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Custodians costly balm for broker pain
June 12, 2018, 11:20 PM IST
Markets regulator Sebi reportedly plans to introduce custodians for retail investors to prevent brokers from misusing their clients’ accounts. Fraudulent brokers deserve exemplary punishment: criminal prosecution, apart from termination of membership and fines. A broker…
June 12, 2018, 11:20 PM IST
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s private equity! Private equity has huge scope in India right now
May 17, 2018, 10:44 PM IST
Where is private equity (PE) when India desperately needs it? The process of bankruptcy resolution underway in the country cries out for large dollops of patient capital. Assets are being sold at a steep discount…
May 17, 2018, 10:44 PM IST
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More work for an active debt market
May 1, 2018, 10:42 PM IST
The minimum residual maturity period of three years has been dropped, the cap on aggregate FPI holding of G-secs raised from 20% to 30%, and that for corporate bonds increased to 50%.
May 1, 2018, 10:42 PM IST
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Is private healthcare really making losses? Look at Fortis story
February 15, 2018, 11:21 AM IST
How does a loss making company lend Rs 500 crore? That’s the real question arising from the allegation that Shivinder and Malvinder Singh siphoned off Rs 500 crore from Fortis Healthcare. It is significant because…
February 15, 2018, 11:21 AM IST
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Major criminal conspiracy overlooked by SEBI in its order banning Price Waterhouse for 2 years in the Satyam scam
January 20, 2018, 1:16 PM IST
How would one rate a law that criminalises rape of an adult woman but allows rape of a minor with impunity. Please excuse the expression but a more appropriate metaphor does not come to mind….
January 20, 2018, 1:16 PM IST
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Electoral Bonds eschew transparency
January 3, 2018, 11:30 PM IST
The system of electoral bonds for making political contributions to political parties is nowhere near the system of transparent political funding that we need. It does away with the problem of cash contributions, but keeps…
January 3, 2018, 11:30 PM IST
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Why give up trades on Indian derivatives?
December 28, 2017, 10:25 PM IST
A host of regulatory restrictions like limited trading hours, modest position limits, high transactions costs and outright bans for select investors, seem to be driving trading abroad, along with brokerage incomes, tax revenues and high-paying finance jobs, and leaving behind a lack of depth in financial markets.
December 28, 2017, 10:25 PM IST
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Learn lessons from the private equity class
December 23, 2017, 12:05 AM IST
By Praveen Malhotra Given the momentum of change, strategic planning horizons have become significantly shorter. The primary purpose of a business is value creation. The pursuit of this takes up innumerable hours in boardrooms around…
December 23, 2017, 12:05 AM IST
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What fuels the demand cycle, as Bitcoins despite concerns, surge to 20K?
December 19, 2017, 10:04 AM IST
Last year, a week before Christmas a friend of mine invested in 5 Bitcoins at the rate of Rs 56,000/- each, paid through in Indian Rupees through his Visa Debit card. In one years time…
December 19, 2017, 10:04 AM IST
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For a status report on the debt market
December 17, 2017, 10:48 PM IST
India’s primary corporate bond market appears buoyant, but the secondary market remains relatively inactive, which precludes an active debt market, and affects transparent arm’s length finance for investments and projects. The funds garnered via debt…
December 17, 2017, 10:48 PM IST
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Time to set housing in order
October 13, 2017, 12:12 AM IST
By Brotin Banerjee The Real Estate Regulation and Development Act (Rera), 2016, came into effect in May 2017. While it has had some teething problems, there is no doubt that this regulation will bringing transparency…
October 13, 2017, 12:12 AM IST
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Get on with reform of banks’ bad debts
August 13, 2017, 10:43 PM IST
On August 1, the 30-share BSE Sensex closed at a historic high of nearly 32,600 points; the Nifty 50 closed at a record 10,115. As markets shut on Friday, August 11, both indices had been…
August 13, 2017, 10:43 PM IST
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The only way to really grow your brand
June 30, 2017, 7:30 PM IST
To grow your brand, you must create “must haves” that define subcategories The only way to grow a business (with rare exceptions) is to create “must haves” that define subcategories, manage those subcategories to success…
June 30, 2017, 7:30 PM IST
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Brand equity vs. brand value
June 30, 2017, 7:27 PM IST
Brand equity is a key construct in the management of not only marketing but also business strategy. It helped create and support the explosive idea that emerged in the late 1980s, that brands are assets…
June 30, 2017, 7:27 PM IST
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The 50 brands that are changing the world
June 30, 2017, 7:25 PM IST
The private sector has taken a meaningful, leadership role to combat the serious problems facing the world and its people. Compared to governments, private firms are well poised to take on this role because they…
June 30, 2017, 7:25 PM IST
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Sebi can kill money laundering by making participatory notes dearer
June 4, 2017, 11:31 PM IST
Sebi’s move to propose tighter rules for participatory notes (P-notes) to enhance transparency with regard to the identity of those investing in Indian stocks makes sense. The new rules include levying a regulatory fee on…
June 4, 2017, 11:31 PM IST
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Managing by numeracy
May 17, 2017, 12:56 AM IST
By Robert Feldmann et al Many companies do their best to optimise production processes using established rules of thumb or incomplete data. But at the end of the month or reporting period, they often discover…
May 17, 2017, 12:56 AM IST
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Forget fundamentals, bubble will decide when to burst
April 28, 2017, 1:33 PM IST
Value investors contest that the Sensex trading at about 18 times forward year earnings is high compared to an average of 15 times.
April 28, 2017, 1:33 PM IST
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Retailing strategy
April 25, 2017, 11:44 PM IST
By Marshall Fisher Wal-Mart’s compounded annual growth rate in its first 20 years was 43% a year. If Wal-Mart had kept growing at that rate, its revenue [today] would be more than triple the world’s…
April 25, 2017, 11:44 PM IST
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Personalised marketing
April 19, 2017, 12:27 AM IST
By Julien Boudet Et Al Companies experiment with testing the impact of varied customer experiences, but they do it in isolation. When they do try to scale, they smack against the challenge of understanding what…
April 19, 2017, 12:27 AM IST
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