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Managing interest rates
This post summarises some presentations and papers on managing interest rates in India. ‘Who Moved my Interest Rates’- Dr. Duvvuri ...
Bond markets: issues and implications
This post collates some of the issues being highlighted by experts regarding the Indian corporate bond markets, and the implications ...
What can financial advisers call themselves?
I used ‘educator’ on my LinkedIn heading before being told it sounds like a professor. Not that there is anything ...
Global investment consultants eyeing India?
India has been wooing foreign investments, both directly as foreign direct investments (FDI) into companies as well as indirectly as ...
Share buy-backs in India
A share buyback means a company buys their own shares from the market when they want to reduce their number ...
Factor investing 101
Global markets are made up of dozens of asset classes and millions of individual securities, making it challenging to understand ...
How to analyse MF portfolio and performance
There are a number of attractive mutual funds and fund managers that have performed well over both long-term and short-term ...
Differential voting rights in India – a summary
What are DVRs? Dual Class Shares (DCS) or shares with Differential Voting Right (DVR) as popularly known in India, simply ...
India’s GDP measurements
This post summarises some presentations and papers on India's GDP measurements. India's GDP mis-estimation: Likelihood, magnitudes, mechanisms, and implications This ...
Unlisted stock investing
In addition to investing in the 5,000-odd listed stocks, investors can invest in unlisted stocks, either pre-IPO or delisted stocks ...
Does ETF liquidity matter for investors?
The Indian asset and wealth management industry laments the lack of liquidity in ETFs, encouraging investors to buy passive funds ...
Making information flow more efficient
Finance is the nervous system of the world. However, many parts of the finance industry are inefficient, which has significant ...