Niveshak October 2016 Issue with Page Flip version

Monday, November 7, 2016 , Posted by Team Niveshak at Monday, November 07, 2016

Dear Niveshaks,

This month was mainly abuzz by the news of removal of Cyrus Mistry from Tata Sons, people’s speculations of who his successor might be; how all of it is going to affect the markets and specifically, the Tata group’s future. The hovering uncertainty did reflect on the benchmark Sensex index as well, which closed at 27,930.21, growing by only about 0.23% during the month.

The security breach that resulted in the compromise of information of over 32 lakh debit cards because of a malware installed in some of the ATMs was another hot topic of the month. Majority of these cards belonged to the banking giant State Bank of India, and its officials have said that they would be reissuing over 6 lakh debit cards. Customers across different banks were suggested to change their PINs. The breach did cause some unrest among lakhs of people who use this facility on a daily basis. Subsequently, the National Payments Council of India had to intervene and call for a forensic audit to look into the issue. The incident shows that we still have to go a long way in strengthening the security in our banking system.

Campaigns by the US Presidential candidates – Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton, and the uncertainty revolving around the possible outcome seemed to affect the market sentiments as well, as both of them have drastically opposite views on their foreign policies. The elections are scheduled to be held in the second week of November. Amidst all these uncertainties, China surprisingly brought some positivity in the global outlook, showing signs of recovery in its industrial output with better than expected growth in the Purchasing Managers Index.

On the magazine front, the Article of the Month talks about the China Housing Bubble. The author has given some really interesting insights about the topic, and has succeeded in drawing striking similarities between the current scenario in China and the conditions that had caused a crisis in some other Economies in the past. Our cover story is about the ouster of Cyrus Mistry from Tata Sons. The article talks in detail about the hunt for the potential successors, and also discusses how certain other organizations have previously gone through a leadership crisis. In the FinGyaan section, the author talks about FRTB and its impact on Risk Management, the need for banks to redesign their trading desks, and how FRTB intends to standardize market risk treatments across various sectors. FinSight talks about the buzz word these days – Financial Inclusion.

The author dwells into discussions about the background of the term, has analyzed the issues in the current banking system, and given a fair evaluation measuring the successes of initiatives taken by the government so far. In place of FinRewind, we have introduced a new section called ‘FinaFame’ under which, each month we would be bringing to light a famous personality who has had a great impact in the financial world. This month’s article talks about the ex-RBI Governor and perhaps one of the most respected men in the Indian Economy – Mr. Raghuram Rajan.

The Classroom section explains the concept of ‘Swaptions’, or Swap Options. It is an interesting capital market instrument which is essentially an option to enter into an interest rate swap or some other type of swap.

Finally, we would like to thank our readers for their immense support and encouragement. You remain our prime motivating factor that keeps our spirits high and gives us the vigour and vitality to keep working hard. We hope you had a great month and wish you the best for the new one.

Thank you. Stay invested!

Team Niveshak


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