‘Subra you did a post on do not trust an employee…can we trust a big branded financial company?’ asked a reader. Of course you can trust a big financial company as long as you can remember that: MF Global misplaced US $ 633 Million (or was it Billion or Trillion – when it comes to […]

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If you have visited the MCA website you will find prices ranging from a few thousands to millions of Rupees! Why should there be such a variance and what are the factors which decide the price? Well clearly it is a case of how much effort goes into the creation of a xbrl document. In […]

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Cholamandalam DBS did a private placement of its shares @ Rs. 92 with IFC, Washington. This is just a small story. There is a website which sells financial information…this statement is hilarious. You should read it. It quotes Reuters…and says Chola has 2 subsidiaries – Murugappa group and DBS Bank in Singapore…read on! http://www.alacrastore.com/company-snapshot/Cholamandalam_D_B_S_Finance_Ltd-2507782 and […]

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I deal with ‘Mature and old’ organisations as well as new organizations. Here are some observations regarding some of the so called ‘successful’ mature organisations: Most of them need some rejuvenation if they have to still remain alive. They largely rest on their laurels.  Some of them have terribly performing subsidiaries which have no claim […]

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