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Aranca, a global provider of customized financial and business research, valuation services and IP research, has been appointed as the Exclusive Research Partner by Econique for M&A Masters Global Conference 2009.

To be held in Berlin during January 26-27, 2009, the M&A Masters Global Conference 2009 will serve as a platform to share best practices and transfer excellence among global M&A executives. Through 14 carefully chosen cutting-edge case studies of globally active companies, the Conference seeks to address core issues pertaining to M&A right from alignment of corporate strategies to post merger integration issues. In addition, there will be one-to-one meetings with peers, expert corners with speakers and panel discussions tailored to the requirements of the participants. The participants can also interact with each other on a specially designed online collaborative forum prior to, during and after the event.

As the exclusive research partner, Aranca is developing a customized newsletter on M&A issues to be circulated among the participants. Aranca is promoting the Conference globally among its clients and marketing the event to its contacts. Participants registering for M&A Masters Global Conference 2009 through Aranca, will be eligible for a special 15 percent discount on the delegate fee.

“We are happy to partner Econique for M&A Masters Global Conference 2009. Our experience with global clients for research and advisory engagements will add value to the event and the delegates,” said Hemendra Aran, CEO, Aranca.

While talking about the event, Madhusudan Rajagopalan, Director, Aranca India Operations said, “The conference will provide an opportunity to understand the future course of M&A, especially in the current economic situation.”

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London: April 16, 2008

Aranca, a global provider of end-to-end financial and business research and valuation services is pleased to be partnering with the India Business Forum at London Business School. The 6th Annual India Business Forum Conference “India: Still Untapped” takes place in London on April 24, 2008.

During the day-long conference, keynote addresses, round-table talks and panel discussions by India’s leading bankers, investors, industry experts and business leaders, will centre around the following themes:

1: The Investment Climate: Is it still attractive?
2: The Retail Challenge: Balancing the market and social demands.
3: The Real Estate Boom: Is it just the beginning?

Some of the prominent speakers include Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP; R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons; Jim O'Neill, Head of Global Economic Research, Goldman Sachs; Vinod Sawhney, CEO, Bharti Retail; Arun Mehra, Head of India Investment Strategy, Fidelity International; Vindi Banga, President, Unilever Foods (ex-Chairman, Unilever India); Sanjay Nayar, CEO, Citigroup India among others.

The India Business Forum organizes these annual conferences and other smaller satellite events on specific themes throughout the year under the aegis of London Business School. Aranca has a strong relationship with the event and the school as three members of Aranca’s management team, are alumni of London Business School. In fact, one of Aranca’s Directors is a founding member of India Business Forum.

“Besides giving us an opportunity to network with class mates and other alumni, the India Business Forum event is a great opportunity to share and learn from experts and industry leaders about business opportunities in India,“ said Neeraj Bhardwaj, Director, Aranca and co-founder of the India Business Forum.

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World-class Skill Development Programme is a Positive Initiative

Mumbai: February 29, 2008

Aranca, a global provider of end-to-end financial and business research services, believes that the Union Budget of India 2008-09 presented today is populist but inclusive budget, given the prospect of general elections in mid 2009. The increase in the income tax exemption limits, loan waivers for farmers and higher provisions for social expenditure all point out to a feel-good budget. Buoyant tax receipts gave the freedom to the Finance Minister to increase social spending while reducing the budgeted fiscal deficit targets.

In an interesting initiative, the Finance Minister has allocated a budget of Rs. 15,000 crore for creating a non-profit corporation aimed at creating world-class skill development programme in India. When compared with a total outlay for the education sector (including NER) of Rs.34,400 crore for 2008-09, this is significant. While the details on the actual contours of this initiative and the charter for the corporation are still unknown, this programme seems promising especially for talent-starved knowledge-driven companies and research companies.

"With nearly 225 million people in the age group of 10 -19 years, most of whom are likely to join the active work force in next 3-5 years, the need for providing skills other than pedagogical cannot be emphasized more," said Madhusudan Rajagopalan, Director, Aranca India Operations. "If we want to benefit from the $12 billion knowledge process outsourcing opportunity, then we need to have a nation-wide programme focusing on skill development that turns graduates and post-graduates into employable resources for world-class research work," he said.

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"ARANCA featured in KPMG's Knowledge Process Outsourcing: Unlocking top-line growth by outsourcing “the core” 2008 study"

Aranca, a global provider of end-to-end financial and business research services, was featured in KPMG's Knowledge Process Outsourcing: Unlocking top-line growth by outsourcing “the core” 2008 study. The KMPG report studies the KPO phenomenon to understand and predict financial research outsourcing trends. It estimates that the financial services knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) industry will be worth US$5 billion by 2010.

One of the few comprehensive reports on the KPO sector, the study conclusively states that KPOs enable client-organizations increase their revenues. Cost savings and access to talented workforce are the key factors driving offshoring of high-end knowledge-based processes. In the financial research industry, KPO providers are already supplementing and supporting “core” organizational functions. While India remains the dominant outsourcing destination, countries like Australia, Canada and Singapore have the potential to capture some of these KPO opportunities. The need to preserve and increase competitive edge will accelerate outsourcing decision-making, the report states.

"Being profiled as one of the leading KPO providers in the study is a recognition of Aranca’s growing market presence in key markets and sectors," said Madhusudan Rajagopalan, Director, Aranca India Operations. Established in 2003, Aranca has a strong client base in UK, Europe and USA. Commenting on the KPMG report, Mr. Rajagopalan said, “As one of the leading providers of high-end, outsourced financial research, we at Aranca feel that there is insufficient literature on the KPO phenomenon. A global study of this magnitude and depth will help decision-makers understand, evaluate and plan their outsourcing strategy.” He added that “There is a need for more such concentrated effort to document findings of the KPO industry, as it informs and empowers both parties concerned – organizations looking to outsource and KPO providers”.

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Economic Times, Mumbai, January 9, 2008

IIT Madras’ (IIT-M) management programme, often sidelined in favour of the institute’s popular BTech stream, is drawing attention on the placement front. Prominent finance and consulting firms debuted during the placement season this year, instilling confidence in students of IITM’s six-year old management stream.

“It was difficult to get companies for placements in the first few years. Our seniors have helped in getting more companies to the campus this year,” a student placement co-ordinator said.

The new recruiters on campus were Lehman Brothers, Fidelity, MarketRx, Irevna equity research, Aranca, and Firstsource, seeking candidates in investment banking, business consulting and research analysis space.
Consulting, IT, and finance retained their popularity among the students. Companies such as Avalon Consulting, ICRA management Consultancy Services, KPMG, IBM, Infosys, Wipro, Citibank and Kotak Mahindra Bank represented these sectors.

On the operations side, the recruiters were Caterpillar and Schlumberger. International profiles in marketing were offered by a UAE-based company, CSEM. Totally, 25 companies were present this time, to recruit from a pool of 61 students. The average domestic salary offered stood at Rs 8.5 lakh per annum, a 9% jump from the Rs 7.8 lakh per annum last year. The highest domestic salary offered was Rs 14 lakh per annum while the average foreign salary was $65,000.

Interestingly, Lehman Brothers and Schlumberger visit the BTech stream of IIT-M also for recruitment each year. When asked if this didn’t create a conflict of interest, the student co-ordinator said, “In the BTech stream, they recruit analysts and seek students with good number-crunching skills. In our case, the profiles veer towards marketing and consulting functions.”

However, recruitment from prestigious business houses may have picked up in the last two years, but entrepreneurship hasn’t. In the current batch, for instance, only one of the 61 students, opted to start up a venture and skipped the placement jamboree.

“After my engineering, I opted to work independently and I’ll do the same after management. I will start a venture in the education services space, because I believe there is a lot of scope for business there,” said N Sathyanarayan.

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