Some highlights:  

⇒ January 2018:

 

• Australia ANZ Consumer Confidence strengthened: Highest score since October 2013. 

• Australian state Victoria to double the value of its export to India to AUD 1 billion over the next decade.
  • Doubling the number of Victorian businesses engaged ...

Indian FinTech industry is without doubt growing at an outstanding pace, giving the highest RoI of 29% against the global average of 20.1%. (Source: PwC - Redrawing the Lines - 2017). Statista reports that the transaction value of the Indian fintech market is $44,068mn in 2017, with a...

India is at the phase of a massive growth influx, with rapid transformation, rising reforms, increasing innovations, and a huge and eager market. In this insights, we will see how it ties together different aspects of its vast market, beckoning investors to cash in on the growth potential.

Economic o...

INDIAN GST - WHAT, WHEN, WHY

More than 10 years after it was initially proposed, India has rolled out a Goods and Services Tax on July 1 2017 making it the single biggest tax reform since Indian independence in 1947. The GST will simplify a highly complex and layered tax system comprising of upto 17 ...

Out of the 284 Australian family offices that we regularly speak to, 22% have shown strong interest to invest into India. Yet, we are only aware of 7% who have been investing into India to date.

Ever since our efforts began over the past 4 years to educate the family office sector about the India opp...

At the AsiaConnect roundtable hosted by Swaab Attorneys - Ram Gorlamandala, Co-founder and Director at Tat Capital presented the story behind the state of Fintech in India including the impact Aadhaar (India's national biometric identity card) has had on individuals and corporates and how ...

"When you bring a new capability like Aadhaar, it takes time for people to understand what it does and how it can be used. There is certain diffusion time, we are in that phase, I am very confident in the coming year, Aadhaar based companies and application will be numerous. It will become a bi...

For a long period of time the internet has been the median for search, transfer and exchange of data, disrupting communication channels such as phone, fax and mail. Then came the age of analytics with high-tech platforms, systems and processors. Now with the evolution of smart technologies, internet...

The world we live today is deeply connected and wired in more than one way. Impact of technology is felt across both corporations and individuals in the same way. Economic development and social upliftment of citizens globally is underpinned by the rapid advancement of digitization. The First Indust...

India is growing at 7%, making it the fastest growing major economy in the world, but everyone already knows this. It will be the youngest country with an average age of 29 and contribute to 25% of the global working force by 2020. Some paradigm changing government initiatives like Digital Indi...

Apart from being a critical driver of economic growth, foreign direct investment (FDI) is a major source of non-debt financial resource for the economic development of India. Foreign companies invest in India to take advantage of a young, well-educated, English speaking workforce, relatively lower w...

ABSTRACT

On November 8, 2016, India has seen a few historic announcements from the prime minister’s office in relation to cancelling the high denomination of 500 and 1000 rupee notes with an objective.

Even as ordinary citizens queue up for cash and economists are busy estimating the extent to which e...

Reform, Perform & Transform' were the words that Prime Minister Modi used to declare his intentions for reviving the Indian economy on Independence Day this year. If you take a closer look at the current Indian government, they have made their intentions clear in putting PM Modi’s grand vis...

1. India’s Equity Market Is Bigger Than You Think India’s stock market is larger than Australia’s by market capitalisation and has over 6000 companies listed on its exchanges, making it the largest in the world by listings.

2. Unhedged Exposure To The Rupee Provides No Added RiskThe Rupee bene t...

A Prosperous Economy in Waiting

India’s favourable demographics, given its vast and youthful population, provide a stark contrast to several nations who have a growing burden from an ageing population. With the pro-active, pro-business Modi Government winning th...