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Blockchain: A Bitter Pill for Banks
- December 17, 2017
- Posted by: annlin@india.cfasociety.org
- Category: BLOG, Events, ExPress
No CommentsContributed by: Sivananda Subudhi, CFA, AVP, Structured Finance Group, Axis Bank Ltd During Indian Banks’ Association Banking Technology Conference held in 2017, Dr. Viral V Acharya, Deputy Governor Reserve Bank of India (RBI) highlighted that ever since Asset... -
Cricket and Investment Selection Process – Emotions and Committee Structure Commonality
- December 10, 2017
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- Category: BLOG, ExPress, Mumbai
By Sitaraman Iyer, CFA Another similarity I find between investment and cricketing is the way decision-making committees are structured. A research analyst would be the equivalent of a scout in the cricketing world; a fund manager would be akin to a selector; and... -
ACCOUNTING FOR OFF BALANCE SHEET ACTIVITIES
- September 27, 2017
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- Category: BLOG, ExPress, Mumbai
By: Gaurang S Trivedi, CFA In order to better assess the true economics of the business and ascertain its value it is imperative that the off the balance sheet items are recorded in the books. This could be done by recording all contractual, guaranteed,... -
Investing vs Trading: An analogy with Cricket…
- July 22, 2017
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- Category: BLOG, ExPress, Mumbai
By: Sitaraman Iyer, CFA I believe the world of sports and investments have a lot in common. Being an Indian, I will take theliberty of drawing comparisons between cricket and investments. Over the next few weeks,I will try to cover some themes that are common to... -
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Pax Sinica Redux or Economic Black Hole?
- May 31, 2017
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- Category: BLOG, ExPress, Mumbai
Contributed by: Ishwar Chidambaram, CFA, CIPM “… (We must) hide our capabilities and bide our time, never try to take the lead…” -Deng Xiaoping, Paramount Leader of the People’s Republic of China (1978-1989) On May 14, 2017, Deng Xiaoping would have been... -
The Case for Gender Diversity in India
- May 3, 2017
- Posted by: annlin@india.cfasociety.org
- Category: BLOG, Careers, ExPress, New Delhi, Women in Investment Management
Contributed by- Shivani Chopra, CFA Women in Investment Management (WIM) is one of the important initiatives of CFA Institute since its launch in 2015. It acknowledges the underrepresentation of women within the industry, particularly in senior positions.... -
Market Outlook…
- May 3, 2017
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- Category: BLOG, ExPress, Mumbai
By: Navneet Munot, CFA, CIO, SBI Mutual Fund and Director, IAIP Indian equity market has been one of the best performing equity market year-to-date. Foreign investors’ allocation to emerging markets has risen. Within that, India with an outlook of recovering... -
Market Outlook…
- April 4, 2017
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- Category: BLOG, ExPress, Mumbai
By: Navneet Munot, CFA, CIO, SBI Mutual Fund and Director, IAIP Equity Market ended the quarter in an upbeat mood with Sensex now up 12% on year-to-date basis. Mid-cap (+4% in March) and small-cap indices (+5%) outperformed the Sensex for the third consecutive... -
Is Hummingbird Making the World More Polarized?
- March 1, 2017
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- Category: BLOG, ExPress, Mumbai
Contributed by: Hiren Chandaria Today, the world is more polarized than probably any other period after the Second World War. We are left with three kinds of people in the world today, those ‘for’, those ‘against’ and those who don’t care. It is... -
Reflections on Central Banks
- February 12, 2017
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- Category: BLOG, ExPress, Mumbai
Contributed by: Ishwar Chidambaram, CFA Contemporary central banks in the developed economies have triggered a global pandemic of moral hazard and Too Big To Fail problems. Ensconced as the universal lenders of last resort, their modus operandi has been to engage...