CEO remuneration: Competition to pay more
Investors are getting increasingly concerned with CEO remuneration levels in Corporate India. A recent IiAS study reveals that median CEO...
Are your shareholders in your deal equation?
Prabhat Diary Limited’s (Prabhat), is selling its dairy business to Groupe Lactalis, a French dairy company. The postal ballot seeking...
Royalty payment: Establishing its legitimacy
Royalty payments have been a bone of serious contention, enough to bring in regulatory intervention. In most instances, royalty is a...
Political donations: A framework for corporates and boards
Given the influence policy has on the fortunes of a business, it is naïve to expect that businesses will stay away from political...
Corporate Social Responsibility: A lot more than feel-good
The Companies Act 2013 expects businesses to spend 2% of their three-year average profits on social initiatives. Even before the Act was...
Mindtree’s Independent Directors must guide investors
Mindtree has become an acquisition target and L&T the ‘hostile’ acquirer. As Mindtree’s promoters have openly opposed L&T’s acquisition...
Good corporate governance practices create long term value
A recent study by IFC, BSE, and IiAS shows that companies with good corporate governance standards created better shareholder wealth....
How cross-border listing can truly benefit Indian investors
The expert committee for cross listing submitted its report to SEBI in December. Cross-listing is when equity shares of companies...
Justice Srikrishna report brings a closure to ICICI Banks travails
Earlier today ICICI Bank issued a statement on findings in the enquiry report of Justice (Retd.) B.N. Srikrishna (Srikrishna Report). The...
Can RBI and Kotak both be right?
The current battle between Kotak Mahindra Bank and the Reserve Bank of India with respect to Uday Kotak’s ownership levels have raised...