Category: Finance News

Jun 15

Balance of Power Full Show (06/14/2022)

On Bloomberg’s ‘Balance of Power’ with David Westin, Richard Haass, Council on Foreign Relations president, on Russia-Ukraine war and China-U.S. relations; Andre Dickens, Mayor of Atlanta, on gun legislation; Sarah House, Wells Fargo senior economist, on the Fed’s expected rate hike; Bharat Ramamurti, National Economic Council, deputy director, on inflation and Fed rates.
Jun 14

Scaling up our ethanol blending programme

By Karthik Ganesan, With the persisting turmoil in the global commodities supply chain due to the Ukraine invasion, India has seen a sharp rise in cost of many an imported commodity. Crude oil and other petroleum products constitute more than 20% of our annual import bill and we are dependent for nearly 85% of our […]
Jun 14

IBC needs to evolve fast

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has reformed the Indian insolvency law landscape greatly, its most significant contribution being making errant promoters fearful of losing control of their companies in case of defaults. Given how the sanctity of the debt contract had been eroded, Section 29A, introduced through an amendment, compelled promoters to respect the […]
Jun 14

Banking on board governance

By Srinath Sridharan Does society shape the concept of governance? What was unacceptable behaviour in previous human generations seems to be acceptable in the subsequent ones. Is that any sign of human behaviour to learn from for governance regulators? Conversely, do formal governance norms define societal behaviour? Can regulations attempt to play morality teachers? Does […]