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Once upon a time, we hated Wall Street, for its greed and apathy! Main street suffered, while the financial markets bloated up. Can we accuse Silicon Valley of the same? After all, people do lose jobs when an industry gets disrupted by technology (think automated cars vs drivers, airbnb vs hotels, amazon vs traditional retail). Yes, things become more efficient with technology and that is supposed to lift all boats, but does it? Erik Brynjolfsson, a professor at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management, told MIT Technology Review, "Productivity is at record levels, innovation has never been faster, and yet at the same time, we have a falling median income and we have fewer jobs. People are falling behind, because technology is advancing so fast and our skills and organizations aren't keeping up." It is, he said, "the great paradox of our era." Full article by Om Malik here
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Small finance banks’ low NPA ratio reflects better credit risk management: RBI “One of the creditable features associated with micro finance has been its lower loan defaults, which have been made possible by better management and supervision of the credit portfolio through the employment of social collateral of self-help groups. SFBs, many of which were erstwhile NBFC-MFIs, too have reported low NPA ratios,” the report said.
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Will IPOs Work Well In 2021 Too? | India Development Debate This year will have no dearth of IPOs, especially with startups like Zomato, Nazara Tech, Nykaa, Flipkart, Policy Bazaar, Delhivery, BYJU's & Pepperfry to name a few. IPOs in 2021 like Zomato, food tech unicorn with deal valuation >$3.5 billion. Investors include names like Infoedge, Tamasek, Ant Financial with recent investments from Tiger Global, Kora, Luxor, Fidelity & Mirae. Nazara Tech is a gaming IPO firm with key investors like Rakesh Jhunjhunwala & IIFL Special Opportunities Fund. Known for cricket & Chota Bheem themed mobile games. It is Indias first game developer firm to file for an IPO in second attempt. Here’s Tamanna Inamdar, Rahul Bhasin, Managing Partner, Baring Private Equity Partners India, Mahantesh Sabarad, Head- Retail Research- SBICAP Securities & Rehan Yar Khan, Managing partner, Orios Venture Partner discussing the future of the IPO market in India.
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NSE arm buys Cogencis NSE Data & Analytics Ltd. a subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange of India has acquired Cogencis Information Services Ltd. NSE Data has acquired 100 per cent equity in Cogencis from Samara
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Big Deal: Here's what private equity sector wants from Union Budget 2021 Private equity industry has played a prominent role in providing growth and survival funds to the Indian entrepreneurs. As their importance grows and India banks on FDI as well as atmanirbhar funding, the sector has many suggestions to the finance minister ahead of the Union Budget 2021.Get latest Business online at cnbctv18.com
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All is well among Indian Insurance firms, says Moody's Indian insurance firms are geared to withstand the economic downturn, as premium growth in general insurance segment will remain in positive territory and life premiums will stay broadly flat despite the weakening economy, Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday said. Continue Reading →
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