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Sabre Cap enters mutual fund business
Mumbai: Sabre Capital headed by Mr Rana Talwar, former CEO of Standard Chartered Plc, which recently took over Centurion Bank, on Tuesday announced its entry into mutual fund business in India.

Sabre has roped in Mr Samir Arora of Alliance Capital to head the new venture.
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Principal MF scheme to invest in foreign equities
Kolkata: International equities may soon be high on Principal Mutual Fund's agenda if the Securities and Exchange Board of India agrees to a proposal mooted by it recently.

The proposed Principal Global Opportunities Fund is the first scheme mooted by the mutual fund after the two former allies, IDBI and Principal Financial, parted ways a few weeks ago.
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Jaiprakash Ind scrip touches 52-week high
Kolkata: Jaiprakash Industries stock scaled a new 52-week high of Rs 63 on Tuesday, but could not hold on to it till the close. The stock closed at Rs 57.35 (Rs 57.45) on the BSE and Rs 57.65 (Rs 57.05) on the NSE.
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SEBI paper proposes brokers' rating
Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India has proposed radical steps such as separate trading of `rights' in rights issues, rating of intermediaries and issue of warrants for share buyback and open offers.

A SEBI discussion paper released on Monday has suggested issue of rights shares in the electronic form and that these rights be listed and traded on the stock exchanges for the limited period of their life in the capital market segment. Shareholders can also apply for the additional shares even in the proposed structure but would be allotted shares only if some rights do not get exercised.
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ICSI, SEBI to train investors on safety
New Delhi: Investors never had it so good. Today, `investor protection' has, in fact, become an issue of top priority for regulators too. To create awareness and assist gullible investors, the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), in collaboration with the stock market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), proposes to organise programmes for investor education and redressal of investor grievances.
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