Bond markets: issues and implications
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
by MMI Team
This post highlights some issues in the non-sovereign, commercial borrowing markets in India. [Intro to Indian bond markets – data from RBI] Suyash Choudhary, head of fixed interest at IDFC AMC, outlines the market structure and issues – The Macro Markets for financing in India Behavioural thinking and operating in a data vacuum First principles
- Published in Debt
Share buy-backs in India
Wednesday, 05 August 2020
by Akanksha Sehgal
A share buyback means a company buys their own shares from the market when they want to reduce their number of shares available in the open market. Share buyback in India – legal provisions In India, buyback of listed shares was permitted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999 by the insertion of Sections 77A, 77AA
- Published in Equities
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Differential voting rights in India – a summary
Wednesday, 05 August 2020
by Runeet Kaur Arora
What are DVRs? Dual Class Shares (DCS) or shares with Differential Voting Right (DVR) as popularly known in India, simply mean that a company has issued more than one class of stocks with different voting rights. In other words, DVRs are shares that give the holder different voting rights compared to someone who owns ordinary
- Published in Equities
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Does ETF liquidity matter for investors?
Wednesday, 03 June 2020
by MMI Team
The Indian asset and wealth management industry laments the lack of liquidity in ETFs, encouraging investors to buy passive funds instead. But what is liquidity and does it matter? In the recent past, two papers have been issued to address this topic – MMI’s founder, Hansi Mehrotra, arranged a panel discussion through the CFA Society
- Published in Equities, Portfolio Construction
Valuing real estate
Thursday, 24 July 2014
by MMI Team
Subhankar Mitra of Jones Lang LaSalle explains the basic methodologies used for real estate valuations in India. Valuations are very important in any private equity/real estate investing not only while buying and selling but also for ongoing reporting. Hence, it’s important to understand how valuations work in India. 1. What qualifications does one need to
- Published in Asset Classes