7 Things I Have Learned From Startup Founders

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In my day to day advisory interactions with new age businesses, including clients, acquaintances, referrals and friends, there is much I have learned. Hope the gist of these learnings will help refine your own thought process while building a #startup

What is Tapering and Quantitative Easing?

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US Fed Reserve has recently indicated the need for ‘Tapering’ owing to inflationary pressure. Not long ago we were hearing ‘Quantitative Easing’.
We demystify both these terms in simple words.

Lessons from Archegos Capital : Quick story

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Archegos Capital (AC), a New York based family office, was in news recently for its inability to meet margin calls by lenders. Wall Street was jittery reminiscing the nightmares of  LTCM. Media stocks like Viacom tumbled 25-30% while marquee Investment Banks like Nomura and Credit Suisse indicated significant losses. We cut through the clutter of media reports, deep dived, simplified the story and picked a lesson or two for us bankers.

Where is my ATM: A look at data on India’s ATM network

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India has lagged behind the world in increasing ATM network. While the network grew from 1 Lakh ATMs in 2012 to 2.35 Lakhs in 202, it was still low. Building physical infra is always a costly affair!
In this storyboard, we looked at deep dived into data and got everything you need to understand India’s ATM story, at one place.

Banking Frauds in India: A look at Data and its revelations

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Frauds have been Bank’s Achilles heel for time immemorial. FY20 saw a astonishing 160% rise in the reported frauds over previous year. This is despite the increased regulatory oversight, use of technology and increasing digitisation of data. But seems the fraudsters move one step ahead of the system. But there are some twists in the tale. In this storyboard we looked at the reported data for Indian Banks, deep dived and found some interesting observations.

Global Central Bank Policy Rates

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From – 0.75% (Switzerland) to almost Zero in most of Europe to around 4% in India, Central Banks in most economies remain accommodative. Although inflation mostly remains benign, some high inflation economies like Argentina (38%) and Venezuela (39%),  have their plates overflowing with challenges. While the GDP projections are encouraging, whether cheaper credit can fuel a rebound in economic activity, remains to be seen.