Pradip Kumar Das, Chairman and Managing Director of IREDA, highlighted the significant growth the organization has witnessed in the renewable energy sector over the past three years. He emphasized that while solar energy has been a major focus, with a substantial increase of 28 times, the loan portfolio in this sector has slightly decreased to … Read more
Shachindra Nath, Founder & MD, UGRO Capital, says “UGRO is now becoming India’s largest, most dedicated data tech driven MSME financing company and we keep saying MSME accha hai, which means the underlying MSME economy and especially the micro enterprises economy is becoming so robust and the recent Crisil upgrade to “A” is a reflection … Read more
Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities, says “Reliance and HDFC will hold the Nifty while the midcaps may have some more consolidation and profit booking because of their sharp runup and due to equalising because of the SEBI diktat for mutual funds on the small midcap holdings. But it is a broader market opportunity to buy. … Read more
Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss MF, says “we are telling people, do not switch your existing mid and smallcap fund holdings and pay a lot of tax, but at least put incremental money in multi-cap funds. Could a behaviour of this kind happen? Yes. So that could lead to a moderating of flows by … Read more
Chetan Ahya, Chief Asia Economist, Morgan Stanley, says that “during 2003-2007, we had seen the investment to GDP ratio go up from the trough of around 28% to the peak of 39% by CY2007. In this cycle, something similar is happening. Investment to GDP is troughing at 29% in 2020 and 12 months ended March … Read more
Kurian Jose, CEO, Tata Pension Fund, says PFRDA is working on making pension and retirement products appealing to youth and has introduced investing through QR code. Also, the rules to withdraw money partially from the National Pension System (NPS) were changed starting February 1, 2024, whereby an NPS subscriber is allowed to withdraw from his … Read more
“There are pockets of exuberance emerging, so caution is advised in selecting sectors and scrips. Modest returns from equities should be anticipated in the next year.” says Ramkumar K, Chief Investment Officer, Reliance General Insurance. In an interview with ETMarkets, Ramkumar said: “We believe that domestic flows have driven the search for mid and small-cap … Read more
Niranjan Gupta, CEO, Hero MotoCorp, says: “We are focusing on brands, models, portfolios, focusing on stores, premia stores, a lot of action at our end. Effectively, given the strong platform that we have, it is about changing gears and moving with speed, powered by the four S – speed, scale, synergy and simplification.”I must say … Read more
Sanjeev Sanyal, Member, PMEAC, says “generally speaking, the economy is in good nick. The game really is not whether the numbers are good now and whether or not we can compound it over 25 years if we want to be a developed country. The real issue is not whether we are generating good numbers now. … Read more
Shashank Srivastava, Executive Director, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, says “the transformation of Maruti Suzuki is one of the biggest achievements of the company. Of course, we have contributed hugely to the Indian manufacturing sector. We are the leaders in the automobile for the last 40 years of its existence. But it goes beyond that and … Read more
