MSMEs, as we all know, is the backbone of Indian economy (or for that matter any economy, globally) that, on an average, accounts for 37% of the GDP, 45% of the Manufacturing Output, 42% of...
The Fintech industry has come a long way in addressing the credit demand by revolutionizing access to the supply (lenders) side. This has been one of the most critical factors in addressing a part of...
The funding landscape, especially the Private Equity (PE-VC) money, is concentrated in certain industry segment pockets that is defined by the asset size – asset light, asset medium and asset heavy – as well as...
The world, as we have seen and known, has lived through in the Pre COVID-19 era, is currently coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, and will have to take the journey in the Post COVID-19 era....
There is not even an iota of doubt that family business (i.e., promoters) have always been the backbone of India’s economy (contributing over 70% of GDP) and will continue to do so, but challenges such...
In this article, I would like to take the opportunity to share my observations about the challenges in MSME funding during my recent field visits to the state of Jharkhand and Odisha. About a couple...
I was recently in Chennai speaking to a group of MSME entrepreneurs at a CII conference, and all of them appeared very enthused to raise funds for their business. I took that opportunity to make...
I was speaking at a recently concluded Indian capital markets conference in Mumbai, where I emphasized the need of strengthening the due diligence mechanism in an Initial Public Offering (IPO) process. My arguments were in...
Inflation is not only a key leading indicator of an economy that gives headwind direction to the anticipated pace of economic activity but also a factor that is capable of bringing down a government if...
EPS, or Earnings per Share, is a determinant of shareholders’ wealth and indicates ownership on the company’s earnings (that’s why it’s attributable to the common stock) for every share / stock owned by an investor....
When a capital structure is altered – whether in a tax or no tax condition – it does impact the value creation for the shareholders of its firm. This is in contrary to the classic...
Markets across the world have been jittery over the past few weeks ahead of the December 15-16 US Federal Reserve meeting that’s likely to have a rate ‘lift-off’. But does a rate lift-off or upward...