Thought leadership reports

The determinant of any successful governance is tightly woven with public health. Public health landscape in India is complex and multifaceted with a range of challenges and opportunities.

Financial institutions have a leading role to play in shaping our sustainable future, and a strong need to reboot and shift to a more responsible finance model. As a core component of the economy, they bear the responsibility of upholding rigour and resilience in their risk management. With time running out to achieve a move towards nature-positive outcomes, what sustainability progress have banks and insurers made?

In a world that has become reliant on digital technology, most organisations’ current cyber security strategies are no longer enough to combat threats. Future-proof your business by understanding and mitigating cyber risks.

The European Commission has recently issued an adequacy decision. EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) is a new data transfer mechanism which will support Trans-Atlantic data transfers. The decision further confirms that the United States provides an adequate level of data protection for personal data transferred from the EU countries.

Did you know as per the UN population estimates, with a population of around 1.43 billion India has just recently overtaken China and become the world’s most populous country?

The macro-PDF series is a series of analytical articles which identify opportunities across industries in India and examine them on a three-pronged scale – PDF; that is, seeing what is in store from a People, Development and Financial angle. Our aim is to highlight that every opportunity carries many areas of growth for various stakeholders and has a number of ramifications across the value chain. As a community, we need to take actionable steps to capitalize upon the opportunity before it wanes away.

Mazars Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation registered under section 8 of The Companies Act, 2013, where we are driven by a passion for creating positive change in society. At Mazars Foundation, we are dedicated to pursuing excellence towards sustainable social-economic development. Our team of sector experts is committed to providing end-to-end services that empower donor and implementing agencies to achieve impactful and sustainable outcomes.

We believe in knowledge management for betterment of society at large and dovetailing of community knowledge and practices with modern scientific knowledge, helping in locally feasible, culturally expectable, socially suitable, financially viable, economically, and environmentally sustainable transformation of the social and economic practices.

The year 2023 stood out as a landmark period of regulatory actions, with the RBI introducing measures to curtail the growth of unsecured lending, raising risk weights, and imposing stricter guidelines on lending practices. These changes, notably the increase in risk weights for unsecured loans and heightened supervision, have necessitated a strategic recalibration within the sector. NBFCs have been compelled to reassess their capital allocation strategies, navigate the complexities of capital raising in a cautious investment climate, and adapt to the evolving interest rate scenario amid geopolitical uncertainties.