Vivek Sharma
corporate governance, index creation, alternative investment, stock market, small investors, retail investors, listing history
By creating an index that factors in corporate governance practices of a listed entity,...
Vivek Sharma    
infosys, vishal sikka, marayan murthy, v balakrishnan, mohandas pai
Spending Rs11200 crore on buyback will only create a temporary bump in prices, which will be...
Vivek Sharma    
MSME, Prof R Vaidyanathan, micro enterprises, small enterprises, medium enterprises.
The absence of hand holding at every step, essential for business success, is proving to be a...
Vivek Sharma    
black money, Swiss banks, Switzerland government, Arun Jaitley,  Swiss Federal Department of Finance, Foreign Account Tax Compliant Act, FATCA, privacy of bank account holders.
Switzerland is very clear on the secrecy of bank accounts and the best example of this is the...
Vivek Sharma    
inflation, inflation index bonds, RBI, Reserve Bank of India, tax-free, PPF, debt investment products.
One of the key flaws in the design is that these bonds do not enjoy tax benefits the way some of...
Vivek Sharma    
RBI, Modi government, RBI policy, Raghuram Rajan, RBI governor, interest rates, monetary policy,
No top level changes in RBI are needed. Strong economic measures by the Modi government would...
Vivek Sharma    
A new series of reforms: Need of the hour for India
Strengthening the industrial base, reducing redtape and a focus on infrastructure should be the...
Vivek Sharma    
India, India GDP, Indian economy, employment, Indian employment, jobs, jobs in India,
A surging population that has the potential to make India an economic superpower is now becoming...
Vivek Sharma    
money laundering, bank, financial institutions, hawala,
In spite of various guidelines being formulated across the world, the complex structures are...
Vivek Sharma    
To avoid costs of compliance, financial institutions in India may decide to filter the US client...
Vivek Sharma    
Sports is an area, which experiences continuous flow of money from different sources and has...
Vivek Sharma    
NPAs, non-performing assets, borrowers, banks, bad loans, operational risks, PSBs, public sector banks.
Ordinary borrowers often complain about difficulty in getting loans, while some large borrowers...
Vivek Sharma    
Bank, bank KYC, KYC, bank loan, know your customer, KYC norms, KYC guidelines, business risk, bank accounts, bank customer
Banks need to go beyond the traditional approach of check box approach in KYC. The first step in...
Vivek Sharma    
demat, dematerialisation, demat account, KYC, P Chidambaram, investors, financial assets, finance ministry
Common demat account would be very useful for investors and needs to be pushed by the finance...
Vivek Sharma    
CPI, consumer price index, inflation, RBI, Reserve Bank of India, Dr Urjit Patel Committee report, repo rate.
Since the RBI and the government do not seem to be working in tandem, the task of inflation...
Vivek Sharma    
KYC, know your customer, AML, anti-money laundering, banking sector, operational risk, BASEL guidelines, Cobrapost. HSBC.
Both know your customer and anti-money laundering processes, which are meant to reduce risks in...
Vivek Sharma    
depositors, Depositor Education and Awareness Fund Scheme, banking systems, education, bank depositors, inoperative deposit accounts, RBI, Reserve Bank of India, borrowers.
RBI needs to widen the scope of the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund Scheme to borrowers...
Vivek Sharma    
interest rate futures, RBI, Reserve Bank of India, National Stock Exchange, BSE, MCX-SX
With more underlying added in future, the IRFs contract may get good trading volume. While there...
Vivek Sharma    
dividends, investment, liquidity management, Coal India, Strides Arcolab, cash flows, investors,
Reinvesting dividends makes sense if the requirement of money is not immediate, and dividend...
Vivek Sharma    
kyc guidelines, KYC, Know Your Customer, RBI, Reserve Bank of India,
The RBI needs to come out with comprehensive guidelines on KYC to ensure that customers are not...
Vivek Sharma    
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