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Asia focused research insights & advisory, Asia Advisors

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>'Show me the money', a well-known phrase from the popular Hollywood movie Jerry Maguire is apt to describe any interaction on growth and jobs these days in India. The reference is more to jobs &amp; the feel-good factor which is sorely missing even as India's GDP growth is inching towards the 8% mark (latest print for March quarter was at 7.75% YoY). Even as the Government has rushed to claim credit for improving growth but speak to any guy on the street or small businesses who employ the chunk of…</p>

'Show me the money', a well-known phrase from the popular Hollywood movie Jerry Maguire is apt to describe any interaction on growth and jobs these days in India. The reference is more to jobs &amp; the feel-good factor which is sorely missing even as India's GDP growth is inching towards the 8% mark (latest print for March quarter was at 7.75% YoY). Even as the Government has rushed to claim credit for improving growth but speak to any guy on the street or small businesses who employ the chunk of…

Why Does India's 7.7% GDP Number Ring Hollow: Jobs Missing, Informal Sector Hit, Mood Downbeat...