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Cricket and Investment Selection Process – Emotions and Committee Structure Commonality
- December 10, 2017
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- Category: BLOG, ExPress, Mumbai
No CommentsBy 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... -
IAIP – 12th AGM…
- September 30, 2017
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- Category: AGM, BLOG, Mumbai
IAIP had its 12th AGM on September 23rd 2017 at MCA, BKC, Mumbai. The board made a formal presentation and discussed various questions raised by the members. The resolutions, which were voted by members through remote e-voting and on the spot tablet voting... -
ACCOUNTING FOR OFF BALANCE SHEET ACTIVITIES
- September 27, 2017
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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,... -
Corporate Bond Market
- September 23, 2017
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- Category: BLOG, Events, Fixed Income, Mumbai
By Sitaraman Iyer Three seasoned professionals in the fixed income arena viz. Rahul Goswami, Head, Fixed Income, ICICI Prudential AMC, Jayen Shah, Head, Debt Capital Markets, IDFC Bank, and Bhushan... -
In conversation with – Kenneth Andrade…
- July 31, 2017
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- Category: BLOG, Events, Mumbai, Speaker Events
Contributed by: Shravan Kumar Sreenivasula, CFA, IAIP and Birla Sun Life AMC Kenneth Andrade is known by the moniker “Midcap Moghul”. It is a very apt description of a fund manager who likes to be benchmark agnostic and aims to pick stocks that are wealth... -
Demystifying Early Stage Startup Investing – The Opportunities & Challenges
- July 31, 2017
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- Category: BLOG, Events, Mumbai, Panel Discussion
By: Chetan G. Shah, CFA, Director, IAIP The Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital industry has become sizeable over the last few years in terms of funds raised annually. Around 33 funds raised $4.9bn for investments in Indian start-ups in CY16 compared to 21... -
Investing vs Trading: An analogy with Cricket…
- July 22, 2017
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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... -
Sensex @ 30,000…What Next?
- May 24, 2017
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- Category: BLOG, Events, New Delhi
Contributed by: Shivani Chopra, CFA As the CFA Institute celebrates its 70th Anniversary this year, it remembers the seminal event that shaped the geographical reach of CFA Society network. Even today these events deliver value to the members by providing forums... -
The Elephant & the Dragon: Changing Dynamics that affect Asia & Beyond
- May 7, 2017
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Contributed by: Ishwar Chidambaram, CFA On 6th May 2017, CFA Society India- Mumbai Chapter hosted a talk by Mr. Xu Sitao, Chief Economist and Partner of Deloitte China. Mr. Xu said that most people view China as an important source of global demand. This view is... -
Market Outlook…
- May 3, 2017
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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...