The Indian Institute of Management Indore campus played host to the first edition of “Future Finance 2014”, a BFSI conclave, here on Saturday. The conclave witnessed enthusiastic participation from speakers, faculty and EPGP participants.
Anupam Johri, Chief Representative (South Asia) at RB International, discussed the challenges in organising syndicated loans, the pitfalls and opportunities. There were valuable inputs from investment experts such as Peeyoosh Chadda (former Chief Investment Officer at Edelweiss) about algorithmic trading, high frequency trading, prediction markets and picking that winning stock.
Shashibhushan (CEO at Way2wealth) spoke about the various products and services offered to HNIs, and trends in that market. There was lively engagement from both the audience and the speakers. The speakers were quite happy to find out that the current batch of EPGP participants is very active in equity markets. The EPGP batch also made a presentation about the academic program and the value they bring to prospective employers.
IIM Indore is one of India’s premier B-Schools. Established in 1996, it has produced graduates with impeccable pedigree. The MBA Program for Executives, also known as the Executive Post-Graduate Program in Management (EPGP), is a one year, full-time, residential program for professionals with a minimum of five years of work experience. This program is in its 5th iteration now.
Ashish Singru, senior Director of eBay spoke on ‘The Analytics Journey in organisations’ explaining these different stages in past 20 years, and what is causing it. Adoption of analytics in organizations what makes or breaks it.