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Vinay Patel

Asia focused research insights & advisory

Asia Advisors

Asia Advisors is an independent financial advisory and research firm working closely with corporates and institutions to provide consulting solutions & research insights. We provide advisory services including capital solutions, business strategy and investment insights.
Firm is headed by Vinay Patel who has close to two decades of experience in research and business development at large, international investment banks such as HSBC and ICICI Securities. Led research efforts in areas of Macroeconomics, Asset Allocation & Investment Strategy for close to a decade in global & domestic research teams. As a business head in Singapore, advised top global investment management firms & Portfolio managers in Asia for India related investments.
Vinay was recently joined by Swapnil Manish, an investment banker and ex-ecommerce entrepreneur with more than 12 years of experience. Swapnil was the TMT banker at BNP Paribas and was part of several large M&A and ECM transactions (Bharti-Zain, Bharti Infratel IPO, Schneider-Zicom among several others). He's also had a stint as an ecommerce entrepreneur having launched & led Mumbai's first online grocery player.

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<p>India-Pakistan ties over the last one year have deteriorated with a continuous exchange of fire across LoC (Line of Control in Kashmir) leading to a spike in casualties on both sides.  There is a complete lack of any interaction at a strategic level to defuse the situation and from a position of relative quiet across LoC before 2016 (the year of a terrorist attack on Uri &amp; local unrest in Kashmir Valley), the situation has now turned more volatile with a risk of further escalation.</p><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/043/110/original/Snip20180127_1.png?1517033670" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="43110"></figure><div class="content-caption">Terror related…</div>

India-Pakistan ties over the last one year have deteriorated with a continuous exchange of fire across LoC (Line of Control in Kashmir) leading to a spike in casualties on both sides.  There is a complete lack of any interaction at a strategic level to defuse the situation and from a position of relative quiet across LoC before 2016 (the year of a terrorist attack on Uri &amp; local unrest in Kashmir Valley), the situation has now turned more volatile with a risk of further escalation.Terror related…

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