It is definitely a golden era for the Saudi healthcare industry with the government planning to increase its public healthcare spending manifold. The government has already allocated USD 65bn specifically for the development of healthcare in the country, which represents... Read More.
July 2013: The education sector in the Middle East is expected to grow exponentially on the back of a rising population, increasing private sector participation and growing unemployment. Especially in countries like Saudi Arabia, government spending has been increasing and currently... Read More.
I am not going to repeat the “great” India story. Notwithstanding current problems, PE investors understand that India will grow substantially in the long run, and an under-served population of well over a billion makes this a market that cannot... Read More.
HDFC Life wanted to reach out to its target customer segments Owning identified customer segments is one of the key strategic initiatives of HDFC Life. The company identified four key customer segments. HDFC Life wanted to increase its focus on providing... Read More.
Notwithstanding the alleged irregularities in the Facebook IPO, let's understand that IPO markets have structurally changed over the last two decades. Increasingly, models and rules borrowed from the US have been adopted in other countries, including India. From a time when... Read More.
The Union Budget is a much awaited event each year. We are eager to know what the finance minister has planned for the economy for the year ahead. Nothing wrong with that, but how many of us have actually drawn... Read More.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has launched Impact Platform – an investment product offering retail investors an opportunity to participate in impact investing. Impact investing [1] was until very recently a domain pursued mainly by multilateral development finance institutions (IFC, ADB,... Read More.
The investment outlook of corporate India seems to be still upbeat in comparison to the retail segment, which has been consistently declining. After touching an all time high of 160 in September 2010, the retail investment confidence index fell gradually... Read More.
Every parent wants to provide their child with the best possible education. This is one of the biggest financial commitments for families, and Indian parents are no different. In a recent survey conducted by ValueNotes for HDFC Life, 3 out... Read More.
The banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector is the largest consumer of Indian IT services. In 2011 BFSI contributed almost 50% to the $60 billion IT exports market. Appeal of low infrastructure costs, highly skilled IT workforce and higher... Read More.
