Author name: Atharva Samant

Having a strong interest in corporate finance, I spend a lot of time reading about how different companies source capital, fund their activities and take capital structuring and investment decisions. However, my interests are not limited to corporate finance and I show great enthusiasm in anything having a connection with the flow of capital in the economy. I am also a voracious reader. You may ping me on Linkedin for book recommendations. My Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atharva-samant-82304075/

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Accredited Investors: The ‘well-informed’ class.

By / July 16, 2021

On July 29, 2021, SEBI’s board approved a proposal to introduce a framework allowing regulatory relaxations for a class of well-informed investors with a higher risk appetite. These investors have sufficient financial means to absorb potential losses in investments and are well-informed or well-advised by their investment advisors and lawyers to make sound investment decisions. …

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Bad Banks explained

By / July 7, 2021

Termed by many as the ‘Bad Bank of India,’ the entity is expected to be operational by July 2021. But what is a Bad Bank? How does a bad bank operate? Is it a panacea to India’s NPA crisis?

Sukuk: Rise of Islamic Participatory Lending

By / May 31, 2021

When the entrepreneur and financier take business risk together and the financier takes a share profits from the financed venture for the period of loan while also sharing losses if the venture goes bust in that period. Such a financing arrangement is called as sukuk.