{"id":7694,"date":"2017-11-18T12:57:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T12:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=7694"},"modified":"2017-11-18T12:57:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T12:57:19","slug":"the-8th-edition-of-gnosis17-xlris-annual-finance-symposium-hosted-in-mumbai-on-november-11th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=7694","title":{"rendered":"The 8th\u00a0edition of GNOSIS\u201917 &#8211; XLRI\u2019s Annual Finance Symposium hosted in Mumbai on November 11th, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BankingPanel.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7695\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7695 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BankingPanel.jpg\" alt=\"BankingPanel\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BankingPanel.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BankingPanel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BankingPanel-128x72.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7654\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7654\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" alt=\"Faceinews Logo - Copy\" width=\"173\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Industry Experts Discussed on \u201cFinancial Services in India: The Road Ahead\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><u>13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0November, 2017:<\/u>The Finance Association of XLRI (FINAX) recently hosted\u00a0<strong>GNOSIS 2017<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>XLRI\u2019s Annual Finance Symposium<\/em>, on the November 11 at The St. Regis, Mumbai.\u00a0The symposium saw Mr. Sunil Kakar, MD &amp; CEO at IDFC Limited, deliver the Key Note Address at this year\u2019s summit on \u201cFinancial Services in India: The Road Ahead\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/KeyNoteFInal.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7696\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7696 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/KeyNoteFInal.jpg\" alt=\"KeyNoteFInal\" width=\"452\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/KeyNoteFInal.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/KeyNoteFInal-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a>This was followed by a banking panel discussion on \u2018The Twin Balance Sheet Problem\u2019 by five eminent panelists including Mr. Ananth Narayan G., who was the MD and Regional Head of Financial Markets at Standard Chartered Bank; Mr. Jayesh Mehta, MD and Country Treasurer at Bank of America N. A.; Mr. PradeepKhanna, who is the MD and Head of Trading at HSBC India; Mr. MadanSabnavis, Chief Economist at CARE Ratings; and Mr. Sameer Narang, the Chief Economist at Bank of Baroda. The discussion was moderated by the famous journalist and author, TamalBandyopadhyay. Panelists discussed the health of banking sector, appraised the recent recapitalisation of banks, and suggested reforms to strengthen the banking industry and debt markets in India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post-lunch session had an exciting line-up, with the Co-Founder and Head of Trading at Zerodha, Mr. Nikhil Kamath, addressing\u00a0the audience on discount broking model and enlightened the delegates with his personal Zerodha story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A second panel discussion was held on the widening scope of investment banking in India. The panel was moderated by Ms.ShrijaAgrawal, National Deals Editor at Mint. \u201cThe session was extremely interactive and energetic. It was really good to have such good answers from the audience\u201d, said Ms.Agrawal. The panelists included Mr. AtulMehra, who is the MD and Co-CEO of JM Financial; Mr. Raj Kataria,\u00a0co-founder and director at Arpwood Capital; Mr. Narayanan Sadanandan, the EVP and Group Head of Investment Banking at SBI Cap; Mr. Rajesh Vig, Partner, Advisory-Deals at PWC; and Ms.AnkurKhurana, Director of Investment Banking at Credit Suisse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The panel discussion was followed by sessions from two guest speakers. Firstly, Ms.Kunda Jadhav, Director at Barclays Shared Services, discussed the digital talent requirements and challenges in the investment banking industry.\u00a0 Next, Mr. Shashi Arora, MD and CEO of Airtel Payments Bank, spoke about how payment banks are game changers for financial inclusion, rather than being just unviable business models.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018GNOSIS Excellence Awards\u2019 ceremony saw distinguished XLRI Alumni such as Mr. Sunil Kakar and Mr. Shashi Arora, in addition to Mr. VikramTandon, Head-HR India, HSBC Bank; Mr. Pankaj Sharma, CIO- Fixed Income, DSP Blackrock; and Mr. Sandeep Das, MD of Private Banking in Standard Chartered Bank; receive the award for their\u00a0 achievements in the sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Established in 1991, The Finance Association at XLRI [FINAX] is essential to the finance domain at XLRI. 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