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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicFranklin Templeton

Topic: Franklin Templeton

India needs clear post-lockdown exit strategy for economy, Modi and CMs must jointly draft roadmap

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

RBI needs to open its vault and fill the hole left by Franklin Templeton

With the coronavirus lockdown decimating incomes & sentiment, leaving the hole created by Franklin Templeton unfilled may prove an error of judgment.

After Franklin’s funds freeze, a contagion risk is building in India’s credit market

Authorities will be forced to take steps to keep credit markets functioning & the mutual fund industry will be a key focus, market experts say.

Santosh Kamath, the star Franklin manager who got burned in a debt market he helped create

Santosh Kamath is widely acknowledged as having helped build the market for credit rated below AAA in India as a major buyer of those assets.

Franklin Templeton shuts 6 Indian debt funds as lockdown hurts liquidity

Franklin Templeton is taking unprecedented steps to lock in investor money as the coronavirus pandemic worsens credit market strains.

Yes Bank’s Rana Kapoor is playing a dangerous funding game with market money

Yes Bank’s stock has sunk 50 per cent in just three months.

On Camera

How Saba Azad became the accidental voice of Bengal’s language protests

Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.