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Around for a little over a decade in the country, these companies find themselves at a crossroads amid low acceptance among investors and poor business metrics. What should they do?

Earlier this month, two proxy advisory firms took on India’s richest man. They urged institutional investors of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries—India’s most valuable company—to vote against the appointment of his youngest son, Anant Ambani, on the board.
Proxy advisors, as the name suggests, are independent firms that advise institutional investors on management actions and board resolutions. They usually track listed companies. Put simply, they act as watchdogs for corporate governance on behalf of shareholders. That’s exactly what the two firms were doing for Reliance’s shareholders.
On 9 October, Mumbai-based Institutional Investor Advisory Services (IiAS) said that “at 28 years of …
Instead of going after scale like Jio, the Sunil Bharti Mittal-led telecom giant is chasing a smaller but higher-quality customer base to grow its home broadband segment. Will the bet pay off?
While the Rs 9,000 crore promoter investment in Q1 brings a measure of reassurance, investors will still have to wait for Jio and retail to work through their challenges.