“US slowdown to benefit Indian BPOs”
Businessworld had organized a roundtable discussion on the impact of the US slowdown on the Indian BPO industry. The panel members included Rahul Singh, MD and CEO of Citigroup Global…
Emerging markets PE Funds raise $59-B in 2007
204 Private Equity funds investing in the emerging markets of Asia, Central & Eastern Europe/Russia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa raised over $59 billion in capital in 2007.…
Why SWFs are targeting US financials?
This New York Times article on the burning questions surrounding Sovereign Wealth Funds provides an educated guess why these funds are going after financial services companies. Sovereign wealth fund investment…
Equity Derivatives House of the Year! (A “Couldn’t Resist” Post)
From Risk magazine’s profile of the winner of its Equity Derivatives House of the Year-2008 (announced in January 2008). Newspaper headlines in August were dominated by the credit markets –…
“China Investment Corp. is Most To-Be-Feared SWF”
Breakingviews.com has created a “Risk Index” that ranks the top 20 prominent Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs)” according to the potential risk they present to western interests”. The index scores each…
Trouble at Indian commodities markets?
Businessworld has a cover story on the functioning (or the lack thereof) of Indian commodities markets. The government, for its part, has erected artificial barriers such as hedging limits through…
Will the new Competition Act slowdown M&As?
Businessworld has a cover story on the issue. What India Inc. seems to agree on is that the most retrograde aspect of the law is its view on mergers and…
Stephen Schwarzmann profile in New Yorker
The New Yorker has a lengthy profile of Stephen A. Schwarzman, the chairman and chief executive of the Blackstone Group. Arun Natarajan is the Founder & CEO of Venture Intelligence,…
Impact of the IPO pullouts
Here are the takes of two market observers on the pulling of the Wockhardt Hospitals and Emaar-MGF IPOs this week. Arun Uday of HSBC PE points to the role of…