Towards better LP meets
“Super LP” Chris Douvos has some “crowd sourced” suggestions for GPs on how to organize better annual LP meets. * Sometimes it’s hard to get a really good sense for…
Goldman evolves alternative to bond ratings
From the Reuters report on Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s (GSAM) move to use credit market movements – instead of ratings from agencies like S&P and Moody’s – to assess the…
What could go wrong?
Now that the stock markets have received the positive surprise from the elections with such a strong thumbs up, the focus shifts to whether the new government delivers on the…
“Private Equity firms scouting Indian hinterland for Healthcare investment opportunities”
Diagnostic Services, Medical Devices, Hospital Chains and Wellness Products to attract the most investments, a survey of PE & VC investors by research firm Venture Intelligence reveals. Private Equity and…
Investors rejoice the end of Third, Fourth and other Affronts
The 2009 election results, which have largely crushed the pipedreams of the left parties and other blackmail-focused riff-raffs at the national level, has delighted stock market investors which is evident…
Masters of ‘tuck in’ deals
At a time when giant busieness groups are struggling with their global acquisitions, Business Today has a cover story on a group of 10 mid-sized firms who have successfully pulled…
Impact of slowdown on the Media sector
Businessworld has an article on the impact of the slowdown on media industry. On television, the advertising volume in November last year fell sharply to 45.31 million seconds compared to…
Measuring the Middle Class
Rajesh Shukla of NCAER has an article in the Economic Times with the latest statistics tracking the Great Indian Middle Class. Accordingly, the group that was classified as middle class…
Analysis of K-12 market for multimedia content
Sanjoy Sanyal has an interesting post analysing the market for multimedia content for schools in the context of a new entrant: the Manipal Group. The key proposition is simple enough:…
Why does China pile up on US treasuries?
Knowledge@Wharton has an article on some of the possible reasons. China may also be accumulating massive amounts of foreign reserves as a result of the Asian Economic Crisis in 1997,…