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A spate of employee exits and potentially misrepresented transactions threaten to derail the promising start made by the young company.

Real estate, especially as an avenue of investment, is a tricky—yet wildly popular—industry. In India particularly, it’s an industry that is often fraught with complex regulation, booms and busts, and occasionally unscrupulous actors. (And that’s without even considering property as a black money or tax evasion channel.)
In any case, the business of investing in real estate is a huge opportunity, and one that several startups have jumped on to. The usual pitch is an innovative financial structure, maybe coupled with some sort of digital platform to get tech company valuations, that allows new kinds of investments.
One such startup …
A local fintech deal to consolidate operations, feedback on Saudi Arabia’s proposed IPO rules, and Ras Al Khaimah’s casino economy.
The newly announced levy on UPI payments undermines the very foundation of using digital payments for stock market investing. Brokers are in a tizzy.
The Rs 250 SIP was launched last year by the former SEBI chairperson with one clear goal: financial inclusion. More than a year later, the much-hyped scheme doesn’t seem to have caught on with MF investors.