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Gold vs Equity: Which is a better hedge against global recession?
The International Monetary Fund has warned that colliding pressures from inflation, war-driven energy and food crises and higher interest rates are pushing the world to the brink of recession. The fund red-flagged the rising risk of contagion and spillovers of stress between markets. Does this add glitter to gold in comparison to equities? Which can provide better returns in times of such economic uncertainty? Two acclaimed domain experts, Somasundaram PR, CEO-India, World Gold Council, and Mihir Vora, senior director and CIO, Max Life Insurance, have a discerning and different take to offer
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Bharani Subramaniam at Thoughtworks on what CEOs and young techies should know about tech
In this episode, Bharani Subramaniam, a head of technology in India at Thoughtworks, a well-known software and consulting company that has a strong presence in India, talks about being a lifelong techie. Heading into the year ahead, he also talks about what businesses should know about getting better returns on cloud investments, what CEOs should know about the shifting sands of cyber security, and what young and aspiring techies should learn—beyond coding—to work effectively because software is most often a team effort
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Sashank Rishyasringa and Gaurav Hinduja at axio on the credit fintech opportunity ahead
In this episode, Sashank Rishyasringa and Gaurav Hinduja, co-founders of axio, a well-known fintech venture in the lending space, talk about how they found their niche with what they call checkout finance. With some six million consumers using their product and adding hundreds of thousands more every month, they also talk about the opportunity ahead to build on top of the checkout finance product, which they've developed into a strong business in partnership with some of the biggest ecommerce players and go deeper into small-town India
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Brian Stafford at Diligent on tech for the modern board's complex challenges, and plans in India
In this episode, Brian Stafford, CEO of Diligent Corp., talks about how the modern corporate board's mandate has become much more complex and different from the traditional mandate of helping the chief executive to maximise shareholder value. Board members, often outlast CEOs and must take a longer-term view of their companies' futures, he says. Technology, such as the software offered by Diligent, can be useful. Stafford also talks about developing more of that software out of the company's growing office in Bengaluru
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Mahindra Group's Rucha Nanavati and Karthik Rajaram at Freshworks on modern employee experience
In this episode, Rucha Nanavati, chief information officer at Mahindra Group, and Karthik Rajaram, VP and country head for India and ASEAN at Freshworks, talk about the modern CIO as a business stakeholder, with technology playing a more critical role even in traditional brick and mortar businesses. They also talk about deploying FreshService, the IT service management product from Freshworks, at Mahindra Group as part of the Indian conglomerate's ongoing initiative to raise the bar for its own employee experience
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Razorpay's Shashank Kumar and Murali Brahmadesam on aspiration of global recognition for product excellence
In this episode, Razorpay's co-founder and MD Shashank Kumar and CTO and Head of Engineering Murali Brahmadesam, talk about what they are doing to preserve the Bengaluru fintech company's engineering-first culture as it grows bigger. With a 1,000-person engineering team, Shashank talks about how it was time to find a CTO who would help the company in its next phase of growth and give him the space to focus on product development and strategy. The aspiration is to see Razorpay named among the globally recognised names for product engineering
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India's 100 Richest: India's billionaires in numbers
Forbes India's annual India's 100 Richest billionaires list is out. In the podcast, Rucha Sharma shares some fascinating numbers that emerged after analysing the data about the net worths of Indian billionaires. Tune in to know more about the youngest and oldest billionaires, the debutantes, returnees, and dropouts, and also the must-read stories from the issue
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Lentra AI's D Venkatesh on plans for his fintech SaaS venture after recent $60 million funding
In this episode, D Venkatesh, founder and CEO of Lentra AI, talks about how his company is living up to its name, from the idea of transforming lending. With customers such as HDFC Bank and Aditya Birla Finance, four-year-old Lentra is today one of the fastest-growing fintech SaaS companies in India. After a recent $60 million funding round, led by Bessemer Venture Partners, SIG and Citi Ventures, Venkatesh is planning Lentra's expansion into southeast Asia, and eventually, America
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Inside our '100 to Watch' issue
This is the second edition of the Forbes Asia 100 to Watch 2022 list. 11 companies from India have made the cut. These startups are picked for their efforts to address real-world challenges with fresh thinking and innovative products and services. Samidha Jain walks you through the issue that puts the spotlight on startups that strive for creativity, innovation and being a force of social change
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Akash Gupta and Abhinav Roy at Clean Electric on the dream to build hardware-centric global tech company from India
In this episode, Akash Gupta and Abhinav Roy, co-founders of Clean Electric, talk about plans for their electric battery technologies company, after $2.2 million in funding from investors including Kalaari Capital and Climate Angels. Akash and Abhinav also talk about their dream of building a strong engineering-based company that can turn out high-quality hardware products made in India that can find recognition in markets around the world
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India vs Overseas: Which equity market can deliver better returns? Experts decode the finer nuances
At a time when Indian equities are seen as richly valued, many analysts say the rise in global commodity prices can directly impact the profitability of around 25-30 percent of Nifty50 companies. In the current backdrop, should HNIs increase allocation to Indian or overseas markets for better returns? Forbes India's Neha Bothra is joined by Nilesh Shah, MD, Kotak Mahindra AMC and Swarup Mohanty, CEO, Mirae Asset Investment Managers to decode the finer nuances of investing in India and international equity markets and to find out how returns compare in the long-run