Bank Credit Growth: Wrong Diagnosis ?
There are high hopes that Urjit Patel, the new RBI governor will attempt to revive bank lending, and thereby stimulate capital investment in the...
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Egypt Devalues - Now the Hard Work Starts
One gets the feeling all sorts of intriguing news is due to pop up in the next week into US elections, with today’s notes of interest being Egypt’s...
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Life Insurance: License for a Casino
The deregulation of India’s life insurance industry in 2000 and the eventual direct listing of private life insurance companies, with ICICI...
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ICICI Prudential Life: Life Insurer or Mutual Fund?
Even amongst private sector insurers in India, ICICI Prudential Life (ICICI PruLife) is an outlier in terms of excessive reliance on unit-linked...
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Rising Geopolitical Risks in Indian Sub-Continent: Towards a Worse-Off Sub-Optimal Nash Equilibrium
Geopolitical tensions in the sub-continent, already running high, have taken a turn for the worst as India carried out surgical strikes across the...
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