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...Expanding beyond publicly traded equities and bonds — securities whose performance can be more readily replicated by an index — and into private assets such as real estate and infrastructure, where fees...
...Last month’s settlement of a long-running US Department of Justice probe into mis-selling of mortgage-backed securities cleared the path for the government to start selling down its stake before the summer...
...Did we mention that Lord Lamont is on the board?...
...Mr Pradhan said the government had asked for an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, the stock market regulator, into why bids failed to be registered in the auction....
...Rajasthan’s transformation into an oil economy is part of a bigger struggle for India to secure its energy security....
...“They are sitting on piles of cash,” said one official of the urgent need to trigger a mobilisation of currently “inactive” resources to boost confidence in the economy, and promote India’s energy security...
...Dai Bingguo, China’s top foreign policy official, was to travel to the Indian capital for discussions with Shivshankar Menon, India’s national security adviser....
...Ranjan Mathai, India’s foreign secretary, has insisted that Iran is “crucial” to his country’s energy security – a position, he told the Financial Times, that is understood by Washington....
...The decision will be a setback to Eurofighter, which had strongly lobbied India to buy its aircraft and considered its bid stronger in terms of performance, security of supply and strategic alignment....
...India’s home ministry gave Vedanta’s bid security clearance on November 25 in a letter to the petroleum ministry....
...Only security clearance by the Home Ministry remains outstanding before Vedanta can take over the oil and gas company. Cairn India views the clearance as a technicality over a strategic energy asset....
...Shankar Bajpai, the chairman of India’s National Security Advisory Board and former ambassador to the US....
...Among India’s military leadership and security hawks, China looms larger and larger as a potential threat....
...One such approval is security clearance for Vedanta from the Ministry of Home Affairs....
...The deal still needs security clearance for Vedanta from the Ministry of Home Affairs. It also requires a “no objection” certificate from ONGC, expected to be delivered on September 27....
...Except Norman Lamont, perhaps. Related link: Soros to End Hedge-Fund Career, Return Money to Clients – Bloomberg The George Soros lectures – FT/CEU...
...- James Blitz, FT Reactions in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan - FT William Hague orders British embassy security review – FT Security experts warn against complacency - FT This is the latest setback for al-Qaeda...
...“This is good news for EADS, Finmeccanica and especially BAE Systems [who make up the Eurofighter consortium],” said Guy Brown, an analyst at Evolution Securities....
...The immediate reaction of many of Mr Gupta’s business associates in India to the charges, brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commission at the beginning of March, has been shock, followed by a mix...
...Additional reporting by James Lamont in New Delhi...
...The US could also back India’s aspirations to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council. However, there are divisions within the administration on how far Washington should go....
...An e-mail from Michael Froman, US deputy national security adviser, to Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of India’s power planning commission, had warned of “developments” that threatened to have a...
...India’s greater claims to the US’s support for its permanent seat in the UN Security Council and access to US technology will depend on that....
...He favours openness over a security lockdown in the region....
...The use of Chinese labour to install power projects had also raised issues of “national security”....
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