February 2010
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Notes on India's default risk
Rating agencies models have come under severe scrutiny in the recent years after their track record on issues related to the sub-prime crisis.
In Financial Express column, Vaidyanathan argues that “When Greece gets a higher credit rating than India, there is a problem”. He observers that current rating of India at BBB- has a greater likelihood of default than Greece at BBB+. While...
Why Private Equity in India?
Ajay Shah makes a great point in the context of family run businesses that effective management is one of the best reasons for thriving PE industry in India.
To quote him:
This evidence encourages a style of private equity investing: where the investor takes a controlling stake in the firm and brings in the necessary knowledge and human resources to achieve business transformation. This is a lot...
As an hedge fund analyst
What does your job entail?
I am an analyst for a long short equity hedge fund. My main responsibility is to advise my portfolio manager on investment decisions. This involves forecasting earnings and valuing companies based on my primary research.
Do you have any specific areas of focus?
My sector focus is industrials (Capital Goods), which is extremely broad. Within industrials, I am currently...