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March 26, 2013 | Forbes India

What does the asset allocation look like for people living in remote rural India (villages with less than 5000 population)?

March 22, 2013 | Dvara Research

The book is an edited compilation of articles that focus on using financial engineering a multidisciplinary field that uses technical methods from the fields of finance, mathematics and

By Dvara Research
March 20, 2013 | Dvara Research

Continuing our Municipal Finance blog series on the Financing Small Cities blog, in this two-part series we look at the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964, which is the enabling legislation for the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act in Karnataka.

By Vishnu Prasad
March 16, 2013 | Dvara Research

Over 2006-12, RBI and SEBI have created a strong and conducive regulatory environment for securitisation, listing of securitised debt instruments, and standards of transparency and reporting. Securitisation volumes have picked up and we recently witnessed the first listed transaction. In October 2011, the income tax authorities issued a claim on certain securitisation special purpose vehicles […]

By Bindu Ananth, Dr. Kshama Fernandes
March 12, 2013

Columbia Business School has developed a case study documenting the background and the story behind the launch of IFMR Trust Pioneer II, the first rated microfinance securitization transaction to be placed with the capital market investors.

March 7, 2013 | Dvara Research

We have presented Suitability as the paradigm of choice for India’s financial system and have put forward the idea of Suitability as a board-approved process that each financial services provider develops and adheres to across all functions of the firm.

March 4, 2013 | Dvara Research

Continuing our blog series on Municipal Finance in India, in this two-part series we provide a brief overview of the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

By Vaibhav Anand
March 2, 2013 | Forbes India

What will it take to make payments universal in India with a ratio closer to one point for every 100 citizens and importantly, who will pay for creating this infrastructure?

February 25, 2013 | Dvara Research

Economists have long recognized the special role of Government Debt (and the market where it trades) in the economy of a country.

By Prof. Suresh Sundaresan
February 21, 2013 | Dvara Research

Continuing our analysis of International Unemployment Support schemes, we now discuss designs in three South American countries: Argentina, Chile and Brazil.

By Darshana Rajendran, Vishnu Prasad