GLG News by Chief Financial Officers in India

The derivative market has grown to such a massive proportion due to the speculative activities and the intention of the players to make quick profit.  The market operation in derivatives requires only the margin money which is about one tenth of the value of underlying security, the expansion of...

In the present context, Mr. John McCain rightly says that "Fair value rules may be exacerbating the credit crunch", since the market reacts and stabilizes on sentiments. While strictly applying the valuation rule of mark to market accounting, the assets held by the investment companies will be vaued...

Failure of several investment banks together with some insurance companies clearly indicate that the investment banking system need to be modified so that the short-comings and irregularities are capped at the beginning itself, and should not be allowed to grow to such a proposition that it...

Correction in Global Steel Prices may be a long drawn process, as other countries like India tighten steel exports by imposing Export Tax varying from 15% to 5% on various steel products. The infrastructure & construction investments in South East Asia, Middle East & some parts of Africa are...

Business is fast taking a different dimension under the globalised set up . To be competitive in open market scenario where market is the global market place, business needs to be scaled up to attain economy of scale at the same time services has to be customised to the maximum, the structure must be...

Valuation of a target company when question of acquisition arises do not necessary depends on the contemporary valuation models. There has been number of cases of recent acquisition cases where the value paid by the acquirer defied all valuation logic. This phenomenon does not necessarily implies...

In modern competitive business environment, it is absolutely important that constant focus is being given on the level of competitive edge of the business. There is no better tool towards this goal than value enhancement to the ultimate customer from the goods or services that are catered to by the...

In the scenario of developed Stock market the perceived value of Business to the Investor community is an important indicator of Business valuation. Market Capitalisation, thus is fast becoming an universally accepted indicator of Business Valuation. Unipolar focus on working towards increased Market...

    In the global scenarioo of timelag between capacity creation and utilisation , concept of marginal costing is one of prime importance in pricing decision. Unlike fixed pricing norm, this makes pricing model totally variable and flexible, optimising revenue and usage of capacity. The...

A standard is meant for an acceptable content presented in a specified manner for better understanding. Professional bodies tend to elicit views of their members' analyse and format the majority opinions into a document which is then termed as Standard. There are two issues according to me:- Issue A...