Web Conferences

Get ready to listen and interact from the finest minds from the Cotton Yarn Industry. The session was focussed at Outlook on production and export of Cotton Yarn, Demand drivers and trends facilitating the growth, Impact of China Plus One trend on the Indian industry and Outlook on profitability The panelists for the web conference were Sudeep Sanwal, Associate Director, Brickwork Ratings.

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Brickwork Ratings hosted an expert talk - "State Finances: Implications on stability and growth" on 11 November 2020 at 3:00 PM. Dr M Govinda Rao, Chief Economic Advisor, Brickwork Ratings and Dr Pinaki Chakraborty, Director, NIPFP, highlighted the impact of Covid-19 on States budget, while discussing the RBI’s latest report “State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2020-21”.

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Brickwork Ratings organised a WebConference - Series VI on COVID-19 Impact on Investor's Sentiment and Outlook on July 8 at 11 am. The session was focussed at Growth outlook for various asset classes, key challenges of the debt capital market, Impact on investor sentiment, risk assessment classification, measures to be taken by the central bank to support the financial economy, post lock-down scenario and interest rate trends and what kind of recovery we can expect. The panelists for the web conference were Lakshmi Iyer, Kotak Mahindra AMC, Bekxy Kuriakose, Principal AMC, Ajay Manglunia, JM Financial Products and Ajay Marwaha, Sun Global Investments (UK).

Rajat Bahl, Chief Ratings Officer, and Satish Nair, Senior Director, Brickwork Ratings moderated the Web-conference.

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As part of the Web-conference series, Brickwork Ratings organised a WebConference V on “Indian Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Impact of COVID-19” on 6th July at 4:00 pm. The session was focussed at Growth outlook for MSME sector and Key Themes, along with the impact of COVID-19 on the industry. The webinar consisted of three parts, including an opening session by the keynote speakers, panel discussion, and Q&A session thereafter. It was an interactive session with key market participants.

The keynote speakers were Mr. Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Hon'ble Minister of State, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India and Mr. Vivek Kulkarni IAS (Retd) , Managing Director, Brickwork Ratings

The panel was represented by Mr. Challa Sreenivasulu Setty, Managing Director, State Bank of India Mr. Ajay Marwaha, Head- Investment Advisory & Management, Sun Global Investments (UK) Prof. Ananth Narayan, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research Mr. V Satya Venkata Rao, Deputy Managing Director, Small Industries Development Bank of India(SIDBI) Mr. P. Udayakumar, Director (Planning and Marketing), The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (NSIC)

Rajat Bahl, Chief Ratings Officer, and Satish Nair, Senior Director, Brickwork Ratings moderated the Web-conference.

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Brickwork Ratings has organised a live discussion with market experts to discuss the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Indian Leather and Sports Goods industries in the short term, medium term and longer term.

The web conference discussed the growth outlook for the sector and key themes, key credit trends in the sector, impact on production and export demand, the impact of fiscal measures taken by the Government and the central bank for the sector, post lock-down scenario for the sector.

The key speakers of the conference were Parveen Kumar, Managing Director, Raghu Exports Private Ltd, Rajnesh Jain, General Manager (North), National Small Industries Corporation, Rahul Priyadarshani, General Manager, SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India), Sumit Saharan, Analyst, Brickwork Ratings. Ria Matwani, Research Editor, Brickwork Ratings was the moderator of the web conference.

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The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has created dramatic changes in economic activities globally, including in India. The nationwide lockdown imposed by the Indian Government since 24 March 2020 as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of the disease has created huge disruptions in economic activities, with every sector facing labour crises and supply chain issues. On the corporate front, the increased liquidity pressure is impacting their credit profiles. Although the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Indian economy was limited initially, the extension of the lockdown following the sharp escalation in the number of positive coronavirus cases created significant uncertainty regarding the economic outlook and recoveryThe outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has created dramatic changes in economic activities globally, including in India. The nationwide lockdown imposed by the Indian Government since 24 March 2020 as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of the disease has created huge disruptions in economic activities, with every sector facing labour crises and supply chain issues. On the corporate front, the increased liquidity pressure is impacting their credit profiles. Although the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Indian economy was limited initially, the extension of the lockdown following the sharp escalation in the number of positive coronavirus cases created significant uncertainty regarding the economic outlook and recovery.

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Brickwork Ratings has organised a live discussion with market experts on the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Indian Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFC) in the short term, medium and long-term.

The key topics of the web conference were the growth outlook for the sector and Key Themes - Key credit trends in various asset classes viz. asset lease, housing finance, micro-finance and gold loans, Impact on collections, delinquencies and recovery, Impact on liability raising ability, measures to be taken by the central bank to support the sector, and post lock-down scenario for the sector.

The key panelists for the conference were VP Nandakumar, MD & CEO, Manappuram Finance, Umesh Revankar, CEO, Shriram Transport Finance, Ashwini Hooda, Deputy Managing Director, Indiabulls Housing Finance, B Prasanna, Head, Global Markets & Proprietary Trading Group, ICICI Bank, PK Gupta, Former Managing Director, State Bank of India, Gaurav Kumar, Founder & Managing Director, Vivriti Capital, R Vydianathan, Director & Head Financial Sector, Brickwork Ratings. Rajat Bahl, Chief Ratings Officer, Brickwork Ratings was the moderator of the webconference.

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Brickwork Ratings organised a web conference on “India Economy Outlook and Impact of CoVID19” on 17th April at 3 pm. The session focussed on the Growth outlook for the Indian Economy and the key themes -Impact on trade, jobs and business, State and Centre fiscal status, how much headroom do we really have, the post-lock-down scenario for the country and what kind of recovery we can expect for India.

The key panelists for the conference were Dr. Tirthankar Patnaik, Chief Economist, NSE, Dr Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Adviser, SBI, Dr Saugata Bhattacharya, Chief Economist, Axis Bank and Dr M Govinda Rao, Chief Economic Advisor, Brickwork Ratings. Mr. Rajat Bahl, Chief Rating Officer, Brickwork Ratings was moderating the webconference.

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