ET interview with ChrysCapital’s Sanjiv Kaul
Economic Times has an interview with ChrysCapital MD Sanjiv Kaul, who is also an expert on the pharmaceuticals sector. Valuations across most sectors now look attractive for a prospective PE…
Blackstone COO on investing in India
The Economic Times has an interview with Hamilton James, President & COO of Blackstone. Yes, valuations in India are down by almost two-thirds. Besides, many companies, which wanted to go…
U.S. Bailout Tombstone
Via Paul Kedrosky Arun Natarajan is the Founder & CEO of Venture Intelligence, the leading provider of information and networking services to the private equity and venture capital ecosystem in…
“2009: The Year of Collapse for Indian Real Estate”
Stock market investor and trader Deepak Shenoy who had a very accurate prediction for markets in 2008 has come up with another for 2009. Here are some of his going…
Ashamed of being a Wall Streeter?
From the “Dear Lucy” career advise column in Financial Times. At a dinner party last Saturday I was asked by a fellow guest what I did and I said I…
Policy Confusion in the Air
In an article for The Economic Times, Suhel Seth, an advisor to British Airways, points out the problem facing Indian airlines has more to do inaction on “vital but unpopular…
“M&A landscape to alter significantly”
Moneycontrol.com has a video interview with Ashok Wadhwa, MD of Ambit and Sumanth Sinha, COO, Suzlon Energy, on the drying up of deal activity. Both panelists agreed that more transactions…
Correction in Valuations a Positive for PE: Adveq CEO
AltAssets reports on the Swiss-headquartered PE fund-of-funds manager’s annual press conference in Frankfurt. The current global financial crisis will impact private equity in three waves: firstly, through a correction of…
“Freeing Up Education Key to Avoiding Demographic Disaster”
In an article for The Economic Times, Janmejaya Sinha, MD at The Boston Consulting Group India, makes a passionate and stats-filled case for an urgent freeing up of the Education…
Why aren’t there more Shankar Sharmas?
On the “Samvat 2065” show on CNBC-TV18, Samir Arora of Helios Capital Management pointed out something I’ve been thinking of frequently in recent months: why are there so few market…