India Fund

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I know the India Growth Story, but what am I paying for it?

There is increasing recognition of India’s strong macroeconomic tailwinds of rising GDP growth, falling inflation and increasing foreign reserves, a thriving corporate culture, fuelled by entrepreneurial spirit as well as its pro-reform, pro-business Government, willing to take tough action to fight corruption and bureaucracy. A CORRECTION These are all positives for investors in the India […]

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November 17 2016
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PM Modi’s War on Corruption

MODI’S ANNOUNCEMENT India’s Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi in an unprecedented, surprise and historic move to curb black money announced the scrapping of currency notes of Rs.500 and Rs.1000 denominations effective midnight of 8th November 2016. These denominations account for over 80% of all currency in circulation by value and potentially constitute 40 to 50% of

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November 10 2016
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Event Update: India’s decisive action against terror

EVENT: INDIA’S SURGICAL STRIKES AGAINST TERROR CAMPS IN POK Setting aside its normal restraint and the respect for the line of control (Official Border) between India and Pakistan, the Indian army conducted surgical strikes against terrorist camps operating inside Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK) in the early hours of Thursday 29th September 2016, establishing its right to

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October 02 2016
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10 Things You Should Know About India

India is rapidly changing. Perception is often not reality and stereotypes are quickly becoming outdated.  In this research note we identify 10 key things that investors ought to know about India. India’s equity market is bigger than you think! Unhedged exposure to the rupee provides no added risk Corporate governance on it’s way to best

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August 25 2016
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One Nation, One Tax: India takes a Giant Step towards Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Modi’s Reform Agenda Gets a Big Push: India’s upper house of parliament, the Rajya Sabha approved on August 3, 2016 the constitutional amendment bill for the Goods and Services Tax.The passage of the bill after more than 18 months of tough negotiations reinforces Prime Minister Modi led NDA governments commitment to reforms, particularly given the

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August 05 2016
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Indian Technology Sector

Technology is fundamentally transforming businesses in every industry around the world. Advanced software technologies are fuelling the rapid digitization of business processes and information, disrupting traditional business models.For organisations, from an IT perspective, this translates to keeping existing legacy systems relevant, enabling legacy systems for mobile and sensor access, extracting value out of digitized data,

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July 13 2016
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R-Exit: The exit of RBI Governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan

India’s RBI Governor Dr. Rahuram Rajan’s Message: RBI governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan in his message to RBI staff on June 18, 2016 conveyed his decision to move back into academics after his term ends in September 2016.Dr. Rajan said that “while I was open to seeing these developments through, on due reflection, and after consultation

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June 28 2016
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Why India Is a Robust Alpha Market

History tells us that mutual fund managers domiciled locally in India have been able to generate sustainably strong alpha over their respective benchmark. In this paper we consider the structural reasoning behind this and if it can be implied sustainably in the future. Whilst our assessment of alpha generation is built on rolling three-year periods,

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June 01 2016
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