As global rates turn, banks in India and Indonesia set to win
As Asia’s banking sector navigates a peak in global interest rates and risks of slower growth, investors are wagering that banks in India and Indonesia have the strongest loan and…
US bank loan plan provides Fed rate hike path amid SVB fallout
A US lending program to stem deposit outflows in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse gives the Federal Reserve scope to continue raising interest rates if needed to slow…
Crime and compensation
Can Pakistan claim environmental compensation from developed nations, considering the recent study by World Weather Attribution (WWA)? Most legal experts believe that it might not be possible as there exists…
The great escape
Covid-management strategies meant different things to people employed in different sectors during the last two years. Non-critical activities came to a stop. This meant either work-from-home (WFH) for those who…
The future of SOEs [Part – III]
A detailed and rigorous exercise was undertaken to examine each SOE based on the ownership rationale and its financial performance as explained earlier, and all the commercial SOEs were categorized…
Much of US economy still plugging along despite coronavirus pain
Garbage haulers still collect trash. Cops are on the beat. Couriers deliver food and packages. Insurance agents work from home. The coronavirus crisis would appear to have put the entire…
Yield control bets increase as investors wait for Fed
As investors weigh the chances the Federal Reserve will take new measures to ensure short-term interest rates remain anchored near zero for the next several years, strategies that aim to…
Picking pennies: Dollar slump lifts US bond returns for foreigners
A 10% decline in the value of the US dollar since March has boosted returns for foreign investors in the world’s largest government bond market at a time when US…
Restaurants on road
Challenges provide space to opportunities. I do have certain physical limitations and have many challenges but I always create opportunities out of these challenges. Being a wheelchair-bound person and having…
An ageless mirage
During his twilight years, Mark Twain agonised that “life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18”. Homer dubbed…
