INSIGHTS
The IR talent crunch is real
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 on Impairment
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
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 ...
The “1992 moment” for corporate debt
The “1992 moment” for corporate debt: why RBI’s draft ECB reform forces a capital-structure rethink Indian corporates have long treated offshore debt with caution, governed by ceilings on cost, rigid end-use lists and fragmented approvals. On October 3 2025, the Reserve Bank of India placed in the ...
Navigating the UAE’s New Tax Baseline
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
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 ...