Gift City Newsletter 2026
MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
SOCIETY UPDATES 2026
Society Updates
Sandeep Gupta, CFA, CIPM
Welcome to this special edition of the CFA Society India Newsletter, dedicated to International Financial Services Centres Authority...
INDUSTRY SPEAK
IN-CONVERSATION WITH SANDIP SHAH
Interviewed by Hardik Pandya, CA, CFA
Over the past few years, GIFT City has steadily begun to feature in the Wtraditionally have gravitated toward global financial centres...
IN-CONVERSATION WITH SHAILESH DHURI
Interviewed by Shivani Suvarna, CFA
Fragmentation is the opportunity, not the threat. For three decades, every Indialinked dollar flow had effectively two address...
PERSPECTIVES
GIFT IFSCA: INDIA'S GATEWAY TO GLOBAL FINANCE
Gift IFSCA
Sandeep Gupta, CFA, CIPM
India has long punched below its weight in global finance. Despite being the world's most populous nation, the fourth-largest economy...
INTELLECTUAL HEFT AT HOME AND FOR THE GLOBE: HOW GIFT CITY RETAINS INDIA’S GLOBAL TALENT
Intellectual heft
Hardik Pandya, CA, CFA
A country gains intellectual heft when global authority sits within its borders and global decisions are made by its own talent and...
FUND STRUCTURES WITHOUT BORDERS: HOW IFSC ENABLES GLOBAL FEEDER & MASTER FUNDS
IFSC
Mihir Shirgaonkar, CFA
Global investing is no longer a peripheral consideration for Indian families. In FY 2025-26, resident Indians remitted nearly...
INDIA’S FINANCIAL FRONTIER: WHAT GIFT CITY MEANS FOR THE RETAIL INVESTOR
Retail Investors
Shivani Chopra, CFA
India accounts for roughly 4-5% of global market capitalization. An investor whose entire portfolio is domestic is, by definition...
GIFT CITY: AN EMERGING DESTINATION FOR GREEN FINANCE
Green Finance
Labanya Prakash Jena, CFA
India’s ambition to become a sustainable, green economy is not only a moral responsibility but also a matter of pure economic logic...
THE INTERNATIONAL BULLION EXCHANGE: BRINGING OFFSHORE GOLD MARKETS ONSHORE
Gold Markets
Krishna Tibrewala, CA, CFA
India is one of the largest consumers of gold globally. Gold is embedded in industrial use, household savings, jewellery demand...