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India recently played host to a CFA Institute investment conference in Mumbai, in partnership with the Indian Association of Investment Professionals and the country’s National Institute of Securities Markets. The event featured three internationally renowned speakers who presentations on the challenges of investing are highly relevant to investment practitioners everywhere. Read more
2 CommentsSatyajit Das, former banker and author of Traders, Guns and Money and Extreme Money, discusses and assesses India’s recent reform efforts. Das examines the key issues for its economy, its capital markets, and foreign direct investment. Additionally, he discusses the … Read more
Leave a CommentIn a presentation at the India Investment Conference, Roger Urwin, global head of investment content and advisory director at Towers Watson, reviewed the three challenges of investing that have been intensifying in recent times. Read more
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The last month has been a volatile time for fixed-income investors, with European troubles dominating the mindshare. Yet, there were other important stories, too. Here are some of those important fixed-income stories. Read more
2 CommentsClint R. Laurent discusses how the resolution of sovereign debt problems in the United States and the Eurozone will affect economic activity and the flows of trade and finance across the globe. Specifically, he touches upon the substantial challenges faced by India and the rest of east Asia in the composition of demand and output and how major bond, equity, and currency markets anticipate the incipient cyclical and structural shifts in the world economy. Read more
3 CommentsLord Meghnad Desai discusses his “rediscovered” historical perspective on India as well as the Indian economy, capital markets, and its people going forward and the implications for investment professionals. Read more
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To say that last year was annus horribilis for the Indian economy is an understatement. With inflation above 9%, the Reserve Bank of India raised key interest rates several times only to see GDP growth projections drop to the 6%–7% range. Nonetheless, a panel of financial executives felt sure that with a few policy tweaks the year 2012 will be better than 2011. Read more
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How can investors better manage their portfolios in these turbulent times? This central question framed an engaging session led by Pranay Gupta, CFA, last month at the second annual India Investment Conference in Mumbai. Read more
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At the second annual India Investment Conference in Mumbai earlier this month, Lord Meghnad Desai, emeritus professor of economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, delivered an eloquent presentation on “The Rediscovered India and the Road Ahead.” Read more
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