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Credit Growth in Indian Banking System: Green-shoots or Early Blips?

This piece looks into one specific aspect of the recently released Financial Stability Report (December 2018) of the RBI

Chaining the Blocks: A new frontier in modern accounting

The author tries to explore the radical and disruptive technology “blockchain” in the field of accounting and auditing.

Financial Markets, An Antidote For Utopia

The author discusses the “citizens of utopia” (an ideal world where everything is perfect) be permitted to dabble in financial markets to break their otherwise monotonous existence.

Dynamics of Crude Oil Price

This article is on the dynamics of crude oil and the author tries to show that the politics and economic imperatives of OPEC member

Liquidity Crisis at IL&FS – A Closer Look at the Big Picture

The author attempt to explore a series of recent events that are related to the liquidity distress factors in the Indian NBFC sector

An Open Letter to the CIO’s Of Mutual Funds

This article is an open letter to the CIO’s Of Mutual Funds.

Rational Expectations and the Design of a Central Bank

In this article, the author discusses the expectations and design of central banking system and concludes that

Theory of Mind and Algorithmic Trading

This article tries to demonstrate a new way of testing the Theory of Mind concept using market data

Asset Concentration in Indian Mutual Funds: Is it Worrisome?

The author discusses the Indian Mutual Fund industry and how a majority of market share remains concentrated with a few big fund houses

Mudra Loans In The Eye Of The Storm

The article deals with the Mudra loan scheme and the author concludes that with the potential high levels of defaults and a growing loan