FY2026 Integrated Annual Report: Why November Is Still a Realistic Starting Point For many Boards, CFOs, Company Secretaries and ESG leaders in India, the move to an Integrated Annual Report for FY2026 is already on the agenda, but the practical question remains: have we left it too ...
The IR talent crunch is real. Here is the playbook for CFOs & Aspirants. Picture this. Results week is two days away. Draft numbers are moving, the audit committee wants tighter guidance language, and your website still needs last quarter’s transcript uploaded. You turn to your Investor Relations team. ...
The UK Lens: Impairment, Judgement and the New Transparency As the UK’s regulatory climate sharpens, boards are under growing pressure to ensure their disclosures communicate judgment, rather than just compliance. Our Issue 101 Newsletter highlighted how the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are redefining ...
Designing the Invisible Hand: Adam Smith trusted the invisible hand. SEBI prefers to design it, no longer letting the market’s invisible forces self-correct; it’s building the tech architecture that makes market trust possible. India’s capital markets are undergoing a quiet revolution. One not of headlines, but of ...
Navigating the UAE’s New Tax Baseline: How the IRO Must Lead the Enhanced Disclosure Narrative The financial landscape of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is undergoing a significant maturation, marked by the definitive establishment of corporate tax as a norm rather than a novelty. This regulatory shift ...
Opinion: India’s Stealthy Rise: The Power of Staying ‘Off the Dial’ How being ‘off the dial’ is helping India outmanoeuvre the global order The world’s great cities tick across the dials of luxury world-time watches-New York, London, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong. Even Karachi and Dhaka make the cut. But ...
Powering Progress: Unpacking India's Smart Meter Revolution An analysis of Dickenson’s event WattWise: Transforming India's Energy Landscape by Shankhini Saha (Director- Dickenson) Excerpt: Key Insights from India's Smart Meter Webinar India's ambitious smart meter deployment under the RDSS scheme is more than just a meter replacement program; ...
Navigating Geopolitical Uncertainty: Strategies for Investor Relations Teams in a Changing World Setting the Stage To the dedicated Investor Relations Officer (IRO), there is little that compares to the constant rumble of global disruption. One moment, an obscure regulatory update in Brussels changes supply-chain economics; the next, ...
Bridging the Grid: Smart Meters as the Catalyst for Clean Energy Integration India is on a mission to revolutionize its power grid with an ambitious goal of deploying 250 million smart meters by March 31, 2026. However, the journey is proving more complex than anticipated. Challenges in ...
Should Indian Companies Proceed with Their IPOs Amidst Market Volatility? Over the past two quarters, the Indian economy has witnessed challenges such as inflationary pressures, RBI interest rate hikes, and global market volatility due to geopolitical tensions. These factors have influenced investor sentiment and made it harder to ...
