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Make Indian auditors less of an oddityIndia's ambition for a globally competitive audit sector faces hurdles, with local firms struggling to match multinational rivals. While pr...
Big Six tighten grip on India's audit market despite mandatory rotationDespite mandatory auditor rotation, India's largest audit firms are consolidating their dominance, auditing 66% of Nifty 500 companies. Gra...
Kunal Shah’s WhatsApp win; India bourses insulated from AI boomIn bagging the top job at WhatsApp, Cred’s Kunal Shah has done what no Indian entrepreneur could do. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Kunal Shah heads to Meta; New-age IPO playbookHappy Tuesday! Kunal Shah has taken over as WhatsApp's chief, while Meta backs Cred in a major funding deal. This and more in today’s ETtec...
Balance sheet trick: Decoding another manipulation, and how to spot a bad apple in your portfolio before othersThere is one line in the accounts that most investors skip because it looks routine. But behind that line can sit disputed demands, old los...
Digital gold players ramp up audits, vault checks to boost transparency amid regulatory scrutinyDigital gold providers are enhancing transparency with independent audits and vault checks, aiming to build trust as the sector serves 80 m...
Tokenised gold: A new way to invest in gold or a risky bet? What Indian investors need to know before investingTokenised gold is emerging as a new investment option in India. It uses blockchain to represent physical gold digitally. Investors can trad...
From Rs 75 in cash to the Lok Sabha spotlight: The obscure party at the centre of the TMC rebellionAn unknown political party, the Nationalist Citizens Party of India, is now central to national politics. Twenty Trinamool Congress MPs ann...
Grid India seeks steering panel for market couplingGrid India suggests a steering committee for power market coupling. This body would include CERC, Grid India, and power exchanges. The move...
The accounting trick used by companies to make a weak balance sheet look strongIn one recent case, a large investment sat comfortably under equity until the auditor read the shareholders' agreement, found a buyback cla...
Inside Zepto’s IPO filing — the key takeawaysQuick commerce platform Zepto has filed its updated draft papers for public listing, revealing detailed financials and operational metrics....
Explained: Inside Sebi's Rs 15.15 lakh crore revenue inflation allegations against Rajesh ExportsRajesh Exports has come under intense scrutiny after Sebi accused the company and its promoter of inflating revenues, misclassifying person...
An Indian gold firm allegedly inflated revenue by $159 billion using its Swiss unitIndian investigators allege Rajesh Exports overstated its Swiss unit Valcambi's revenue by a staggering $159 billion. SEBI's preliminary fi...
The curious case of Rajesh Exports: Massive revenues, meagre profitsIndia's fourth-largest company, Rajesh Exports, faces a Sebi probe for alleged financial fraud. Investigations point to accounting irregula...
Warren Buffett on how CEOs manipulate earnings – and how to spot itWarren Buffett compared modern corporate accounting to a golfer who turns in a score of 140 in his first round (thanks to fake bogeys), and...
IndusInd Bank faces fresh whistleblower allegationsThe new complaint alleges insider trading by Samir Agarwal, former zonal head of eastern India at IndusInd Bank, manipulation of financial ...
Asset which sits in the balance sheet for years without moving, then suddenly wipes out all profit in a single quarterThe most dangerous number on a balance sheet is not always the one that looks wrong. It is often the one that depends heavily on management...
Delhiites can now hire private fire auditors for fire safety certificatesDelhi's fire safety clearance process is set to become faster with the introduction of a third-party fire audit system. This comes after a ...
From $22 billion to zero: Success, not failure, brought Byju downByju's, once a $22 billion edtech giant, has collapsed. Founder Byju Raveendran faces jail for contempt. The company's downfall stems from ...
Audit firms count the cost as India looks to tighten rulesThe landscape of corporate governance in India is on the brink of transformation, with new proposals potentially establishing some of the h...