We have considered the period from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, which is the financial year 2021 wherein, BSE Sensex index gave returns of whopping ~68 per cent. BSE 500 index too gave returns of 77 per cent.

Rossari Biotech, a speciality chemical manufacturer, announced that it has operationalised all phases of its Greenfield manufacturing facility at Dahej (Gujarat) successfully.  

HCL Technologies: HCL Technologies announced an agreement with Tenneco Inc. The company will help Tenneco in enhancing their IT simplification, modernisation & transformation journey while helping to reduce technical complexities and support the global IT application portfolio.

BSE StAR MF, India's largest and leading Mutual Funds Distributor platform has scaled new highs by recording 1 crore monthly transactions, the highest ever on the platform.

Archegos (a Greek word for one who leads the way) Capital, a New York-based family office was founded by Bill Hwang, who spent some part of his career with Tiger Global Fund Management as an equity analyst.

SpiceJet, which is the country's favourite airline and the largest regional player has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with New York-based company, Avenue Capital Group for a strategic alliance. 

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited’s subsidiary Mitsubishi Mahindra Agricultural Machinery Co. Ltd, Japan (MAM) has entered into a business collaboration arrangement with Kubota Co. Limited.

Niks Technology Limited became 9^th company to get listed on the BSE Startup Platform on March 31, 2021. Niks Technology Limited came out with an initial public offering of 1,00,200 equity shares of Rs.10 each for cash at a price of Rs. 201 per equity share, thus aggregating to Rs. 201.40 lakhs. The company has successfully completed its public issue on March 23, 2021.

Sterling & Wilson Solar Solutions, the US subsidiary of Sterling & Wilson Solar Limited announced on Wednesday it has signed an order worth Rs 890 crore in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America (USA).  

By having a low volatility factor-based fund in the portfolio, an investor has an opportunity to cushion the portfolio from the potential downside risk.