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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

IRDA invites feedback for maintaining electronic health records

Electronic health records will help insurers and intermediaries to track health history of policyholders which in turn will lead to better product design and product fitment.

IRDA has invited suggestions from life insurance companies, non-life insurance companies, standalone health insurers, TPAs and intermediaries for the implementation of electronic health record standards (EHR). 

EHR is proposed to work as a uniform system for maintenance of health records electronically by hospitals and health care providers. Government of India has already taken initiatives to implement standard protocols like codes for treatment, diagnosis and diseases.
For insurance industry, EHR can be used for the purpose of risk management. It will track the health history of policyholders and help in designing of innovative products, estimating periodicity of recovery, pricing products appropriately, studying the groups with similar illness and predicting health behaviors.

Krishnamoorthy Rao, Chief Executive Officer, Future Generali General Insurance is of the view that such data will improve transparency and help insurers to design the products better. Also, it will help policyholders compare treatment cost incurred for a particular disease in various health centers helping them to limit their treatment cost as per insurance coverage, he added.

Another Chief Executive Officer of a mid-sized insurance company who didn’t wish to be quoted said that IRDA has no control over health care sector and thus the insurance regulator cannot do much about the implementation of electronic health record.  However, such records can help insurers design customized low cost products for policyholders by analyzing the nature of medical history. Also, for intermediaries, it could help them by suggesting better health insurance plan to their clients with the help of risk profiling through EHR, he said. 

In a circular, IRDA has said, “Implementation of the EHR will be of immense use for the insurance companies – both life and non-life including stand-alone health insurers, TPAs and the intermediaries. Therefore it is advised that the insurance companies and TPAs should visit the website http://mohfw.nic.in and provide their suggestions, if any to us at the earliest, so that the same can be taken up with the government.”

The software will be made available soon and the implementation process will start immediately with the help of Centre for Development of Advanced Computers (C-DAC) Pune, said IRDA.

Source: Team Cafe Mutual

General insurance new business premium collection grow at a slower pace this year

Private non-life players register 15% growth while public sector insurers recorded 11% growth in new business premium collection.


Slowdown in automobile industry and aggressive pricing in health insurance segment led to a decline in the growth of new business premium collection in non-life segment. The industry’s new premium collection growth dipped to 13% in April-February 2014, lowest since April last year. Last month, the non-life insurance industry witnessed 14% growth in its new business premium collection.


The new business premium collection of 28 general insurers stood at Rs. 69,833 crore during April-February 2014 compared to Rs. 61,884 crore during the corresponding previous year.

IRDA data shows that the general insurers have collected Rs. 6,066 crore in February 2014 as against Rs. 5,784 crore in February 2013. In January, the non-life insurers collected Rs. 7,381 crore. 


Private sector


IRDA data shows that private non-life insurers have registered a growth of 15% by collecting Rs 30,764 crore in April-February FY 2013-14 as against Rs 26,656 crore in the corresponding period last year.


Among private insurers, ICICI Lombard General Insurance has topped the premium chart by registering a growth of 11% with new business premium collection of Rs. 6,299 crore while Bajaj Allianz stood at second position with new business premium collection of Rs. 4,030 crore (14% growth) in April-January FY 2013-14.


Meanwhile, a new entrant in standalone health insurance segment Cigna TTK which has recently started its operation collected Rs. 4 lakh in February 2014. 


Public sector


The public sector insurers witnessed an 11% growth, collecting Rs. 39, 070 crore in April-February FY 2013-14 compared to Rs. 35,228 crore in the corresponding period last year.

Among the PSU insurers, New India Assurance collected the highest premium of Rs. 10,300 crore followed by National Insurance which reported a new business premium collection of Rs. 9,288 crore.

SEBI announces long term policy for enhancing mutual funds in India

The same shall be applicable with effect from 1 April 2014 

SEBI has framed a Long Term Policy for Mutual Funds in India which inter alia includes enhancing the reach of Mutual Fund products, promoting financial inclusion, tax treatment, obligation of various stakeholders, increasing transparency, etc. This circular shall be applicable with effect from 1 April 2014. 

In order to enhance transparency and increase the quality of the disclosures for the investors, Mutual Funds shall disclose the following on monthly basis on their website and also share the same with Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI): 

a. AUM from different categories of schemes such as equity schemes, debt schemes, etc. 

b. Contribution to AUM from B-15 cities (i.e. other than top 15 cities as identified by AMFI) and T-15 cities (Top 15 cities). 

c. Contribution to AUM from sponsor and its associates. 

d. Contribution to AUM from entities other than sponsor and its associates. 

e. Contribution to AUM from investors type (retail, corporate, etc.) in different scheme type (equity, debt, ETF, etc.). 

f. AUM garnered through sponsor group/ non-sponsor group distributors. 

g. State-wise/Union Territory-wise contribution to AUM. 

In order to improve transparency as well as encourage Mutual Funds/AMCs to diligently exercise their voting rights in best interest of the unitholders, it has been decided that: 

a. AMCs shall be required to record and disclose specific rationale supporting their voting decision (for, against or abstain) with respect to each vote proposal stated. 

b. AMCs shall additionally be required to publish summary of the votes cast across all its investee company and its break-up in terms of total number of votes cast in favor, against or abstained from. 

c. AMCs shall be required to make disclosure of votes cast on their website (in spreadsheet format) on a quarterly basis, within 10 working days from the end of the quarter. Further, AMCs shall continue disclosing voting details in their annual report. 

d. Further, on an annual basis, AMCs shall be required to obtain Auditor's certification on the voting reports being disclosed by them. Such auditor's certification shall be submitted to trustees and also disclosed in the relevant portion of the Mutual Funds' annual report & website. 

e. Board of AMCs and Trustees of Mutual Funds shall be required to review and ensure that AMCs have voted on important decisions that may affect the interest of investors and the rationale recorded for vote decision is prudent and adequate. The confirmation to the same, along with any adverse comments made by auditors, shall have to be reported to SEBI in the half yearly trustee reports. 

For making mutual fund literature more accessible to layman investor, Mutual Funds shall mandatory also make available printed literature on mutual funds in regional languages for investor awareness and education. Mutual Funds are also expected to introduce investor awareness campaign in regional languages both in print and electronic media. This will be a part of financial inclusion. 

In context of Mutual Funds, financial inclusion implies that the concept of Mutual Fund products is understood by all and is accessible to anyone who wishes to make an investment in them. Also, investors should be capable of figuring out which Mutual Fund scheme is appropriate for their financial objectives. 

In order to increase penetration of Mutual Fund products and to energize the distribution network while protecting the interest of investors, SEBI had permitted additional expense ratio of 30 bps for garnering funds from B-15 cities. This development would lead to setting up of distribution infrastructure by AMCs. However, in order to achieve participation from all parts of the country in Mutual Funds there is greater need for developing additional distribution channels. Therefore, it has been decided that: 

a. Distribution through PSU banks: PSU banks which have wide bank branches network and have distribution reach in the nook and corner of the country, could play a key role in Mutual Funds distribution. In order to leverage the PSU banks infrastructure, Mutual Funds/ AMCs need to develop a system for active support to PSU banks to distribute Mutual Fund products through them. Such active support would also encourage PSU banks to distribute products of all Mutual Funds. 

b. Online distribution: Online distribution not only increases customer convenience, but also significantly improves distributor economics. The online phenomenon is increasing rapidly and it is observed that more and more people especially younger generation prefers online transactions. Therefore, it has been decided that all Mutual Funds should enhance the online investment facility and tap the internet savvy users to invest in Mutual Funds by providing an online investment facility on their websites. Mutual Funds also need to tap the burgeoning mobile-only internet users for direct distribution of Mutual Fund products. 

Since the investments in short term deposits of scheduled commercial banks is allowed pending deployment of funds of a scheme the same shall also be excluded while calculating sector exposure along with investment in Bank CDs, CBLO, G-Secs, T-Bills and AAA rated securities issued by Public Financial Institutions and Public Sector Banks while calculating total exposure of debt schemes of mutual funds in a particular sector.

ICICI Prudential Announces Dividend Under Its Schemes

Record date for dividend is 28 March 2014 

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has announced 28 March 2014 as the record date for declaration of dividend under the following schemes. The amount of dividend (Rs per unit) on the face value of Rs 10 per unit (except for ICICI Prudential Flexible Income Plan and ICICI Prudential Savings Fund, which has a face value of Rs 100 per unit) will be: 

ICICI Prudential Interval Fund - Quarterly Interval Plan II:
Retail Dividend: 0.1950
Regular Plan-Dividend: 0.1944 

ICICI Prudential Regular Savings Fund:
Direct Plan-Quarterly Dividend: 0.2486
Regular Plan-Quarterly Dividend: 0.2127 

ICICI Prudential Equity – Arbitrage Fund:
Direct Plan-Dividend: 0.0400
Regular Plan-Dividend: 0.0364 

ICICI Prudential Blended Plan – Plan A:
Direct Plan-Dividend: 0.0411
Regular Plan-Dividend: 0.0377 

ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund:
Direct Plan-Monthly Dividend: 0.06
Regular Plan-Monthly Dividend: 0.06 

ICICI Prudential Flexible Income Plan:
Direct Plan-Quarterly Dividend: 2.0126
Regular Plan-Quarterly Dividend: 1.9954 

ICICI Prudential Savings Fund:
Direct Plan-Quarterly Dividend: 1.8379
Regular Plan-Quarterly Dividend: 1.8575

SBI Mutual Fund Announces Dividend Under Its Schemes

Record date for dividend is 28 March 2014 

SBI Mutual Fund has announced 28 March 2014 as the record date for declaration of dividend under the following scheme. The quantum of dividend (Rs per unit) on the face value of Rs 10 per unit will be: 

SBI Dynamic Bond Fund (Quarterly)-Regular Plan & Direct Plan: 0.14 

SBI Magnum Income Fund (Quarterly)-Regular Plan & Direct Plan: 0.18 

SBI Magnum Income Fund-Floating Rate Plan-Long Term Plan (Quarterly)-Regular Plan & Direct Plan: 0.20 

SBI Regular Savings Fund-Regular Plan & Direct Plan: 0.17 

SBI Magnum Monthly Income Plan (Quarterly)-Regular Plan & Direct Plan: 0.16 

SBI Magnum Monthly Income Plan (Annual)-Regular Plan & Direct Plan: 0.90 

SBI Magnum Monthly Income Plan-Floater (Quarterly)-Regular Plan & Direct Plan: 0.18 

SBI Magnum Monthly Income Plan-Floater (Annual)-Regular Plan & Direct Plan: 1.10 

SBI Magnum Gilt Fund-Long Term Plan (Quarterly)-Regular Plan, Direct Plan, PF-Regular, PF-Fixed Period-1 Year, PF-Fixed Period-2 Years and PF-Fixed Period-3 Years: 0.17 each.

DWS Fixed Maturity Plan – Series 63 Extends NFO Closing Date

NFO will now close on 26 March 2014 

Deutsche Mutual Fund has announced that the closing date of the New Fund Offer (NFO) of DWS Fixed Maturity Plan-Series 63, 373 days close ended debt fund has been extended from 25 March 2014 to 26 March 2014.

BNP Paribas MF Announces Dividend Under Various Schemes

Record date for dividend is 28 March 2014 

BNP Paribas Mutual Fund has announced 28 March 2014 as the record date for declaration of dividend on the face value of Rs 10 per unit under the following schemes. The amount of dividend (Rs per unit) will be: 

BNP Paribas Short Term Income Fund:
Regular Plan Quarterly Dividend: 0.1920
Quarterly Dividend: 0.1954
Direct Plan-Quarterly Dividend: 0.2112 

BNP Paribas Flexi Debt Fund:
Regular Plan A - Quarterly Dividend: 0.2220
Quarterly Dividend: 0.2509
Direct Plan-Quarterly Dividend: 0.2695
Half Yearly Dividend: 0.4051
Direct Plan – Half Yearly Dividend: 0.3808 

BNP Paribas Bond Fund:
Regular Plan - Quarterly Dividend: 0.1776
Quarterly Dividend: 0.1867
Direct Plan-Quarterly Dividend: 0.1953
Regular Plan-Annual Dividend: 0.6608
Direct Plan-Annual Dividend: 0.6897
Annual Dividend: 0.6135 

BNP Paribas Government Securities Fund-Annual Dividend: 0.0803 

BNP Paribas Monthly Income Plan:
Quarterly Dividend: 0.0960
Direct Plan-Quarterly Dividend: 0.1030
BNP Paribas Medium Term Income Fund:
Calendar Quarterly Dividend: 0.0244
Half Yearly Dividend: 0.0333
Annual Dividend: 0.0333
Direct Plan – Annual Dividend: 0.0362 

BNP Paribas Dividend Yield Fund:
BNP Paribas Dividend Yield Fund: 0.08
BNP Paribas Dividend Yield Fund-Direct Plan: 0.08 

BNP Paribas Tax Advantage Plan (ELSS):
BNP Paribas Tax Advantage Plan (ELSS): 0.50
BNP Paribas Tax Advantage Plan (ELSS)-Direct Plan: 0.50

Deutsche Mutual Fund Announces Dividend Under Its Schemes

Record date for dividend is 28 March 2014 

Deutsche Mutual Fund has announced 28 March 2014 as the record date for declaration of dividend under the following schemes. The amount of dividend (Rs per unit) on the face value of Rs 10 per unit (except for DWS Insta Cash Fund & DWS Treasury Fund Cash Plan, which has a face value of Rs 100 per unit) will be: 

DWS Hybrid Fixed Term Fund – Series 7-Annual Dividend Option & Dividend Option: 0.30 each. 

DWS Hybrid Fixed Term Fund – Series 7-Quarterly Dividend Option: 0.10 

DWS Hybrid Fixed Term Fund – Series 8-Annual Dividend Option & Dividend Option: 0.30 each. 

DWS Hybrid Fixed Term Fund – Series 8-Quarterly Dividend Option: 0.10 

DWS Fixed Maturity Plan – Series 16- Annual Dividend Option & Dividend Option: 0.80 each. 

DWS Fixed Maturity Plan – Series 16- Quarterly Dividend Option: 0.20 

DWS Hybrid Fixed Term Fund – Series 9-Annual Dividend Option & Dividend Option: 0.50 each. 

DWS Hybrid Fixed Term Fund – Series 9-Quarterly Dividend Option: 0.20 

DWS Hybrid Fixed Term Fund – Series 10-Annual Dividend Option, Dividend Option & Quarterly Dividend Option: 0.20 each. 

DWS Fixed Term Fund – Series 96, DWS Fixed Maturity Plan-Series 4 and DWS Fixed Term Fund – Series 91-Dividend Option: 0.20 each. 

DWS Fixed Maturity Plan-Series 31-Regular Plan-Annual Dividend Option: 0.40 

DWS Fixed Maturity Plan-Series 31-Regular Plan-Quarterly Dividend Option: 0.30 

DWS Fixed Maturity Plan-Series 31-Direct Plan-Annual Dividend Option: 0.20 

DWS Hybrid Fixed Term Fund-Series 13-Regular Plan-Dividend Option: 0.20 

DWS Fixed Maturity Plan-Series 32:
Regular Plan-Annual Dividend Option, Regular Plan-Regular Dividend Option & Regular Plan-Quarterly Dividend Option: 0.20 each. 

DWS Fixed Maturity Plan-Series 33- Regular Plan-Annual Dividend Option & Regular Plan-Regular Dividend Option: 0.20 each. 

DWS Fixed Maturity Plan-Series 37-Regular Plan-Dividend Option: 0.20 

DWS Fixed Maturity Plan-Series 38-Regular Plan-Dividend Option & Direct Plan-Dividend Option: 0.20 each. 

DWS Interval Fund-Annual Plan Series 1-Regular Plan-Annual Dividend Option & Regular Plan-Quarterly Dividend Option: 0.20 each. 

DWS Short Maturity Fund-Regular Plan-Annual Dividend Option: 0.90 

DWS Short Maturity Fund-Regular Plan-Quarterly Dividend Option & Premium Plus Plan-Quarterly Dividend Option: 0.30 each. 

DWS Insta Cash Plus Fund-Super Institutional Plan-Annual Dividend Option: 8.40 

DWS Premier Bond Fund: 
Regular Plan-Annual Dividend Option & Premium Plus Plan-Annual Dividend Option: 0.60 each. 

Regular Plan-Quarterly Dividend Option, Premium Plus Plan-Quarterly Dividend Option & Direct Plan-Quarterly Dividend Option: 0.20 each. 

DWS Premier Bond Fund-Direct Plan-Annual Dividend Option: 0.15 DWS Ultra Short Term Fund: 

Institutional Plan-Quarterly Dividend Option & Regular Plan-Quarterly Dividend Option: 0.28 each. 

DWS Twin Advantage Fund-Regular Plan-Annual Dividend Option: 0.48 

DWS Twin Advantage Fund-Regular Plan-Quarterly Dividend Option: 0.10 

DWS Cash Opportunities Fund-Regular Plan-Annual Dividend Option: 0.84 

DWS Cash Opportunities Fund-Regular Plan-Quarterly Dividend Option: 0.28 

DWS Treasury Fund Cash Plan-Regular Plan-Quarterly Dividend Option: 2.80 

DWS Treasury Fund Investment Plan- Regular Plan-Quarterly Dividend Option: 0.28

RBI says customers should be given a free copy of their credit profile

Customers should be given a free copy of their credit profile as it would help in promoting financial discipline among loan seekers, an RBI report says. The report of the committee to recommend Data Format for Furnishing of Credit Information to Credit Information Companies (CICs), suggested that providing customers with a free copy of their Credit Information Reports (CIRs) would help create awareness about the need to have credit discipline, enable customers to correct their behaviour and improve their score well before they plan to avail fresh credit of any kind, help detect identity theft at an early stage, help CICs correct and validate their database and increase their business in the long run. 

Use of common data formats, including additional information in the formats, such as, dispute codes, consumer comments on dispute, details of collateral, etc., and to institutionalise a continuing mechanism for making changes to data formats could help improve data quality, the committee has pointed out. The committee has recommended a common Data Quality Index that could assist credit institutions in determining the gaps in their data and also move towards improving their performance over a period of time. 

The committee's recommendations relating to CIRs are: 

a. CICs should have a common classification of Credit Scores so that it would be easier to understand and interpret. The Committee has recommended that the CIBIL method of calibrating from 300 to 900 could be adopted by other CICs. 

b. CICs should report details of co-borrower and guarantor. 

c. CICs may provide a single CIR for a borrower even if there are multiple addresses, using a unique identification number (PAN/Aadhaar No.). 

d. CICs may have link with the database of Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India (CERSAI) which has data on mortgages so that CIRs can also provide information on property mortgages. 

e. An online data correction mechanism may be put in place by CICs to enable members to confirm/upload correction requests. 

f. CIRs should disclose details of disputes relating to information in CIRs and customer comments thereon, if any. 

g. Customer grievance redressal, especially in respect of complaints relating to updation/alteration of credit information, should be given top priority. This may be integrated with existing redressal systems, such as, Banking Ombudsman Scheme. 

h. Banks/financial institutions (FIs) may report cases of wilful default, even in non-suit filed cases, directly to the CICs of which they are members and the system of banks/FIs reporting information on non-suit filed cases of defaulters to the Reserve Bank of India may be dispensed with. 

i. CICs may make available the data in respect of suit-filed cases on their websites in a more user-friendly manner that would facilitate search across periods and banks.

RBI finalises The Depositor Education and Awareness Fund Scheme, 2014

Pursuant to the amendment of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, section 26A has been inserted in that Act, empowering Reserve Bank to establish The Depositor Education and Awareness Fund (the Fund). 

Under the provisions of this section the amount to the credit of any account in India with any bank which has not been operated upon for a period of ten years or any deposit or any amount remaining unclaimed for more than ten years shall be credited to the Fund, within a period of three months from the expiry of the said period of ten years. The Fund shall be utilized for promotion of depositors' interest and for such other purposes which may be necessary for the promotion of depositors' interests as specified by RBI from time to time. The depositor would, however, be entitled to claim from the bank her deposit or any other unclaimed amount or operate her account after the expiry of ten years, even after such amount has been transferred to the Fund. The bank would be liable to pay the amount to the depositor/claimant and claim refund of such amount from the Fund. 

Taking into account the comments received from various stakeholders, the ‘Depositor Education and Awareness Fund Scheme, 2014' has been finalized and forwarded to Government of India for notifying in the Official Gazette. All banks are advised to be in readiness to take necessary action as the Scheme would be effective on the date of Notification in the Official Gazette. The operational guidelines would be advised separately as soon as the Scheme is notified. 

Further banks are also advised to designate a single contact point for any correspondence/ queries in connection with the ‘Depositor Education and Awareness Fund Scheme, 2014'.

All OTC trades in Corporate Bonds shall be reported only on any one of the reporting platform provided in the debt segment of stock exchanges-SEBI

SEBI, which enabled reporting of OTC trades by trading members as well as non-trading members in the exchange debt segment, has advised that all OTC trades in Corporate Bonds shall be reported only on any one of the reporting platform provided in the debt segment of stock exchanges viz NSE, BSE and MCX-SX within 15 minutes of the trade. This circular shall come into effect from April 01, 2014. 

This announcement came after the RBI directed its regulated entities to report their OTC trades in Corporate Bonds and Securitized Debt instruments on any of the stock exchanges (NSE,BSE and MCX-SX) with effect from April 01, 2014.

India is expected to remain largely unaffected by the ongoing tapering program of the Fed-Care Ratings

The monthly bond buying program of the Federal Reserve was further trimmed by $ 10 bn as announced by Federal Chair Janet Yellen after the Review meeting on Wednesday 19th March 2014. 

The highly awaited tapering of the US Federal Reserve's monthly $ 85bn bond buying program since September ‘12 commenced in January ‘14 in light of the progress made by the country towards maximum employment and improvements in the labor market conditions juxtaposed with recovering growth. Accordingly the Fed decided to gradually trim down the stimulus plan. The bond buying was hence cut by$ 10 bn in January '14 and by a further $ 10 bn in February‘14. With the cut of another $ 10 bn announced by the Fed, the easing programme would now be $ 55 per month. 

Forward Outlook in the light of the tapering programme 

Interest rates are more likely to be driven by domestic considerations with RBI action being the guiding factor. 

FII inflows in India are likely to remain buoyant with no major threat otherwise. Forming of a strong and progressive government will work as a catalyst for future foreign inflows. 

However, once the Fed increases rates, then funds would certainly reconsider options.
Domestic stocks are driven by internal factors of Elections, performance of economy; trade flows, FII movement etc. and the tapering impact would be limited. 

Rupee against the USD will remain driven by fundamentals and trade numbers and as long as FII funds are stable, would be unlikely to be affected significantly. 

Clearly then, it does appear that India is influenced majorly by domestic factors as opposed to external. Hence, India is expected to remain largely unaffected by the ongoing tapering program of the Fed. 

Concluding Remarks 

India has covered some distance from May '13 when a statement of possible tapering by Bernanke, the then Chairperson of the Federal Reserve triggered unrest in the country to today when even though the tapering program enters its third month, the economy is resilient. The threat of tapering was more potent than the actual implementation. It can also be argued, that the Government and RBI prepared the economy for the eventual tapering.

Rupee grows stronger

At 60.48/49 per dollar 


Rupee grew stronger on Tuesday (25 March 2014) at 60.48/49 per dollar against its previous close of 60.77/78, tracking global losses in the dollar as foreign investors continued to buy in domestic shares this month.

Evening Bells: Bond yield rises by 01 bp

10-year G-sec Paper yield closes at 8.79% 

The yield on 10-year benchmark federal paper, 8.83% GS 2023, increased 01 basis point to end at 8.79% compared to 8.78% at close in the previous trading session. The total trading volume on central bank's gilts trading platform stood at Rs 13550 crore. 

Bond yield eased as traders remained on side-lines and preferred to store cash ahead of end of FY14. However, the sentiments remained cautious as the traders are awaiting the details of government market borrowing for first half of next fiscal. 

The weighted average rate in the overnight call money eased to 8.66% compared to 8.89% in the previous session. The call money rate hovered in the range of 7.25% to 9.00% with the volume of Rs 17853.71 crore. 

The State Development Loan auction held today was fully subscribed under all states. The States of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu retained additional subscription worth Rs 250 crore and Rs 300 crore respectively.

US stocks end lower led by biotechnology sector

Indian ADRs witness a mixed finish though 


U.S. stocks bounced off session lows but still finished lower on Monday, 24 March 2014. 
Losses followed a drop in prices on Friday, which dented last week's gains. Equity indices began the session in the green, but quickly slumped into the red as biotechnology sector continued its recent woes while other momentum names displayed broad weakness. 

Late-afternoon buying lifted the key averages off their lows, but the Nasdaq could only reclaim a portion of its loss. Biotech and internet stocks were the biggest losers on the tech-heavy index. 

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 26.08 points, or 0.2%, to 16,276.69. The Nasdaq Composite finished the day 50.40 points, or 1.2%, lower at 4,226.39, paring some of the heavy losses at session lows. The S&P 500 index ended the day 9.08 points, or 0.5%, lower at 1,857.44. 

Apple, IBM and Microsoft gained between 0.9% and 1.2% with Apple's strength coming amid reports indicating the company is working on a content distribution agreement with Comcast about teaming up for a streaming-television service. 

Among other stocks under focus, Netflix shares declined 6.7%. Facebook dropped 4.7%, among the biggest S&P 500 losers. 

There was no notable economic data reported today, but some news of note came out of the G7 meeting at The Hague where the G7 nations issued a joint statement, saying they are suspending their participation in the G8 until "Russia changes course." 

The economic data point of the day Monday saw the China HSBC preliminary purchasing managers' index drop to an eight-month low of 48.1 in March from 48.5 in February. This continues a trend of weaker-than-expected economic data coming out of China and raises the question whether will China move to use monetary stimulus to boost its economy. The spate of weaker data from China has been a bearish underlying factor for many raw commodity markets. 

The U.S. flash PMI index came in Monday at 55.5 in March versus 57.1 in February. That data had little impact on the market place. Meantime, the European Union's March manufacturing flash PMI came in at 53.2 versus expectations of a 53.3 reading and a February figure of 53.3. A PMI reading below 50.0 suggests contraction and above 50.0 suggests growth. 

The Ukraine-Russia conflict is still on the radar screen of the market place. Any significant escalation of tensions between Ukraine and Russia would quickly put keener risk-aversion into the market place. 

Bullion prices ended substantially lower at Comex on Monday, 24 March 2014. Gold prices fell by nearly 2% on Monday to settle at their lowest level in more than five weeks as some traders bet on a U.S. interest-rate hike as early as next year, which could boost the dollar and pressure dollar-denominated prices for the metal. 

April gold fell $24.80, or 1.9%, to settle at $1,311.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. May silver fell 24 cents, or 1.2%, to end at $20.07 an ounce, with prices marking their sixth session decline in a row. 

Crude oil prices logged a minor gain on Monday, 24 March 2014 at Nymex as an oil spill caused the closure of one of the busiest seaports in the United States. Traders also continued to weigh the prospects for global crude-supply disruptions linked to Russia-Ukraine tensions, providing further support for oil prices, but weak economic data from China kept a cap on any gains 

Crude for May delivery rose 14 cents, or 0.1%, to settle at $99.60 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 

Participation was in line with average as roughly 714 million shares changed hands at the NYSE. 

Indian ADRs ended mixed on Monday. In the IT space, Infosys was down 1% at $53.32 and Wipro shed 0.76% at $13.02. In the banking space, ICICI Bank rose 2.43% at $42.60 and HDFC Bank added 1.43% at $39.03. In the other sectors, Tata Motors was up 0.18% at 33.16 and Dr Reddy's Laboratories declined 0.67% at $44.60. 

Tomorrow, the Case-Shiller 20-city Index (consensus 13.3%) for January and the January FHFA Housing Price Index will be released at 9:00 ET while March Consumer Confidence (consensus 78.2) and New Home Sales for February will be reported at 10:00 ET.

Asia Pacific Market: Stocks fall on global economy concerns

Asia Pacific stock market declined on Tuesday, 25 March 2014, as risk aversion selloff amid concerns about the threat to financial market stability posed by Russian politics and Chinese monetary policy, compounded with lingering concerns about the effects of reduced United States stimulus. 

Risk aversion selloff amid concerns about the threat to financial market stability posed by Russian politics and Chinese monetary policy, compounded with lingering concerns about the effects of reduced United States stimulus. 

The shares in the regional market opened lower today, as weaker finish of US market overnight and dismal preliminary report on factory activity in China continued to weigh on sentiment. US Stocks fell on Monday as a selloff in the health-care sector persisted for a second straight session while investors also focused on negative economic data out of China and Europe. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 26.08 points (0.16%) at 16,276.69. The broad-based S&P 500 lost 9.08 (0.49%) at 1,857.44, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite fell 50.40 (1.2%) to 4,226.38. 

The HSBC-Markit purchasing managers' index fell from 48.5 in February to 48.1 in March – an eight month low, further evidence of the prolonged slowdown that could lead to lower demand for resources in the world's No. 2 economy. A reading below 50 suggests a contraction in the manufacturing sector. 

A Markit Economics Ltd. preliminary index of U.S. manufacturing fell to 55.5 in March from 57.1 a month earlier, the London-based group said yesterday. 

Germany's Ifo institute business-climate index, based on a survey of executives, fell to 110.7 in March from 111.3 in February, the highest level since July 2011. 

Risk sentiments deteriorated further on possibility of sanctions against oil and gas producer Russia. The U.S. and other Group of Seven countries vowed to launch coordinated sanctions on key parts of the economy, which could include the energy industry, if Russian President Vladimir Putin presses further into Ukraine. 

The world's top industrial powers threatened further sanctions to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from taking over other parts of Ukraine and suspended Russia from participating in the Group of Eight. The leaders of the G-7 industrialized nations on Monday, 24 March 2014, said they will not participate in the scheduled G-8 summit in Sochi due to Russia's "illegal attempt to annex Crimea." In a statement, the leaders warned that any escalation of the crisis would result in "coordinated sectoral sanctions" that will hurt the Russian economy. The G-7 urged the International Monetary Fund and the Ukrainian government to rapidly reach a deal on conditions for an aid package, which will unlock other international assistance. "We remain united in our commitment to provide strong financial banking to Ukraine," the statement said. The energy ministers of the seven nations will meet to discuss ways to strengthen "collective energy security," the statement said. 

Also, risk sentiments dented on concerns about capital outflow from emerging market after rise in US short dated treasuries yield. Short-dated U.S. Treasuries prices wobbled, taking short-term U.S. bond yields to six-month highs as investors fretted over whether the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates sooner than expected, following comments last week from Janet Yellen, the bank's new chief. 

San Francisco Federal Reserve President John Williams in an interview with Washington Post said there was no suggestion from the Federal Reserve last week that the central bank will pull the trigger to hike interest rates sooner than previously believed. "Market perceptions are what they are. But I really don't see anything of what we said as suggesting that we're going to tighten monetary policy sooner rather than previously," Williams said. 

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) next undertakes monetary policy review at a two-day meeting on 29-30 April 2014. The Federal Reserve on 19 March 2014 said after the conclusion of a monetary policy review that it will trim its monthly bond purchases by $10 billion to $55 billion. The Federal Reserve will end its bond-buying program before the end of the year with an interest-rate increase likely to follow in "around six months," Chair Janet Yellen said on 19 March 2014. Quarterly Fed forecasts on 19 March 2014 showed more officials predicting that the benchmark interest rate, now close to zero, will rise to at least 1% by the end of 2015 and 2.25% a year later. 

Among Asia pacific market, Japanese shares closed mostly down, on tracking negative lead from Wall Street overnight and on lingering concerns about tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index fell 0.36% to 14423.19, while the Topix index of all first-section shares climbed 0.05% to 1163.70. 

Among top gainers in the Nikkei225 index, Nitto Boseki Co (3.6%), Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co (3.5%), Sumitomo Electric Industries (3.4%), Kuraray Co (3.1%), and Toray Industries Inc (3%). Major losers in the Nikkei225 index were IHI Corp (3.8%), Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co (3.6%), Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co (3.5%), Nisshin Steel Holdings Co (3.3%), and SoftBank Corp (3.2%). 

Bank of Japan released data on Flow of Funds Accounts of the 4th Quarter 2013 on Tuesday, showing that overseas investors increased their holdings of Japanese government debt in the final quarter of 2013 while financial assets at domestic households hit a record high, reflecting the modest economic recovery. The balance of Japanese government bonds held by non-residents totaled Y82 trillion at the end of December, or 8.3% of the Y985 trillion in outstanding JGBs, up from Y79 trillion (8.1%) at the end of September, the BOJ said. The data also showed that the balance of overseas investor holdings of JGBs fell 0.8% from a year earlier at the end of December, but the pace of decrease decelerated from -8.7% at the end of September. The balance of JGBs held by domestic financial institutions at the end of December dropped 3.8% on year to Y597 trillion. It was also down from Y603 trillion at end-September. Their share of outstanding JGBs was 60.6%, down from 61.7% in September. Meanwhile, the balance of financial assets held by Japanese households rose 6.0% on year to a record high of Y1,645 trillion at the end of December, with the bulk (53.1%) still saved in cash and deposits. The rise in financial assets held by the households was due to the increase in cash and deposits as well as stock holdings. The balance of JGBs held by domestic households was down 12.4% on year at Y21 trillion. Their JGB holdings accounted for 2.17% of the total JGBs outstanding at end-December, down from 2.24% three months earlier. 

In Australia, Australian stock market finished lower, on uncertainty over Ukraine and the global economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index and the broader All Ordinaries Index both fell by 0.2% to 5336.60 and 5351, respectively. 

Gold miner stocks fell down sharply after the precious metal's spot price lost nearly 2% on Monday night in the international markets. NewCrest Mining lost 5% to A$0.45, Perseus Mining 6.3% to A$0.45 and Medua Mining 8.5% to A$2.04. Junior goldminer Beadell Resources was the worst-performing stock in the ASX 200, falling 11.8% to A$0.60. 

Shares of Australian lenders finished mixed today. Commonwealth Bank of Australia dropped 0.1% to A$75.89, ANZ Banking Group 0.3% to A$32.31, and National Australia Bank 0.3% to A$34.76, while Westpac Banking Corp rose 0.7% to A$33.86. Investment bank Macquarie Group added another 0.2% to A$56.53 after jumping 2.9% the previous day following a 40% to 45% upgrade to full year profit guidance. 

Solomon Lew's Premier Investments climbed up 11.2% to A$8.95 after the retail chain, which includes brands Peter Alexander and Smiggle, beat expectations to report a 12.1% rise in first-half net profit to A$52.1 million after sales rose 5.3% to A$468.4 million. Premier increased its interim dividend by 1 cent to A$0.20 a share, fully franked, payable May 16.
TPG Telecom shares surged 7.3% to A$6.18 after the telecommunications and IT company reported a 15% rise in first-half net profit to A$90.1 million and upgrading full year earnings guidance. TPG Telecom's better than expected result also fuelled speculation the company could launch a takeover of rival iiNet, which got a bounce of 5.3% to a record high of A$7.97. 

In China, Mainland China stock market finished mixed in volatile trade, as lingering concerns over domestic economic growth after latest batch of weak Chinese economic data counterbalanced by hopes of stimulus measures from China. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index climbed up 1.03 points, or 0.05% from prior day closure to finish at 2067.31, while Shenzhen Composite Index, which covers the smaller mainland exchange, dropped 2.17 point, or 0.2%, to finish at 1083.31. 

Among SSE sectors, 6/10 sectors of the SSE index advanced, with utilities sector was best performer in the SSE sectoral peers, adding 1.1%, followed by industrial up 0.8%, information technology up 0.7%, consumer discretionary up 0.4%, telecommunication services up 0.3% and healthcare up 0.1%. On the downside, financial issue dropped 0.7%, materials down 0.2%, consumer staples down 0.2% and energy down 0.2%. 

Shares of distilleries were down on concern over earnings outlook. Kweichow Moutai Co., the biggest maker of baijiu liquor, slumped 2.6% to 166.81 yuan after projecting slower sales growth this year. The company expects revenue to increase 3% in 2014, compares with 17% revenue growth last year, when net income rose 14%. Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine Factory Co. tumbled 7.6% to 16.22 yuan after saying profit declined 27% last year. 

Shares of companies linked to Shanghai's free trade zone gained after media reports indicated restrictions on foreign investors there could be relaxed. Shanghai International Port locked 10% upper circuit at 4.92 yuan on media reports that the company will seek private and international funds as strategic investors. Retailer Shanghai Friendship Group Inc. and Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co. both surged by the 10% daily limit to 10.85 yuan and 18.10 yuan, respectively. Shanghai Jinqiao Export Processing Zone Development Co advanced 10% to 11.42 yuan. 

China's money markets rates went up today after People's Bank of China drained 46 billion yuan from the banking system during Tuesday's open market operation, despite growing concerns in the market about liquidity availability as the quarter-end approaches. The People's Bank of China drained a net 48 billion yuan from the market last week, slightly greater than the 40 billion yuan removal prior to last week. 

The overnight repo, a benchmark measure of interbank funding availability, traded at a weighted average of 2.51%, up 1 bps from previous session's closure. The seven-day repo rate, a gauge of interbank liquidity conditions, was quoted at 3.70% late afternoon, up 12 bps from previous session's closure. 

In Hong Kong, shares in HK market finished weaker today, on concerns about tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine and uncertainty over Chinese economic growth. 

The Hang Seng Index closed 0.52% down at 21732.32. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, benchmark measure of performance of mainland China enterprises, dropped 0.04% to 9690.86. 

Among the HK 50 blue chips, 22 rose and 25 fell, with two stocks remaining steady. Tencent (00700) dipped 4.9% to HK$558.5, contributing 99-point losses to the benchmark Index, and becoming the worst-performing blue chip, with a HK$53 billion of market cap wiping off. Wharf was put on 3.1% to HK$50.25, becoming the top blue chip winner, on tracking spike in its subsidiary i-Cable which surged 22% to HK$0.94. 

Lumena (00067) plunged 7.4% to HK$1.25 before suspension. Short selling research house Glaucus initiated coverage of the stock with a "strong sell" call and HK$0 target price. 

Yashili plunged 10% to HK$3.66 after reporting full-year profit of 437.6 million yuan ($71 million), compared with analyst projections for 520 million yuan. 

Tingyi rose 2.2% to HK$20.80 after brokerage house UBS recommended the stock, citing company's high-end steamed noodles with improved ingredients will be a major breakthrough for the industry and the company. 

In India, Indian markets settled on a flat note, with power and capital goods stocks witnessed a rise whereas oil & gas stocks registered a fall. At the provisional close, the 30-share benchmark index, BSE Sensex ended flat with a decline of 0.27 point at 22,055.21.
Reliance Industries (RIL) and ONGC edged lower in volatile trade after the Election Commission on Monday, 24 March 2014, directed the government to put on hold a proposed hike in natural gas prices which was to take effect from 1 April 2014. 

Bharat Heavy Electricals (Bhel) extended Monday's gain triggered by the company securing a large contract worth Rs 3000 crore from NTPC. The stock was up 4.41%. Shares of fast moving electrical goods (FMEG) company Havells India gained 2.26% to Rs 914, also its record high. 

Indian rupee edged higher against the dollar in the foreign exchange market after the provisional data released by the stock exchanges after trading hours on Monday, 24 March 2014, showed that foreign institutional investors (FIIs) made substantial purchases of Indian stocks on that day. The partially convertible rupee was hovering at 60.49, compared with its close of 60.77/78 on Monday, 24 March 2014. 

Elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region, Taiwan's Taiex index added 0.98%. South Korea's KOSPI index was down 0.22%. Singapore's Straits Times index fell 0.25%. Indonesia's Jakarta Composite Index sank 0.37%. New Zealand's NZX50 rose 0.24%. Malaysia's KLSE Composite added 0.18%.

Monday, March 24, 2014

NFOs now open March 24



Scheme Name
Open Date
Close Date
Scheme Type
Baroda Pioneer Fixed
Maturity Plan - Series N
21-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
Baroda Pioneer Fixed
Maturity Plan - Series O
21-Mar-14
25-Mar-14
Close Ended
Birla Sun Life Fixed Term
Plan - Series KW (374 days)
21-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
BNP Paribas Fixed Term
Fund - Series 29 C
21-Mar-14
27-Mar-14
Close Ended
DWS Fixed Maturity Plan-
Series 60(DFMP-60)
20-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
DSP BlackRock FMP –
Series 155 – 12M
17-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
DWS Fixed Maturity Plan-
Series 62(DFMP-62)
24-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
DWS Fixed Maturity Plan-
Series 63(DFMP-63)
24-Mar-14
25-Mar-14
Close Ended
Goldman Sachs CPSE ETF
18-Mar-14
21-Mar-14
Open Ended
HDFC FMP 1095D March
2014 (1)
14-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
HDFC FMP 3360D March
2014 (1)
14-Mar-14
25-Mar-14
Close Ended
HDFC FMP 378D March
2014 (1)
21-Mar-14
25-Mar-14
Close Ended
HDFC Banking and PSU
Debt Fund
20-Mar-14
25-Mar-14
Open Ended
HSBC Fixed Term Series
 109 (377 days Plan)
24-Mar-14
25-Mar-14
Close Ended
ICICI Prudential Capital
Protection Oriented Fund V – PLAN D - 1100 Days
12-Mar-14
26-Mar-14
Close Ended
ICICI Prudential Fixed
Maturity Plan-Series 73-
1120 Days Plan L
14-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
ICICI Prudential Interval
Fund - Series VII - Annual
Interval Plan - F
18-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
ICICI Prudential Multiple
Yield Fund - Series 6 - 1125
Days - Plan B
11-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
ICICI Prudential Fixed
Maturity Plan-Series 73-369
Days Plan P
21-Mar-14
26-Mar-14
Close Ended
ICICI Prudential Fixed
Maturity Plan-Series 73-376
Days Plan Q
21-Mar-14
26-Mar-14
Close Ended
ICICI Prudential Fixed
Maturity Plan-Series 73-378
Days Plan O
20-Mar-14
25-Mar-14
Close Ended
ICICI Prudential Interval
Fund - Series VII - Annual
Interval Plan - F
18-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
IDBI Diversified Equity Fund
10-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Open Ended
IDBI FMP - Series IV – 376
 Days (March 2014) – L
21-Mar-14
26-Mar-14
Close Ended
ICICI Prudential Multiple
Yield Fund - Series 6 – 1125
 Days - Plan B
11-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
ICICI Prudential Multiple
Yield Fund - Series 6 - 1825 Days - Plan C
19-Mar-14
2-Apr-14
Close Ended
IDFC FIXED TERM PLAN
SERIES -87(366 Days)
19-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
IDFC FIXED TERM PLAN
SERIES -88(372 Days)
19-Mar-14
25-Mar-14
Close Ended
IDFC FIXED TERM PLAN
SERIES -89(742 Days)
20-Mar-14
26-Mar-14
Close Ended
Kotak FMP Series 149 (386
 Days)
19-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
Kotak FMP Series 151 (388
Days)
24-Mar-14
27-Mar-14
Close Ended
Kotak FMP Series 152 (368
Days)
24-Mar-14
25-Mar-14
Close Ended
LIC NOMURA MF FIXED
MATURITY PLAN SERIES
79(373 DAYS)
20-Mar-14
25-Mar-14
Close Ended
Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity
Plan – Series B15
21-Mar-14
25-Mar-14
Close Ended
JPMorgan India Fixed
Maturity Plan – Series 35
13-Mar-14
26-Mar-14
Close Ended
Kotak FMP Series 150 (1109
 Days)
18-Mar-14
20-Mar-14
Close Ended
R* Shares Consumption
Fund
14-Mar-14
28-Mar-14
Close Ended
Reliance Dual Advantage
Fixed Tenure Fund V - Plan
E
12-Mar-14
26-Mar-14
Close Ended
Reliance Fixed Horizon
Fund - XXV - Series 35
14-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
R*Shares Dividend
Opportunities Fund
24-Mar-14
7-Apr-14
Close Ended
Reliance Fixed Horizon
Fund - XXVI - Series 4
19-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
Religare Invesco Fixed
Maturity Plan - Series 23 –
Plan F (367 Days)
24-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
Religare Invesco Fixed
Maturity Plan - Series 23 –
Plan G (376 Days)
24-Mar-14
26-Mar-14
Close Ended
SBI DEBT FUND SERIES A
- 14 (380 days)
18-Mar-14
21-Mar-14
Close Ended
SBI DEBT FUND SERIES A
- 15 (745 days)
18-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
SBI Tax Advantage Fund –
 Series III
28-Dec-13
27-Mar-14
Close Ended
Sundaram Hybrid Fund –
Series F (5 years)
18-Mar-14
31-Mar-14
Close Ended
Tata Fixed Maturity Plan
Series 47 Scheme C(373
Days)
14-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
Tata Fixed Maturity Plan
Series 47 Scheme D(371
Days)
18-Mar-14
26-Mar-14
Close Ended
Tata Fixed Maturity Plan
Series 47 Scheme B(369
Days)
19-Mar-14
25-Mar-14
Close Ended
UTI FTIF Series XVIII –IV
(366 DAYS)
19-Mar-14
24-Mar-14
Close Ended
UTI-FMP-Yearly Series
March 2014
18-Mar-14
25-Mar-14
Close Ended

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