The boardroom conundrum
The fee for attending meetings now runs into hundreds of thousands for a single sitting against the...
Dilawar Hussain
Brokers protest against standard commission
KARACHI: A couple of stockbrokers along with their traders were chatting excitedly outside the stock exchange ...
Dodging the FATF’s blacklist
'Blacklisting would result in an overall downgrade of the entire financial system.'
Businessmen send a distress signal
Profitability of listed companies in 2018-19 amounted to Rs588 billion, down 4.7pc from a year ago
Policing the stock analysts
Brokerages avoid quoting a ‘target price’ post-Research Analysts Regulations, 2015
Beyond the bottom line
Most corporate leaders in Pakistan are as ignorant about SDGs as they are about the cosmos.
What’s keeping PSX investors away?
The perception exists that stockbrokers are still ruling the roost.
Hope and apprehensions about PSX reforms
The greedy at the regulator’s office were always looking for an opportunity to trap companies.
Ill-timed divestment
The government’s decision to sell its shares in OGDC and PPL could not have come at a worse time
Steps under study for enhancing liquidity at PSX
The stock market took a surprise turnaround last week with almost a decade high weekly returns.
No more shutdowns at PSX
Rain is only a minor event for the capital market where the game of high finance turns paupers into billionaires.
All eyes are on foreign investors
Even blue-chip stocks are now available at over 50pc discounted valuations
Hang on to your fixed-income securities
The paper value of corporate Pakistan (market capitalisation) has plunged to $41 billion from $100bn in two years.
Gold outshines other investment options
‘A money market fund investing in 90-day treasury bills will give a net return of 11.25pc. For all individuals...
Has IMF put a damper on PSX support fund?
Some of the lending parties are unhappy about the reported replacement of sovereign guarantees with letters of comfort
Who will regulate the regulator?
Brokerage houses are carrying out downsizing. Job cuts are taking place in non-core departments...
Morin’s last laugh and its rebuttal
It is unlikely that the PSX board would have come up with a statement against Morin, if he remained silent.
Is the current buying frenzy mindless?
The Economic Survey cleverly swept the vagaries of the outgoing fiscal year under the carpet.
Capital markets unmoved
The budget 2019-20 on the whole was defined by most market participants as “neutral to negative”.
Shares buyback rejuvenates interest in boardrooms
The market regulators have continued to point out the virtues of a buyback saying that they could be used to improve.