According to Reuters, Indian automakers have proposed lowering the tax rate on imported cars to 30% as part of a trade agreement with Britain, an unprecedented move that could ease access to one of the world's most protected automobile markets. It

Throughout much of the developing world, China finds itself in an awkward position as a geopolitical giant with significant sway over the financial futures of many nations but is also owed vast sums of money that may never be fully repaid. Over th

The $4.7 billion acquisition of BillDesk by PayU, a unit of Prosus NV, was supposed to be one of the biggest deals in India in the fintech space. Not it looks like the deal is not happening. As per a statement issued by Prosus NV (the owner of PayU),

It is a long time since we discussed the possibility of the demise of massive financial institutions. That was way back in 2008. It began with Bear Sterns going bust followed by the formidable Lehman Brothers filing for bankruptcy in September 2008.

Chinese markets have become a lot cheaper after a massive rout in equities in the last few quarters. Does that mean that China has become more attractive than India? Fund managers are not willing to bet on China even at these valuations. Most conside

If the US has been ultra-hawkish, the UK cannot be too far behind for the risk of monetary divergence. On Thursday, Britain’s central bank, the Bank of England, raised its key interest rate by another 50 basis points in a bid to tame inflation that

The Fed decision to hike the rates by 75 basis points and combine it with a hawkish view was the trigger for the rupee to weaken. The rupee had manfully protected the 80/$ level. However, once the Fed rate hike was announced, the rupee weakened well

Over the last 3 years, Oyo Hotels has seen a sharp downsizing of its valuations. Back in 2019, Oyo Hotels was valued at around $10 billion. However, over the years, as the pandemic hit contact sensitive industries like hotels, valuations of Oyo Hotel

On the 21st of September, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) announced another 75 bps hike in the rates taking the rates to the range of 3.00% to 3.25%. Now the US rates are a full 75 bps above the neutral rate as identified by the Fed. The neutral rate is

It is rather ironic that just a couple of weeks after the CreditSights issue appears to have died down, the Adani group has gone ahead and pledged almost its entire stake with the banks which had funded the takeover of shares. Obviously, the banks mu

The green energy segment is seeing a lot of global investor interest. Now there is interest coming from very long term players like the sovereign funds, insurance players and the pension and retirement funds. The latest of these long term players to

Fitch, among the 3 top global rating agencies, has lowered the FY23 GDP growth estimates of the Indian economy by 80 bps to 7%. The last FY23 estimated made by Fitch in June 2022 had pegged the GDP growth for FY23 at 7.8%. The downgrade in growth is