The government has announced a very ambitious plan of monetizing infrastructure assets worth $81 billion. Experts believe it’s a good idea, but the execution looks challenging. The timing isn’t perfect, either. The Indian government has...
Warnings of volatility are issued too often and I try to avoid them. Nevertheless, looking at the London Stock Exchange’s Risers and Fallers these days can make one’s eyes water. Last week I wrote a piece...
Retail investors and some institutional investors focus on the asset they want to acquire in anticipation of price appreciation. The game for some institutional investors is more complicated. It is not only about the asset...
Quant-focused hedge funds – they specialize in algorithmic rather than human trading – gained $4.6 billion of net new assets in the first quarter, and now hold $932 billion, or about 30% to the $3.1...
The Bank of Japan has announced plans to stimulate the sputtering economy with new quantitative easing. Under new leadership, the central bank plans to double the country’s money supply by the end of next year....
In India, one can invest in real estate through following types of properties/assets : residential property , commercial property , land , real estate (Private Equity) funds . We would be discussing each of...
