Shareholder Activism in India
Shareholder Activism – What is? Any act of the shareholder(s) of a company which results in either influencing or changing the behavior and / or decision of the company, either through its management or otherwise. Issues on shareholder activism and corporate governance have been a point of debate in the United States and Europe for many years. […]
Bosch India – Stock Buzz
Bosch India Limited (“Bosch” or the “Company”) is India’s leading supplier of technology and services in the areas of automotive and industrial technology, consumer goods and building technology. The Company is headquartered in Bangalore with manufacturing facilities at Bangalore, Nashik, Jaipur and Goa. Bosch set up its first manufacturing plant in India in 1951. Over […]
How to Judge Investor Sentiment in Stock Market
What markets do day to day is overwhelmingly driven by random chance. Ascribing explanations to short term moves is like trying to explain lottery numbers. It’s no secret that in the short term – investor sentiment is arguably the only driver of stock prices. Their sentiment may turn positive or negative based on news flow, majority analyst […]
Marketing of Financial Services
Marketing of financial services and products is probably the most regulated field in India. Despite this, potential customers regularly get convinced about buying investment products which are inconsistent with their needs and future plans. In this article, I will discuss the problem of (i) Unsolicited marketing of financial services and products, and (ii) Regulations regarding […]
Surrogate Advertising – Why Diversification into Loss making Businesses is Good for Some Companies
Surrogate Advertising Where one product or service is marketed with the intention of promoting/ marketing a product or service different from the one being marketed. Often this is done because it is illegal to propagate or promote a particular product for example – cigarettes and alcoholic beverages in India. Often companies create a product with […]
Top 5 in-Famous Financial Frauds in India
This post is about some famous financial frauds in India over the last few years. These certainly are not the only ones and as in past, in future there will be more. Harshad Mehta (1990 – 92) Known as the big bull – is perhaps the most familiar name when it comes to financial frauds in […]
Jobs in Finance | Career in Finance Industry
From time to time people write in to me looking to get associated in some way. Most of them are looking for jobs in the financial services space. This is unusual as I don’t have any academic background in finance. What I have is a very keen interest in this area. My background here. Nevertheless, we […]
Trade Agreements in India – An Overview
Trade Agreements – Any contractual arrangement between states or countries concerning their trade relationships – involve understanding on tariff, tax and restrictions applicable on export and import of goods and services. Trade agreements can be bilateral or multilateral—i.e., the agreement can be between two states/countries or it can be between more than two states or […]
Foreign Portfolio Investors Regulations, 2014
In order to have one integrated policy on foreign investment, the Indian securities market regulator i.e. Securities Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) has introduced the Foreign Portfolio Investors Regulations (FPI), 2014. The FPI Regulation, 2014 replace the existing Foreign Institutional Investor Regulations, 1995 (FII regulation applicable to institutional investors, such as mutual funds, pension funds, banks and […]
Crude Oil Wars – How India could benefit from OPECs high supply policy?
Over the past few weeks the entire world’s attention has been focused on crude oil prices. Some countries are benefiting immensely from the recent meltdown in crude oil prices while others are being slowly driven towards bankruptcy. Countries Benefiting – All countries which rely on crude imports. Mainly India and China. Countries Suffering – All oil exporting […]