SPEC Finance’s Karan Rawat on GIFT City, Global Capital and India’s Finance Ambition | ET WLF 2026

GIFT City is emerging as a new hub for cross-border capital, but India’s ambition goes far beyond external commercial borrowing. At The Economic Times World Leaders Forum, Karan Rawat, Partner and CEO, SPEC Finance, joins Anirban Chowdhury to discuss GIFT City’s rapid growth, the rise of private credit, and what it will take to attract more global capital. He also explains why he sees trade finance as India’s biggest opportunity over the next five years and why the country could emerge as a hub for global supply chains and stable finance.