Investor Psychology & Market Rationality Argument KIRAN KUMAR K V Market Rationality Argument There are certain suppositions upon which markets work. It assumes that human beings are rational, in fact, always rational. Their sole objective is to maximize the return for a given level of risk that they are taking. The concept of risk-adjusted return, […]
Read MoreA Sector that’s All in the Pink of Health KIRAN KUMAR K V Indian healthcare sector is on the go. With a series of IPOs and private equity over the past few years, innovative processes and entry of bigger players, Indian healthcare sector is currently the most adored investment destination by the investing community. […]
Read More~~ Beginning of the Case ~~ A LOT IS HAPPENING OVER A COFFEE..!!! (Case Study – Valuing IPO of CafĂ© Coffee Day) Swarup prefers to spend his Sundays as dull as possible. The Sunday of October 11thof 2015 was going to be different for him. On any other weekday he would’ve commenced the day with […]
Read MoreThe Case of a Bold & Beautiful Mutual Fund KIRAN KUMAR K V New Age (Non-UTI private sector) Mutual Fund industry in India is more than 25 years old. The industry is generally measured in the growth in its AUM. AUM of mutual funds industry in India has grown from a meagre INR 65 Crores […]
Read MoreThe Stock Investing Myopia..!!! – KIRAN KUMAR K V The father of security analysis Benjamin Graham quotes – “In the short run the market is a voting machine. In the long run it is a weighing machine”. In the short run markets respond to noise of investor emotions like fear and greed, are driven by […]
Read MoreThe renowned author and former IIM-B finance professor, Dr. PRASANNA CHANDRA’s visit to ISME campus to deliver a session on “Strategy, Finance and Value” received an overwhelming response from the student and faculty community of ISME. Dr. Chandra speech was designed in the form of a case study, where he used Warren Buffet’s BerkShire Hathaway […]
Read MoreOn February 16, 2016 ISME organized an industrial visit to Madura Garments, a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group. We got an opportunity to get a personalized look at the operations that goes into making of the shirts, brands likes of Van Heusen and Allen Solly. Madura Garments is the stitching unit for these brands. Also […]
Read MoreCAN DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION (DIP) FINANCING WORK IN INDIA? KIRAN KUMAR K V The proposed bill on bankruptcy and insolvency, awaiting parliamentary nod anytime soon, is aimed to achieve few objectives – Creditor Protection, Economic Growth, Corporate Bond & Credit Market Development and Stakeholder Protection. There is a pressing need for the same to be implemented at […]
Read MoreLEAN ACCOUNTING: A Strategic Approach to Cost Management Conventional accounting process – recording, classifying, summarizing business transactions – despite advances in technology – is a complex process, let alone the execution, even the understanding. The entire process is non-value adding and ends up to a wasteful expense. Lean Accounting refers to the process of managerial […]
Read More– Prof. Kiran Kumar K V, Faculty-Finance, ISME, Bangalore– Mrs. Gayathri C S, Legal Advisor, Brigade Group, Bangalore (gayathric@brigadegroup.com) REITs, the new catchphrase in the financial markets seem to be drawing quite an attention from the investing community. Adding to the zing, SEBI recently nodded in approval for the launch of REITs in India, which […]
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