In an interview with Hindustan Times Metlife managing director Rajesh Relan said the new guidelines will not affect the company's business plans as it was not dependent too much on unit linked insurance products.
Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Bimal Jalan submitted his report on 'The Review of Ownership and Governance of Market Infrastructure Institutions' to Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairman C B Bhave on Monday.
YV Reddy, who guided the Indian banking system as a governor of Reserve Bank of India from 2003 to 2008, said in an interview that he sees hollowness in the country's banking system. Reddy, who launched his book 'Global Crisis, Recession and Uneven Recovery', said the Indian MFIs are "worse than money lenders."
The financial crisis has taught us several lessons. While there is a change in consumer behaviour, experts feel that governments should tighten regulations. Drazen Prelic, a neuro-economist at the Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT) in US, spoke to HT on the sidelines of the recently-concluded Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. He said competitive pressure and lack of ownership leads to financial frauds.
A few hours before Hindustan Unilever chairman Harish Manwani announced the launch of Unilever Sustainable Living Plan — simultaneously launched in London, Rotterdam and New York — he spoke to Hindustan Times on the issue of sustainability and how it merges with other objectives of India’s largest FMCG company. Excerpts:
Incorporated in 1972 as a fully government-owned company, Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) today has emerged as a forerunner in the Indian shipbuilding and ship-repair industry.
As president of global sales and business development, Nikesh Arora, 42, is leading customer service and revenue operations in Google Inc, which he joined in 2004.
Mint, Hindustan Times and NDTV, bring you a personal finance show, Let’s Talk Money. The weekly call-in show, anchored by Monika Halan, editor, Mint Money, and Manisha Natarajan, editor and senior anchor, special programmes, NDTV, aims to answer viewers’ questions about money-related issues. Here are edited excerpts from the show that aired over the weekend on NDTV Profit and NDTV.
As the chairman, president and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Harold McGraw III oversees a $6 billion publishing-to-financial-services conglomerate.
In an exclusive interview with Sandeep Singh and Sachin Dave, Joe Keaser, global head, corporate finance and controlling, and managing board member at Siemens, says the firm is focusing on the ‘affordable’ segment for growth.
Started as a not-for-profit company in 1997, the (NSKFDC) acts as an apex institution for overall socioeconomic upliftment of scavengers, safai karamcharis and their dependents. Managing director Lalit Kohli spoke to Hindustan Times on various issues.
Indian consumers don’t want flashy designs on their crockery because they eat colourful, spicy food, which they don’t want bleeding into their crockery colours. That’s one of the insights Anna Eide, head of innovation and design, Corelle, gave during a Q&A with Hindustan Times.
Public sector lender Canara Bank’s net profit grew by 10 per cent to Rs. 1,008 crore for the second quarter ended September 2010, riding on the back of high net interest income.
Joining HCL Technologies as a management trainee in 1985 and being appointed as the company’s vice chairman 25 years later, Vineet Nayar, CEO, HCL Technologies is on a dream run.
Leading brokerage house Reliance Money, which has around 650,000 customers, is aiming to cross the 1-million mark amidst the enthusiasm in the market.