FPIs back on D-Street: Foreign portfolio investors pour in over Rs 33,000 crore, but why is IT sector missing from their shopping list? – The Times of India

FPIs back on D-Street: Foreign portfolio investors pour in over Rs 33,000 crore, but why is IT sector missing from their shopping list? – The Times of India

Foreign portfolio investors once again turned towards Dalal Street to shop for Indian equities, spending in Rs 33,487 crore across 15 sectors, in the first half of February. The bulk of the inflows went into capital goods, financial services and oil & gas stocks, marking the strongest fortnightly buying seen since the second half of…

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New labour codes to keep salary hikes stable; IT sector margins tested – The Times of India

New labour codes to keep salary hikes stable; IT sector margins tested – The Times of India

A majority of companies are unlikely to reduce salary hikes, even with higher wage bills resulting from the implementation of new labour codes, according to HR heads and compensation experts. However, increments may be moderated in certain sectors, particularly information technology.Costs for benefits such as gratuity, overtime, bonus, and leave encashment have increased after the…

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‘Plumbers of the tech world’: Why Indian IT sector shouldn’t worry about AI impact – JPMorgan explains new areas of work – The Times of India

‘Plumbers of the tech world’: Why Indian IT sector shouldn’t worry about AI impact – JPMorgan explains new areas of work – The Times of India

Drawing a practical analogy, the JPMorgan report calls IT firms the ‘plumbers of the technology world’. (AI image) India’s IT sector is witnessing an unprecedented rout with stocks tanking on fears of artificial intelligence making the main roles at technology sector giants redundant. It’s a selloff like never before – but is the situation so…

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Is the era of salaried jobs ending? Here is why investor Saurabh Mukherjea tells students to focus on AI-resistant skills – The Times of India

Is the era of salaried jobs ending? Here is why investor Saurabh Mukherjea tells students to focus on AI-resistant skills – The Times of India

Saurabh Mukherjea tells students to focus on AI-resistant skills India’s white-collar job boom is over. What once grew at 11% a year is now barely 1%, warns Saurabh Mukherjea, founder of Marcellus Investment Managers. He made the stark revelation in his podcast “Coffee and Investing with Saurabh Mukherjea”, in the episode titled “No Jobs &…

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Valuation watch: Top-10 most valued firms’ market cap drops by Rs 2.99 lakh crore; TCS emerges as the biggest hit on H1-B visa fees hike – The Times of India

Valuation watch: Top-10 most valued firms’ market cap drops by Rs 2.99 lakh crore; TCS emerges as the biggest hit on H1-B visa fees hike – The Times of India

The combined market valuation of India’s top-10 most valued companies shrank by Rs 2,99,661.36 crore last week, mirroring a bearish trend in equities, with IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) bearing the brunt.The BSE benchmark tanked 2,199.77 points or 2.66 per cent during the week, as investor sentiment was rattled by a series of domestic…

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