smart money

August 2018
December 2017
The most reclusive investor

The most reclusive investor

Shivanand Shankar Mankekar is willing to part with a lot, except his privacy. Pictures of him are at a premium and he declines meetings with reporters unless assured that nobody will write about him. Yet, he is no enigma.

May 2016
April 2016
Beyond equity funding

Beyond equity funding

For unlisted firms, raising debt can be a simpler way to get off the blocks than selling equity. But for debt funding to grow, banks need to loosen their purse strings.

May 2015
February 2015
August 2014
Plugged in for news

Plugged in for news

India’s internet population has grown 15-fold since 2004, creating a digital news opportunity impossible to ignore. both old and new media are rushing towards it. who’ll win?

May 2014
Trail of the Tiger

Trail of the Tiger

The (almost) invisible hand of the most influential investor in both Flipkart and Myntra is pulling the strings of India’s biggest e-commerce merger. Or, how Tiger Global’s Lee Fixel is orchestrating the making of an e-retail giant.

January 2014
December 2013
The crorepati calculus

The crorepati calculus

Season 7 of the hugely popular Kaun Banega Crorepati recently ended, with nobody taking home the jackpot of Rs 7 crore. We ask two fund managers for their advice to future winners about investing the moolah. Their take: Invest prudently.