Avendus Eye

Thought leadership articles, insights
and viewpoints by Avenders

Investment Banking

October 2018

Search for the next Indicorn

The stars seemed all aligned for the birth of digital unicorns from India. Let’s call them the Indicorns.

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Credit Solutions

September 2018

Revitalizing Mid-Market Enterprises through Access to Capital

Despite the challenges faced in recent years, India has emerged as the fastest growing large economy in the world. With a projected 7.8% rise in GDP for the coming year, the nation is at a critical stage of its development.

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Wealth Management

July 2018

Distressed assets in India: Should you invest?

The Indian distressed assets investment landscape has come of age, and we think the time is ripe for discerning investors to step in and pick “value” assets.

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Wealth Management

July 2018

Rise of owner-fund managers: implications for Indian investors

The phenomenon of the owner-fund manager is gathering momentum and this could change the face of the Indian fund management industry.

Read Time: 4 minutes

Credit Solutions

July 2018

Technology enabled trade finance – a boost for financial inclusion

Trade finance, a commercial activity, has been closely linked to the story of human trade evolution and has for centuries influenced economic conditions, public policy, living standards and degree of financial inclusion.

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Credit Solutions

July 2018

Flexible capital: the bridge between debt and equity

Access to quick finance is one of the biggest challenges that entrepreneurs and high growth companies face today.

Read Time: 3 minutes

Investment Banking

July 2018

Are consulting and outsourcing firms gobbling up the pie held by traditional advertising agencies?

As the world is getting more and more digitalized, there’s a battle brewing between consulting & outsourcing firms and traditional advertising agencies.

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Asset Management

July 2018

India: top of the class investment destination

There is one aspect of investment that all practitioners of this noble art share, which is an immediate attraction to markets that have performed well historically, over those that have done poorly.

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Investment Banking

June 2018

Indian flavours, fragrances and nutraceutical ingredient players to outgrow global peers

India’s specialty chemicals industry is currently valued at nearly USD 25 billion and expected to grow at 11% per annum to reach USD 39 billion by 2021.

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Asset Management

June 2018

Equity play in a volatile market

Andrew Holland sees the prevalent volatility lasting for at least six months and suggests safe havens to park your wealth.

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Investment Banking

June 2018

India’s e-tail revolution to propel packaging industry

India’s e-tail revolution to propel packaging industry: As the e-retail market in India moves towards becoming the new reality, packaging manufacturers will increasingly need to tailor products for on and off the shelf.

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Investment Banking

May 2018

Why private equity is well positioned to drive India's new-age economy

With projections of a 7.4% rise in GDP for the coming year (2018-19), it is no wonder that private equity (PE) activity in India has registered a record high as well.

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Investment Banking

May 2018

Shifting winds – small towns are the next big frontier for apparel brands

There is a large, significant opportunity in tier 2 and tier 3 cities which no large retailer can afford to ignore.

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Investment Banking

May 2018

A taste of India’s renewable power: the storage slip between the cup and the lip

The renewable energy sector is poised for epochal changes, both in policy and implementation in the years to come.

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Wealth Management

March 2018

The flight of wealth: should we worry?

Recent reports of 7,000 Indian dollar-millionaires having left the country last year have revived fresh fears about wealth drain and its trickle-down effect on the economy.

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