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A Conversation With…Rana Kapoor, Founder & CEO of Yes Bank
Global Finance sits with Rana Kapoor, Founder and CEO of Yes Bank for a discussion on the achievements of Modi's Government & the prospects of this growing Indian private bank.
India
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
THE PROMISE OF INDIA | COUNTRY REPORT
Country Report | India
Indian growth and development hold great promise. And policymakers look set to unlock that potential.
Banking
INDIA: UNBANKED TO BENEFIT FROM NEW PAYMENT & FINANCE BANKS
Milestones | India
The Reserve Bank of India’s recent bid to offer licenses for setting up small finance and payment banks has elicited an overwhelming response, with at least 113 companies entering the fray.
Features
Indian Insurance Reforms To Open Market
India’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party government, led by prime minister Narendra Modi, seems set to give a new lease on life to insurance sector reforms.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
INDIA: FINANCE MINISTER JAITLEY IS MODI’S EYES AND EARS
<strong>India | Newsmakers</strong><br />
Arun Jaitley, a corporate lawyer by training, has emerged as the rising star of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and chief troubleshooter in the new government, headed by prime minister Narendra Modi.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MASALA BOND PROMOTES INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE RUPEE
<strong>India | Capital Markets</strong><br />
The rupee realizes international ambitions. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) sold its first rupee-denominated bonds in London in November to attract international investment in India’s infrastructure.
Banking
RUPEE INTERNATIONALIZATION: SAUGATA BHATTACHARYA, AXIS BANK
<strong>Q&A | Capital Markets</strong><br />
Saugata Bhattacharya is the senior vice president and chief economist at Axis Bank in India.
Features
Recasting India: Entrepreneurship In The World’s Largest Democracy
Book Review<br />
Sengupta’s Recasting India envisions India’s real growth drivers as the millions of small entrepreneurs in the country and the "extraordinary enterprise of ordinary people.”
Banking
INDIA: MILLIONS ACCESS BASIC FINANCIAL SERVICES
Milestones | India<br />
In partnership with more than 50 state-run, cooperative and private banks, India’s National Democratic Alliance government has launched the world’s largest financial inclusion project to bring 75 million households into the banking fold by the end of January 2015.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
JAPAN AND INDIA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE RELATIONSHIP
MILESTONES | JAPAN<br />
Japanese prime minister Shinz Abe greeted his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, in late August in the city of Kyoto, where the two leaders toured temples and posed for pictures before returning to Tokyo for four days of diplomatic talks.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MODI: OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR A NEW INDIA
COVER STORY | INDIA<br />
As prime minister Narendra Modi begins his term in office, global market watchers are hopeful that it could signal a sea change for India’s governance, economy and friendliness to business. But most are tempering that enthusiasm with a dose of skepticism.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
INDIA TO LIBERALIZE ISSUANCE RULES FOR DRS
FINANCE & CAPITAL | CAPITAL MARKETS: DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS