Case study competition on "Cost of Capital'

An in house case study comeptition on 'cost of capital' was conducted for the PGP-1 batch, to make them accustom with the intricacies of the deicion making, whether to go for equity or debt and to make them understand the importance of capital structure and its implication on the firms long term vision and its survival. Winners of the competition were Deepak Sirra, Srinath and Vishal Thakrar Thanks to Mehul & Navjeet Siddhu for your Coordinatio...

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Kingfisher: What went wrong?

Once rated as Asia Pacific’s most respected brand, Kingfisher Airlines reels under the pressure of rising oil prices and the price war plaguing the airline industry of India. Since its inception in 2005, India’s only 5 star accredited airline has yet to post a profit.  The situation has become so grave for India’s third largest airline that it might have to ask for a government bailout. The Income Tax authorities froze bank accounts of...

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Structural reforms- Need of the hour

Unless circumstances push the Indian government into red, it has never treaded the path of structural reforms, be it 1991 balance of payments crisis or of late the impending multi pronged crisis looming large in the form of depletion of reserves, mounting fiscal deficit, alarming trade deficit. Foreign exchange reserves fell by $ 12 billion by depreciating rupee in a span of three weeks. Montek singh Ahulwalia, deputy chairman planning commission told that the fiscal deficit could swell to 5.5 percent of GDP, against the government’s target...

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Yet Another quiz for the financial fanatics, from FINATIX!! Q1)       The critical variable in the determination of the success of the active portfolio is             A)  Alpha/systematic risk             B)  Alpha/nonsystematic risk             C)  Gamma/systematic risk             D) ...

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SESSION ON FORENSIC ACCOUNTING AND FRAUD MANAGEMENT

Mr. Nikhil Parulkar, Head of Risk Containment Unit at Kotak Mahindra Bank, Mumbai provided us with the basic insights into the world of risk management with respect to monetary transactions on 30th August, 2011. He is a certified forensic expert, a proven hand in examining fraud cases, and adept at recognizing the loopholes which can give room to fraud, in the banking industry. He has dealt with many fraud investigations . He has worked with...

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D-Series

D-Series the brain child of FINATIX, a debating competition for the fellows having penchant for D-ism, on the current happenings in finance arena. Keep watching the blog for the latest topics of debate daily. The first ever debate topic--"The current debt crisis of the western world is an after shock of 2008 financial crisis or a structural fault?" Viewers post your comments on the topic of debate Coordinator, FINATI...

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Yet another Quiz

The answers will be published shortly. Fee free to post your answers as comments.  Quizmasters: Saurabh Chaubey, Karthik KVR, IIM Raipur What was the Japanese earthquake’s intensity? It is one of the top 10 earthquakes in the recorded history of mankind. According to the World bank, what are the economic losses due to Japanese earthquake? Which company topped the list of most admired company released by Fortune in 2011? Which businessman...

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Trivia

A simple quiz over the events that have unfolded recently. Answers are provided. 1. Name the two famous indices of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.     Nikkei 225 and Topix 2. What is the problem faced by Japanese economy after the crisis?     Appreciation of Japanese Yen 3. How many times has RBI revised its interest rates since March 2010?     8 times 4. What is special about the Ides of March?     15th of March when Ceaser was murdered by Brutus, Cassius and 60 other conspirators. 5. Who...

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Team Finatix

Team Finatix: From Top Left Clockwise: Ankur Dubey, Pooja Beria, Harshad Patil, Saurabh Chaubey, Karthik KVR, Varun Marwah, Nitin Kuraien, Vinay Prabhakar, Thirupathi Birudu (Coordinator) and Rahul Deshmukh The pic was taken on the day RBI Governor Dr D Subbarao visited IIM Raipur. Finatix was in charge of organizing the event which turned out to be a huge succe...

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FINGURU - Equinox 11

Team Finatix is pleased to announce the winners of the first edition of FinGuru at Equinox IIM Raipur. And the FinGurus are: Team Pinnacle from IIM Raipur Ankit Kumar Ankur Rajoo Milan Rakesh Ranjan Jha P Swami Vivekananda The runnerup is Team Galacticos from Bharatidasan Institute of Management, Trichy. We thank them for coming all the way and gracing the event with their presence. Congrats to them...

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Hello World!

Finatix is the Finance Club of IIM Raipur. Established in the founding year of IIM Raipur, Finatix aims to satisfy the Financial Fanatics by keeping them abreast with the latest in the happening field of Finance. Why this Blog?This blog will serve as Finatix's window to the outer world. The club's plans, events, articles, trivia etc. will be updated on a regular basis. This blog is for all the students of IIM Raipur and for anyone in general who is interested in Finance. How to use this Blog?It is simple. Just go through it! We are sure you will...

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