Objective

Franklin Asian Equity Fund (FAEF) is an open-end diversified equity fund. The investment objective of the scheme is to seeks to provide medium to long term appreciation through investments primarily in Asian Companies / sectors (excluding Japan) with long term potential across market capitalisation.

Mutual Fund Family
Franklin Templeton Asset Mgmt. (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Fund Class
Equity Diversified

Fund Type
Open-Ended

Investment plan
Dividend

Fund Manager
Sukumar Rajah / Roshi Jain

Entry Load
2.25 %
Exit Load
0.50 %

Comment
Entry load of 2.25% for investments less than Rs 5 cr. Exit Load of 0.50% for investment less than Rs 5 cr if redeemed within 1year of allotment and 1% for investment above Rs 5 cr if redemption within 6 months of allotment.

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Other NFOs

Lotus (I) AGILE Fund (G)

JM Agri & Infra Fund (G)

LIC MF Top 100 Fund (G)

DBS Chola MF launches Small Cap Fund

For more NFO details: New Fund Offers



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Business Stories from MC, Myiris.Com

Moneycontrol.Com

Mkts end in deep red: What lies ahead?
Telecom operators meet Secy; deadlock continues

Will mkts go below 18K levels?
Like infra, power and financials: MOST
Which stocks merit a buy now?
India outperforms Asian and global mkts

Crude may see USD 100/bbl
No Deccan-Kingfisher reverse merger: UB
Euro, British Pound, Swiss Franc surge against USD
Brokerage biz topline can grow extremely fast in 3-5 yrs
Support for Sensex at 18965-19160

Asian mkts could correct 20-25%: Bank Julius Baer
Experts see further correction in mkts
ArcelorMittal enters Estonian market
RPL can touch Rs 360-370: A Vora
Sebi considers permitting REITs in India

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Myiris.Com

Brokers Outlook: Crucial buying to happen on Wednesday
FIIs remain net sellers in equities worth Rs 10,721 mn on Nov 20
Bartronics India forms new subsidary in USA
Fitch affirms Bharti Airtel at BB+; Outlook Stable
India Cements to raise up to USD 150 mn
Punj Lloyd`s Atul Punj is E&Y entrepreneur of the year 2007 in const category
Fortis Financial buys Australia based Capital Market Solutions

DBS Chola MF launches Small Cap Fund
Ramsarup Industries bags Rs 356.40 mn orders
Ministry of tourism releases Rs 2.95 bn for 126 projects
Apollo Tyres eyes markets in Europe
IVRCL Infra to diversify into minerals and fossils
Reliance Money plans to offer PMS

RIL gets two new blocks in Yemen
DHFL to buy 19.9% in Wadhawan Food
RIL may cut LPG production next year
M&M eyes South African co.


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Religare Enterprises ends with 182% premium: MC

It was a phenomenal day for Religare Enterprises, a financial services company in India offering a wide range of financial products and services, which ended the day at Rs 522, up 182%. The stock spurt to Rs 601 (a premium of 225% over its offer price of Rs 185) in early trade and remained above Rs 500 through the day despite negative sentiment across the market (the Sensex lost more than 670 points).

Continued buying support and management's outlook about future helped the stock to remain in limelight.
Sunil Godhwani, CEO and MD of Religare Enterprises said (in an interview with CNBC-TV18) majority of their revenues come from the broking business. He sees the broking business contributing close to 60% going forward and the rest would be comprised of 60% retail and 40% from i-banking.

The share rose 182.16% to close at Rs 522, with volumes of 1,60,54,884 and the turnover stood at Rs 894.72 crore. It has touched a high/low of Rs 601 and Rs 323.75, respectively on the NSE.
Malvinder Singh, Chairman, Religare Enterprises, said the company is open to more partnerships and acquisitions. Singh said Religare Enterprises plans to enter into the life insurance business with Aegon.

On the BSE, it ended at Rs 521.70, with volumes of 1,11,97,515 shares.The company had entered capital markets with an initial public offering (IPO) of 7,576,102 equity shares for cash. The issue was subscribed approximately around 160.56 times. The net proceeds of the issue would be utilized towards expansion of the domestic operations as well as the network of branches of two of its subsidiaries, Religare Securities Limited and Religare Insurance Broking Limited; funding the retail finance business as well as funding the leading business, through investment in its subsidiaries, Religare Finvest Limited and Religare Finance Limited....

Religare to enter life insurance biz with Aegon
Broking biz to add 60% to revs: Religare Ent
Religare has potential to surge 30%: Tulsian
Religare Enterprises debuts with 75% premium
Broking to account for at least 60% of Religare's revenues
Religare will trade at Rs 650-700 in near term

Varun Industries to list on November 22
Renaissance Jewellery IPO subscribed 18x

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Sensex nosedives 678 pts at close, Other stories: Sify.Com

Sensex nosedives 678 pts at close

NSE 5561.05 -219.85
BSE 18602.62 -678.18

The bears tasted success for the fifth successive session today as weak global markets, rising crude oil prices and reports of a possible hike in securities transaction tax provided a perfect platform for them to launch a massive attack on stocks. Stocks across the board felt the heat today. Information technology stocks were the outperformers thanks to some strong buying in a few heavyweights including Infosys Technologies and Tata Consultancy Services. But then, a severe bout of pressure in late afternoon trade knocked the wind out of these stocks as well.

Metal, bank, realty, capital goods, power and oil stocks melted. There was no respite for stocks from midcap and smallcap segments either. Mirroring the massive erosion in values of its components, the benchmark BSE index Sensex went crashing down to a low of 18,515.30 in afternoon trade. The barometer, which had opened with a negative gap of around 83 points at 19,197.57 this morning, ended the day with a massive loss of 678.18 points or 3.52% at 18,602.62.


The Nifty, which plunged to a low of 5530.85, settled at 5561.05 with a big loss of 3.8% or 219.85 points. While the Sensex drew a blank with none of its components making it to the positive territory, the Nifty had two stocks, Hero Honda (1.6%) and GlaxoSmithKline Pharma (0.6%) in the positive zone when the session ended today. HCL Technologies settled at its previous closing price.


NTPC, which lost a little over 8%, was the biggest loser in the Sensex today. BHEL went down by 6.3%. ITC, Maruti Suzuki, Reliance Energy, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India and Larsen & Toubro lost 5% - 6%. Hindalco and Tata Steel, the metal majors, closed lower by 4.9% and 4.35% respectively. Realty major DLF, a recent entrant to the Sensex fold, ended with a loss of 4.1%. Reliance Communications, Grasim Industries, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, HDFC Bank, Wipro, Cipla, ONGC and index heavyweight Reliance Industries lost 2% - 4% today.


Hindustan Unilever, HDFC, Infosys Technologies, Satyam Computer Services and Tata Consultancy Services also closed with sharp losses. ACC, Ambuja Cements, Bajaj Auto and Bharti Airtel lost 0.3% - 0.6%.




For more: Sensex nosedives 678 pts at close


Articles from www.Sify.com

Max NY Life to invest $609 m in India

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JPMorgan's tax-planning equity fund
Satyam chief bags E&Y award
ACC sells $52 m surplus asset
GAIL to import LNG
Four Soft inks deal for ‘4S eLog’

Arena Animation bags 'Maharashtra IT award-2007’
13 Indian firms among Asia's 100 fastest-growing
IVRCL Infrastructures plans mining foray
‘India may raise securities transaction tax’
RIL signs deal for Yemen blocks
Reliance re-enters Cauvery asset



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Article/Corporate/Personailty of the Day

The Economic Times

The Economic Times, launched in 1961, is India's largest financial daily and the world's second largest financial daily after The Wall Street Journal, with a daily readership of over 650,000 copies. It is published by India's largest media group, Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd, (This company along with its other group companies are more popularly known as The Times Group), which also publishes The Times of India, the Navbharat Times, the Maharashtra Times, Femina, and Filmfare. The Economic Times has its offices in Mumbai outside Victoria Terminus railway station. Its main content is based on the Indian economy, share prices, prices of commodities as well as other matters related to finance. The Founder / Editor of the paper when it was launched in 1961 was P.S. Hariharan. The current Executive Editor of The Economic Times is Rahul Joshi.Rahul Joshi is known for his mastery over the conception as well as expression of thought. The Economic Times is characterised by its salmon-pink paper, all of which is recycled. It is also the favourite newspaper among the city's business houses. It is sold in Mumbai, India, and all the major cities of India.

For more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Times



Rediff.com

Rediff.com India, NASDAQ: REDF is a news, information, entertainment, and shopping portal. It was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India with offices in New Delhi and New York, USA. As per Alexa rating [1], Rediff is the No. 5 Indian web portal. It is the only India-based website to appear in first 100 websites. It has more than 250 employees.[2] Rediff.com also offers one of the oldest and largest Indian weekly newspaper, India Abroad, which it acquired in 2001.

For more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rediff.com



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About: PetroChina, Exxon Mobil

PetroChina

PetroChina Company, Limited (SEHK: 0857, SSE: 601857, NYSE: PTR) is a Chinese oil company and is the listed arm of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), mainland China's biggest producer of oil.[1]... Traded in Hong Kong and New York, the mainland enterprise announced its plans to issue stock in Shanghai in November 2007,[1] and following its debut on the Shanghai index, its market value tripled, to make PetroChina the largest company in the world and the first company with market capitalization at USD $1 trillion. [2]

For more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PetroChina

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ExxonMobil

Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), a multi-national American corporation and a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company.[2] Formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil, ExxonMobil is the world's largest company by revenue, at $377.6 billion for the fiscal year of 2006. It is the second largest corporation by market capitalization, at $517.92 billion on July 20, 2007 after PetroChina[3]. It is the largest of the six oil supermajors with daily production of 6.5m boe (barrels of oil equivalent)[citation needed]. ExxonMobil ranks first in the world in proven oil and gas reserves among corporate oil producers[citation needed], though it is still eclipsed by several of the largest state petroleum producers

For more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Mobil


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Business Today (Dec 02,2007 Issue) Articles

Business Today (Dec 02,2007 Issue)

Cover Story
'We want to be FMCG’s No.1'
By drawing on ITC’s strengths in businesses as diverse as cigarettes to hotels to agri-business, Chairman Y.C. Deveshwar has built an FMCG machine that’s become the market leader in several segments. Now, it’s eyeing the No. 1 slot.
'Our Goal is to be the #1 FMCG Compan


Special
Twenty companies to watch in 2008
Check out Business Today's annual listing of companies you need to keep your eye on.
How the 20 companies to watch in 2007 have performed


Money
The best MF tax savers
Although it's an all year activity, many of us leave tax planning for the last minute. So if you haven't started yet, though we're still a good four months away from the March 31 deadline, it's better to avoid the last minute scramble.


Features
Manufacturing’s vanishing jobs
Rishi Joshi
Millions of jobs in the manufacturing sector could vanish due to the dearer rupee hitting exporters across industries. Will things get worse before they get better?


For more, Visit : http://businesstoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?latn=1



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