Crystal gazing GAAR – Cues to watch out for
02 Jul 2012 | Anil Talreja
The exit and funding strategies, current investment framework and the holding company jurisdiction structure need to be evaluated by the investors, taking a cue from the draft guidelines.
Financial services regulation: Is there a future for NBFCs?
13 Jun 2012 | Santosh Singh & Nidhesh Jain
The sector has gone through many regulatory changes in the recent past, with life insurance on course to recover from the changes in Q4CY10.
Digital Payments: Pursuit of the Holy Grail
11 Jun 2012 | Aashish Bhinde & Karan Sharma
Several initiatives are underway to unlock and capitalise on the potential digital payments opportunity in India.
INR: Oversold, but no quick resolution
08 Jun 2012 | Deepali Bhargava
FII outflows from India debt and a rapid widening of the trade deficit have been partly responsible for the fall in INR.
India’s growth pangs hit tipping point
01 Jun 2012 | Indranil Pan
The message remains that India’s growth story is not reflecting much confidence.
Top 5 issues to watch out for: AIFs regulations deciphered!
30 May 2012 | Shefali Goradia & Parul Jain
A study of the new regulations highlights certain issues which may need to be appraised by existing funds as well as those contemplated to be set up by various fund houses in the near future.
India looks oversold
24 May 2012 | Saurabh Mukherjea
With sellside economists’ GDP estimates being cut regularly (our estimate remains above 7%), with the INR in a free (our target INR/US$56-58), India's star appears to be fading. However, as shown by a series of long term charts in this note, the Indian market is unquestionably ‘cheap’ now. Whilst given the scale of the European crisis and given India's comatose Government, it is easy to be bearish on India, these charts suggest that now is almost as good a time as any to BUY India.
Falling savings: Don’t blame gold
18 May 2012 | Deepali Bhargava & Santosh Singh
A high, rising and productive savings rate was one of the key attractions of India through 2003-2008.
Big VC funds fail to deliver big returns
11 May 2012 | Diane Mulcahy, Bill Weeks & Harold S. Bradley
Small funds under $250m return more than 2 times invested capital 34% of the time, says the Kauffman Foundation report.
India Finance Bill, 2012; Time to reconnect with India!
09 May 2012 | Anil Talreja & Amit Bhattar
This announcement has been a bonanza for the foreign investor segment specially the PE and VC investors.
