Page 5 - Q&a

NRIs can make bill payments for family members via BBPS soon: CEO

'I feel UPMS will change the way BBPS operates today', said Noopur Chaturvedi

Lot of hesitancy and scepticism among retail investors: Centrum Broking ED

'If the market movement remains positive for an extended period, flows would become healthy once again', said Anil Sarin

Reasonable to expect positive FPI flows will continue: Abhiram Eleswarapu

"It is encouraging to see nearly $5 billion of FPI inflows this month into India after a long period of sustained outflows", he said

Focusing on non-motor, non-health space: Future Generali India Insurance MD

"There is a need to invest more in distribution, products, and marketing", said Rau

For streaming to be same size as TV, discipline is must: Sameer Nair

'We have released 40 shows to date. There are 15 in-production and we have produced eight movies', said Nair

Embassy REIT has delivered 50% total returns since listing: Vikaash Khdloya

"Our overall philosophy on co-working has been that it is an amenity for our business parks and occupiers", said Khdloya

I do not see any significant downside to markets, says Vikas Khemani

"The Indian economy is far more insulated and better placed than most global markets", says Khemani

Soft PoS will empower merchants in a big way: Worldline (India) CEO

"Demonetisation provided the biggest boost to PoS machines", said Ramesh Narasimhan

The NBFC sector is on a strong wicket: SCUF MD & CEO Y S Chakravarti

"Even if you look at the single-party exposure, there is a great deal of leeway for us to go to banks and borrow"

We have got seven bids for Sterlite Copper plant: Vedanta's Anil Agarwal

"The world does not want India to produce. Today, 70% of our money is going into imports"

'We had two options: Complex law or start with clean slate': MoS IT

'Non-personal data is the raw material for AI. If you start having a regulator sit on top of it, it will impact the growth of the sector', said Chandrasekhar

We charted 3-yr, 5-yr, 8-yr plans for growth: CSB Bank's Pralay Mondal

"Growth will be paramount at the end of the day", said Pralay Mondal

It's a stock-pickers mkt; recovery to peak levels possible: Abhijit Bhave

'I strongly believe in the benefits of diversification within an asset class', said Abhijit Bhave

We will grow VNB in line with industry after FY23: ICICI Pru Life MD & CEO

'Beyond FY23, our focus will be on the absolute value of VNB, not so much the margins', said Kannan

How Cognizant's Rajesh Nambiar sees demand going up, attrition coming down

If our clients are seeing some headwind that will eventually have impact: Cognizant India's Rajesh Nambiar

I didn't want to quit when the scorecard was weak: HDFC AMC's Prashant Jain

In an interview with Samie Modak, the storied CIO of HDFC Asset Management Company, Prashant Jain, explains the rationale behind quitting now and his future plans

Everybody looking for China Plus One options, says Godi India CEO

'We are in the process of closing around $40 million and also working to raise $150 million', said Mahesh Godi

Local currency makes trade more efficient, affordable: AfCFTA Secy General

In a Q&A, Wamkele Mene, who represents a free trade area in Africa, dwells on the investment opportunities in pharma, auto and agro processing that the continent has to offer

Nicholas Stern on India's road to become a developed economy and more

Prof of Economics at the London School of Economics Nicholas Stern spoke to Business Standard's Asit Ranjan Mishra on India's focus areas to become a developed economy and more

India can reach 8% sustained growth: Ex-NITI Aayog vice-chairman Panagariya

'I fully support the capex push. I do not believe in sector specific interventions', said Panagariya