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Vinay Patel

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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>Media reports indicate that Softbank has made a proposal to the Modi Government for investing US$ 1 trillion in solar power projects in India over next 12 years until 2030. This is the highest amount of investment ever committed to India and exceeds the total sum of FPI as well as FDI invested in the country till now. While the proposal confirms the big opportunity Masayoshi Son spots in India, he has put some stiff conditions in the form of dollar-denominated tariffs and a power offtake…</p>

Media reports indicate that Softbank has made a proposal to the Modi Government for investing US$ 1 trillion in solar power projects in India over next 12 years until 2030. This is the highest amount of investment ever committed to India and exceeds the total sum of FPI as well as FDI invested in the country till now. While the proposal confirms the big opportunity Masayoshi Son spots in India, he has put some stiff conditions in the form of dollar-denominated tariffs and a power offtake…

India's External Sector Turning Slippery: Softbank Conditional Proposal of $1trn Exposes Faultlines