Regulation is rarely celebrated. In boardrooms and operating teams alike, compliance is often viewed as a necessary cost, an obligation to be managed, minimised and, where possible, delegated. Yet across global markets, a quiet shift is underway. Regulatory complexity is no longer merely a constraint on growth; it is becoming a strategic lever. Companies that…
IndusInd Bank has named Arijit Basu as its new Chairman, marking a significant addition to the bank’s leadership as it sharpens its focus on governance strength and long-term strategic direction. Basu brings with him over forty years of experience across banking, insurance and financial services, with a career that spans senior leadership roles in India…
India’s economic engagement with China over the past five years tells a sobering story. While bilateral trade volumes have expanded, the balance has moved steadily against India. Exports to China have declined from around $22 billion in FY21 to roughly $14 billion in FY25. Imports, meanwhile, have surged from $65 billion to over $113 billion…
For decades, operational technology was treated as an engineering problem rather than a boardroom concern. Factory floors, power plants and logistics hubs ran on the assumption that isolation equalled safety. That assumption no longer holds. As manufacturing systems converge with IT networks and cloud platforms, operational technology (OT) has moved from the periphery of cybersecurity…
India’s rapid shift to digital banking and instant payments has fundamentally changed how money moves. It has also changed how fraud happens and, more importantly, how it must be managed. As cyber-enabled financial fraud rises in scale and sophistication, recovery of lost funds is no longer a secondary concern. It is fast becoming a core…
For much of the past decade, operational resilience was treated as an insurance policy: costly, necessary, and largely invisible when things went right. Today, that framing is no longer sufficient. In an era marked by supply-chain fragmentation, cyber disruptions, climate volatility and abrupt shifts in capital flows, resilience has emerged as a source of competitive…
Boardrooms are being reshaped less by regulation than by risk. Across markets, directors are discovering that traditional governance frameworks, built for incremental change and stable assumptions, are increasingly misaligned with a world defined by volatility, technology shocks and geopolitical spillovers. By 2026, “good oversight” will no longer be measured by the number of committees formed…
For years, cybersecurity was treated as a technical function: delegated to the CISO, discussed in IT sub-committees and reviewed primarily through the lens of compliance. That era is decisively over. In today’s environment of AI-enabled threats, geopolitical cyber spillovers and digitally intertwined supply chains, cyber resilience has become a CEO-level metric, one that increasingly defines…
The Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL) has announced the appointment of Mr. M. Rajeshwar Rao as Independent Director and Non-Executive Chairman, marking a significant leadership transition at the country’s systemically important financial market infrastructure institution. He succeeds Mr. R. Gandhi, who recently retired as Chairman of CCIL. Mr. Rao brings over four decades of…
Kotak Mahindra Bank has strengthened its senior leadership with the appointment of Anup Kumar Saha as Whole-time Director, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals. He will initially join as Designate Whole-time Director and become part of the bank’s Senior Management from 12 January 2026. Anup brings over two decades of experience across consumer and retail…
