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Mahattva Episode 3 – Frank Speak of Financial Markets: Talk with Dr. Frank Fabozzi

What does the future of finance look like through the eyes of someone who has witnessed its evolution over the last 60 years?

🎙️ In the upcoming episode of Mahattva, Mr. Vinod Kothari will interact with the legendary Frank J. Fabozzi, who is one of the world’s foremost authorities on fixed income and investment management, for a fascinating conversation on the transformation of global financial markets, the rise of fintech, the changing role of financial intermediation, and the ideas that will shape the next era of finance.

From decades of wisdom to tomorrow’s possibilities, this is a discussion you won’t want to miss.

📅 June 19, 2026

🕕 6:00 PM IST

▶️ Streaming on YouTube

Mark your calendars and stay tuned! 🚀

We will be sending a limited number of invitations to participants who register their interest in advance to attend the live Zoom session. The conversation will be livestreamed on YT as well.

Register your interest here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcaU9LLxVnAxjUnAx6lb2JRCM4eeMFrofPXudmo4t83wqYhg/viewform?usp=dialog 

The Promise of Predictability: Regulation and Taxation of Future Flow Securitization

Dayita Kanodia | Executive | finserv@vinodkothari.com

The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it

Abraham Lincoln

Surely, Lincoln did not have either  securitisation  or predictability in mind when he wrote this motivational piece; however, there is an interesting and creative use of securitisation methodology, to raise funding based on cashflows which have some degree of predictability.  In many businesses, once an initial framework has been created, cashflows trickle over time without much performance over time. These situations become ideal to use securitisation, by pledging this stream of cashflows to raise funding upfront. Surely, traditional methods of on-balance-sheet funding fail here, as there is very little assets on the balance sheet.

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