Are Indian start-ups ‘Indian’ now ?

A Startup is a young company started by one or more founders to create a new product or service with sizeable business prospects and bring it to market. Startup Businesses are full of aspirations and have huge goals to achieve. As they grow, they need a huge amount of capital for maintaining their operations, and […]

M-Pesa: A Wildfire in Africa

A ‘PayPal’ of Africa emerged in the continent in the year 2008. M-Pesa dates back to an era when most of the people in Africa were a victim of slow banking process and underlying money laundering criminals. There was a lack of smooth functioning of the banks and the corporates never looked at Africa as […]

The European Super League: A Saga

Whether you are a football fan or not, you must have noticed the social media buzz about the European Super League that was announced in the past week! Here is what exactly went down. WHAT IS THE SUPER LEAGUE? The Super League is a new European Football competition among the top 20 Football Clubs comprising […]

Offshore Banking: Busted!

Reading a John Grisham novel was the first time that I came across Offshore banking. Needless to say, my first encounter with this style of banking involved a shady businessman, four black suitcases of money, and of course, an assassin. As I made my way through more thrillers (movies & books), I was amazed by […]

TRADITIONAL & BEHAVIORAL FINANCE

Finance is an integral, interesting and inseparable part of our lives. An increase in financial awareness over the years has led a lot of people to invest in properties, gold, stocks, derivatives, bonds and other securities. Making an investment is one of the most important decisions in one’s life; and choosing a security can get […]

22000 Crore Tax Battle – Vodafone

The year 2006 marks the boom of the telecom industry worldwide. Many companies were widening their market reach and harping upon every opportunity in the way. This is the same growth period when BlackBerry phones started to roll out in India. Vodafone was one such conglomerate among many established big fishes which acknowledged the growth […]

2021 IPO BOOM

The years of the pandemic are the most gruesome years for the global economies. During this period, the global economy contracted 4-6% with most emerging markets contracting more than 10% from their previous GDPs. It was largely evident that all the economies in the world were going to suffer from a jammer crisis. However, just […]

Clouds in 2020 – It’s Snowing money; breaking down the Snowflake IPO, and what it means

You know what they say about IPOs: When it snows, it blizzards. Investing a huge chunk of the portfolio in IPOs by retail investors is a rather risky deal as you don’t know how the company is going to perform. Will it be able to deliver its promise? If the retail investors are allotted all […]

In Conversation with Abhinav Shankar – Passion, Planning and Persevering

“The one word I would use to describe my experience at Oxford has to be ‘Immersive’”, Abhinav said with a smile growing on his face. He is a Senior Investment Analyst at Ventureast, a venture capital fund in Bangalore, and has completed his MSc in Financial Economics from the University of Oxford. Prior to this, […]

Breaking it down: Indian markets in 2020 and beyond

Everyone is wondering currently, what is really happening in the financial markets?Economies are in shambles but the Nasdaq just hit its record high on August19,2020, the Nifty 50 recovered almost all its losses from the bloodbath in March2020.As a retail investor or even a financial markets student, I am sure one mighthave never been so […]