Sunday, 25 October 2015

The Discount Brokerages of India

India has does not have its own Charles Schwab - it has multiple. Here is a sample of discount brokerages of India.

Zerodha
RKSV - offering 5 free trades per month
SAS Online

Data from London & Partners shows £1bn Investment in London Technology Firms in 2015

London & Partners, the official promotion company for London, has released the figures, which constitute 75% of the UK total. This is ten times the money raised in 2010. Half of the capital has gone to the following companies:
Fintech specifically has attracted £362m in 2015. EdTech has also been identified as a potential opportunity, with a new body called EdTech UK set up to promote the sector and supported by The Education Foundation.

Monday, 12 October 2015

Dell Proposes $67bn Acquisition of Storage Technology Giant EMC

On October 12, Dell proposed merging with tech giant EMC to create a "premier end-to-end technology company".  This is a massive move for Dell and will give Dell a much stronger foothold in the enterprise market. The Board of EMC approved the deal but it still needs regulatory and shareholder approval.

Great news in theory for investors in EMC, although the share price of EMC peaked at the time of the announcement (at $28.35 a shared) and was on a downward trend since then.

EMC is best known as the storage technology company founded in 1979. However, its businesses include famous technology brands like RSA Security, VMWare for virtualization and Pivotal for cloud and agile development solutions. Perhaps less-well known is VCE, which specialises in converged infrastructure solutions and has a strong relationship with Cisco, including engineering, resale and support agreements. VMWare is anticipated to continue to trade publicly (VMW:NYSE). EMC really is an all round enterprise technology company and Dell wants to be that too.