Having your cake and eating it
The time is right to consolidate government equity into a holding company 27 January 2021: The relative underperformance of PSU shares in...
Removal of Independent Directors: A Sword of Damocles
The ongoing tussle between Tata Sons and Cyrus Mistry is spilling over to the boardrooms of the listed companies in the group. Soon after...
Tata Group: Structural Fixes Necessary
IiAS believes the current back-and-forth between Tata Sons and Cyrus Mistry, with Independent Directors of listed companies in the fray,...
Turbulence at Tata Sons: What stakeholders are asking
Tata Sons, while not listed, sits at the apex of the largest business group in India. It enjoys a stellar reputation and is considered...
Nurturing corporate culture
How often does the board discuss company culture? The Wells Fargo and the Volkswagen incidents highlight the importance of – or rather,...
Rethinking the Boards Stakeholder Relationship Committee
In this digital era when shares are dematerialized and do not have the pain associated with the transfer of physical shares, and when...
Ricoh India: Why Indian corporates should listen up
The developments at Ricoh India hold out two lessons for Corporate India. One the parent has, in all but name has owned up to sleeping at...
Cummins India Limited: The Maruti Gujarat plant by stealth
A very egregious practice catches-on and the hollowing out of MNC’s listed in Indian begins. Even as the Maruti management was completing...
Listed PSU's: Explaining the governance gap
The uproar in parliament and the media frenzy regarding the Vijay Mallya case is clear proof that government banks are answerable not...