Tuesday, December 28, 2021

 ASBM University Business Updates Vol. 10(32) 28th December, Tuesday, from Chanakya Central Library, ASBM University, Bhubaneswar.

ASBM University Business Updates Vol. 10(32) 28th December, Tuesday, from Chanakya Central Library, ASBM University, Bhubaneswar.

ASBMU Business Updates is a Weekly Selective Compilation of Business News from Various Sources. 
To find details follow the links.

Insurance

Life insurance, your most important personal finance decision? - Mint

If the life assured lives to the end of the policy tenure, the insurance coverage ends, and the insurer pays nothing. Sajja Praveen Chowdary, head— ...

'Pandemic has reinforced need for insurance and risk mitigation' - The Hindu BusinessLine

In an interview with BusinessLine, Anup Rau, Managing Director and CEO, Future Generali India Insurance, says the company is upbeat about non-health, ...

Reliance General Insurance gets Irdai approval to test 9 products - Times of India

India Business News: Reliance General Insurance Company will soon roll out nine sandbox products to cater to the fast transforming customer ...

Explained | Is Insurance An Investment? - YouTube

There is a general tendency to confuse insurance with investment but, experts warn that this is a dangerous assumption.

2021 Review: How Health And Term Insurance Buying Changed Completely Due To COVID-19

The era of low term insurance premiums is now over. But the increase in awareness about the importance of life and health insurance augurs well ...

Finance

Indian startups bag record $36 billion funds in 2021

India's startup ecosystem has notched up record investment of nearly $ 36 billion in privately held companies this year as demand for digitisation grew manifold amid the Covid-19 pandemic. UK-based Investment data platform Preqin estimates that venture ...

Rs 1.31 lakh cr and counting: IPO momentum to continue in 2022 as well

This is the highest fund-raising through the IPO route in the history of Indian stock markets. The previous best was Rs 75,278 crore in 2017. With many new-age tech firms, and the mother of all IPOs, from LIC, set to hit the market, the show is set to ...

Zepto gets $100 million, valuation at $570 million

New and existing backers including Glade Brook Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Global Founders Capital, and Contrary Capital, also participated in the round. Ultra-fast commerce startups promise deliveries within 30 minutes. “We are growing 200% month-on- ...

Indian husband-and-wife team worth $586 million after map startup's IPO

More than two decades ago, when Rakesh and Rashmi Verma decided to create digital maps of India, the couple were treading new terrain, quite literally. Long before Google revolutionised web cartography, the Vermas traversed India's mega-cities by foot, ...

Used vehicle seller Cars24 raises new financing as valuation jumps to $3.3 billion

Cars24's latest funding round includes a $100 million debt component that has been sourced from investors like the Commercial Bank of Dubai and IFM Investors in Australia. ETtech Cars24 founders ...


Business

Indian startups bag record $36 billion funds in 2021

India's startup ecosystem has notched up record investment of nearly $ 36 billion in privately held companies this year as demand for digitisation grew manifold amid the Covid-19 pandemic. UK-based Investment data platform Preqin estimates that venture ...

Record IPO binge in 2021 leaves investors hung over

Companies ranging from technology start-ups to blank-check acquisition firms flooded the market with offerings, capitalizing on investors' willingness to place speculative bets as low interest rates and the re-opening of economies thanks to COVID-19 ...

Rs 1.31 lakh cr and counting: IPO momentum to continue in 2022 as well

This is the highest fund-raising through the IPO route in the history of Indian stock markets. The previous best was Rs 75,278 crore in 2017. With many new-age tech firms, and the mother of all IPOs, from LIC, set to hit the market, the show is set to ...

Zepto gets $100 million, valuation at $570 million

New and existing backers including Glade Brook Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Global Founders Capital, and Contrary Capital, also participated in the round. Ultra-fast commerce startups promise deliveries within 30 minutes. “We are growing 200% month-on- ...

Top IPOs that created a buzz in 2021

The Indian stock market witnessed a record bull run this year with the benchmark indices hitting fresh all-time highs throughout the year till October when it peaked. Thereafter, it witnessed some pullback from the higher levels more so after the ...


Retail

Trade Spotlight | What Should You Do With Future Retail, Cipla, Bajaj Finance, And SBI Now?

Stocks that were in focus include Future Retail, which was locked in the 20 percent upper circuit at Rs 57.50. In fact, all Future Group stocks ...

RBI Retail Direct government bonds: How will interest, capital gains be taxed? - The Economic Times

To invest in these government bonds, an individual investor needs to open an account, called Retail Direct Gilt (RDG) account. Now, before you sign up ...

Future Retail's stock surges 20% on CCI order for Amazon | Business Standard News

Topics. Future Retail | Competition Commission of India | Amazon. Future-Retails-stock-surges-20-on-CCI-order-. CCI directed Amazon to refile ...

Retail Investment In Equities Has Surged Across The Globe, Says Ruchir Sharma - CNBC TV18

According to an analysis by author and investor Ruchir Sharma, just in 2021, retail investors from US have invested over USD 1 trillion in global ...

Banking

Banking sector to see significant reforms in the new year - Mint

The banking sector is set to witness significant reforms in the coming year with privatisation of public sector banks and strategic disinvestment ...

Banking sector to see significant reforms in 2022; privatisation, IDBI Bank disinvestment on agenda

Pursuant to the government's 4Rs strategy of Recognition, Resolution, Recapitalisation and Reforms, Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) of the banking ...

Banking Bonus Pool Will Be 'Huge,' Robert Walters Says - YouTube

Wall Street's biggest banks are seeing profits at or near record highs, but the excitement is tempered by an uncomfortable feeling about the ...

IT raids on 4 ARCs: Banks may become wary about selling NPAs - The Hindu BusinessLine

Bankers fear old cases of NPA sale to ARCs being opened up. Bankers may baulk at selling bad loans to asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) as the ...


Supply Chain

Global supply chain: Biden says crisis averted even as issues persist - BBC News

US President Joe Biden has said government measures to tackle global supply chain issues have averted a pre-Christmas crisis.

Supply Chain Outlook for 2022 - YouTube

Columbus McKinnon CEO's David Wilson joins Taylor Riggs to discuss the supply chain crunch and give his outlook for 2022, and talk about how ...

Biden Discusses 'Striking Progress' Made In Supply Chain Efforts - YouTube

President Biden held a virtual meeting with his supply chain task force and CEOs from various companies in order to discuss progress made to ...

Biden Discusses 'Striking Progress' Made In Supply Chain Efforts - YouTube

President Biden held a virtual meeting with his supply chain task force and CEOs from various companies in order to discuss progress made to ...

Supply Chain And Logistics: Things To Watch In 2022 - Forbes

While many people who work in the shipping and logistics industry consider 2021 to be an unprecedented year for disruptions and supply chain ...


Logistics

India's Infra development will act as a backbone to the logistics & supply chain industry in 2022

In addition to that, building logistics infrastructure, various regulatory reforms and schemes like Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna, ...

2022 fuel forecast poses many questions for supply chain stakeholders - Logistics Management

A shift to goods consumption has wreaked havoc on supply chains and contributed to goods price inflation.

Navi Mumbai: Logistics company duped of Rs 37 lakh by cyber fraudster | Navi ... - Times of India

A cheating case was registered against an unidentified cyber-criminal for allegedly duping a CBD-Belapur logistics firm of 50000 US dollars (Rs ...

Lodha, Morgan Stanley Real Estate to develop 72-acre logistics park at Palava near Mumbai

The development of the logistics park with around 1.9 million sq ft Grade A warehousing space is expected to entail an investment of around Rs 600 cr ...

Management

Government 'obsessed with party management' rather than COVID-19 - Starmer - YouTube

Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson needs to 'get a grip' and 'come up with a plan' to tackle the spread of COVID.

Only 19 states have legislation for management of ground water: CAG | Business Standard News

Only 19 states/UTs have enacted legislation for the management of ground water and among them, the legislation was only partially implemented in ...

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management CIO: We are aggressively accumulating cyclical stocks

Lisa Shalett, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management CIO, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the key drivers behind Monday's market action.

HSBC Asset Management to acquire L&T Mutual Fund for Rs 3200 crore - The Economic Times

The proposed acquisition will likely strengthen HSBCs asset management business in India. Following the completion of the acquisition, ...


Organisational Behaviour

Our Best of 2021: Managing Change in Tumultuous Times | INSEAD Knowledge

Mark Mortensen, INSEAD Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, and Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at ...

Bayes Business School Research Highlights 2021

The Research was published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision ... Head of Faculty of Management; Professor of Organisational Behaviour.

PAN IIM & GIT 2021 World Conferences: A Confluence of India's Two Soft Powers

... Marketing, Organisational Behaviour & Human Resource, Strategic Management, Quantitative Methods, Operations Management were also conducted.

Article: Six gifts you can give your employees this Christmas - People Matters

Besides being a great way to enhance and improve work culture at an organisation, mentoring boosts staff retention and encourages career progression ...

 

Source of Information for this issue: Google alert accessed on 28th  December, 2021
Knowledge Is Power. Be Informed, Be Knowledgeable, and Be Powerful.
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