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The challenges of climate change are not limited to some countries or businesses. These are universal and impacting everyone across the globe. The investors are increasingly concerned with the emerging risks from ESG factors. They are incorporating these factors...

  Shivani: Congratulations on being elected as a Director of CFA Society India! Talking about diversity in the workplace first, what are your views on women on corporate boards? Jayna: I strongly believe that corporate boards need more women. If you look...

    “Your Network Is Your Net Worth!” If you’ve heard this quote before then you know who we’re talking about. An Investment Banker, Finance Professor, Author, most followed CFA charterholder on LinkedIn, and the Founder of Institute of Life,...

  New alternative funding routes are gaining prominence as founders look for start-up-friendly financial products, away from the traditional methods of equity dilution and debt covenants – financial products that can in some way be linked to their...

  Peer-to-peer lending is a mechanism which connects individuals in need of credit with others willing to lend. The platforms purely acts as an intermediary or marketplace that connects borrowers and lenders. All P2P platforms come under the purview of RBI...

  Investment Advisory and Portfolio Management, like all other financial services, have a huge potential to benefit from FinTech and Artificial Intelligence. As private wealth grows in India and other developing nations, application of technology in this area...

  CFA Society India had the pleasure of interviewing Alokita Jha, CFA for its current edition of member newsletter. Alokita has been recognised as inspiring women in the investment profession in India by the CFA Institute with her being among the early first...

  Rajni: Quantum AMC is one of the early movers to set up fund in ESG space in India, please share your perspective for coming up with the idea. Chirag: At Quantum group, we began to adopt a “Governance” factor in our investment decisions in 1996 – so...

  “Currently, it’s exciting to see the climate conversation more mainstream than it’s ever been”, remarks Dr. Barbara Buchner, Global MD of Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and our guest for Mar’21 ESG theme newsletter. After all, hours after being...

  Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors are becoming an important part of investment thesis. The world is already dealing with climate change and the recent pandemic has increased awareness for social issues further supporting the case for ESG...