Business

Thousands of cross-border equity transactions in India hit a regulatory wall every year — not because the deal was poorly structured, but because the FEMA valuation report was wrong, stale, or built on the right framework but the wrong professional. Authorised dealer banks returned more filings in 2025-26 than in…

Every business owner thinks they know how their business is doing. They look at sales numbers, talk to a few team members, and assume things are on track. But sales numbers alone don’t tell you whether your processes are leaking money, whether your pricing is off, or whether you’re about…

Most people hear about an IPO from a friend, a WhatsApp group, or a YouTube thumbnail screaming “1000% returns.” They open a Zerodha account, apply for 1 lot, and then wait — half nervous, half excited — for allotment day. Some get lucky. Most don’t — at least not immediately.…

Ask any banker in India what’s the first thing they check before sanctioning a project loan. Nine out of ten will say the same thing — show me the DPR. A Detailed Project Report is essentially the complete story of your project on paper. Where the money’s going, where it’s…

You have found a business worth acquiring, or a deal that looks promising. The financials look clean. The seller is confident. Your instinct says yes. Now what? This is exactly where due diligence begins — and where most deals are either saved or quietly doomed. Due diligence is the structured…

India has seen consistent deal activity over the past decade across technology, pharma, infrastructure, and manufacturing sectors. Publications like The Economic Times and Business Standard regularly report strong quarterly deal values. What they rarely cover is how many of those transactions quietly fall apart — because preparation was poor or…

Internal Financial Controls, commonly referred to as IFCs, are one of those compliance concepts that many private company directors have heard of but quietly hope do not apply to them. The reality, as usual, sits somewhere between legal wording and practical interpretation. This article explains, in plain and experience-based terms,…