Agam Vakil, BQ Prime

Agam Vakil

BQ Prime

Mumbai, MH, India

Contact Agam

Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.

Start free trial

Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • BQ Prime

Past articles by Agam:

Majesco Shares Surge After $594-Million Deal To Sell U.S. Arm To Thoma Bravo

Majesco signed a pact to sell its U.S. arm to Thoma Bravo, ramping up payouts to shareholders. → Read More

Analysts Hike Target Price For Wipro After Q1 Results

Most analysts hiked target price for Wipro Ltd. after the software services exporter’s profit and margin beat estimates in the quarter ended June even as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted business. → Read More

India’s Top IT Firms Set To Report A Drop In Revenue In Q1 FY21

Aggregate revenue of Nifty 50 IT companies—TCS, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Wipro and Tech Mahindra—is seen declining 2.5% sequentially in the June quarter. The drop in operating and net profit is expected to be much sharper. → Read More

Accenture Earnings Imply Improving Business Environment For Indian IT Firms

That Accenture has raised its revenue growth guidance sets an encouraging tone for Indian IT companies’ June quarter results, Motilal Oswal says. → Read More

Ashok Soota’s Happiest Minds Files Draft IPO Papers With SEBI

The proposed Happiest Minds IPO comprises a fresh issue of shares worth Rs 110 crore and an offer for sale by founder Ashok Soota and investor JPMorgan’s private equity firm CMDB II. → Read More

Hexaware’s Board To Discuss Voluntary Delisting Plan On June 12

Hexaware Delisting Plan: Promoter HT Global IT Solutions’ offer price of Rs 285 apiece is a 10% premium to Hexaware’s closing share price on Thursday. → Read More

TCS Sees The World As ‘A Different Place’ Coming Out Of The Pandemic

From aligning itself to evolving priorities to staying lean and nimble. From finding newer ways to create value to launching offerings that address current imperatives. India’s biggest information technology company bets on these themes as it aims to rebound and take advantage of opportunities that come up after the world emerges from the Covid-19 crisis. → Read More

Gartner Expects Global IT Spends To Dip In 2020 Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Coronavirus Impact On IT Sector: Worldwide IT spending is expected to decline 8 percent over last year to $3.4 trillion in 2020, Gartner says. Indian IT companies—Infosys, HCL Tech and Wipro—have already suspended their guidance for 2020-21. → Read More

Why Analysts Remain Bullish On Tech Mahindra Despite A Muted Fourth Quarter

Shares of Tech Mahindra Ltd. snapped their four-day gaining streak after the software services provider’s revenue and profit declined and margin contracted in the quarter ended March on disruptions caused by the new coronavirus pandemic. → Read More

Why Mindtree Stands Out Among Peers During Virus Turmoil

Bloomberg Bloomberg | Quint is a multiplatform, Indian business and financial news company. We combine Bloomberg’s global leadership in business and financial news and data, with Quintillion Media’s deep expertise in the Indian market and digital news delivery, to provide high quality business news, insights and trends for India’s sophisticated audiences. → Read More

What Analysts Made Of Wipro’s Fourth-Quarter Results

Most analysts cut target price for Wipro Ltd. after the Bengaluru-based software services provider temporarily halted its practice of providing quarterly revenue guidance amid disruptions caused by the new coronavirus pandemic. → Read More

Macquarie’s Top 10 Stock Picks In India Amid Market Turmoil

Macquarie has used a “bottom-up approach” to pick its Top 10 stocks in India. These are GAIL India, ICICI Bank, Petronet LNG, HDFC Bank, HCL Technologies, Cipla, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever, UltraTech Cement and Dr Reddy’s. → Read More

HUL Is The New Owner Of Horlicks, Boost

Hindustan Unilever Ltd. completed takeover of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd., bringing India’s largest selling malted milk drink Horlicks into the portfolio of the nation’s biggest consumer goods maker. → Read More

HCL Technologies Sees No Significant Impact From Covid-19 As Yet

Coronavirus Impact on IT Sector: HCL Technologies invokes business continuity plan and risk management framework to minimise coronavirus impact on employees and clients. Indian IT firms are expected to see a disruption due to Covid-19, given that they generate most of their business overseas. → Read More

In Charts: Indian IT During The 2008 Crisis and Now

Bloomberg Bloomberg | Quint is a multiplatform, Indian business and financial news company. We combine Bloomberg’s global leadership in business and financial news and data, with Quintillion Media’s deep expertise in the Indian market and digital news delivery, to provide high quality business news, insights and trends for India’s sophisticated audiences. → Read More

Accenture’s Earnings Imply Near-Term Pain For Indian IT Firms

Accenture Plc cut its revenue growth guidance for the ongoing quarter, indicating that the impact from global headwinds like the novel coronavirus outbreak may affect its earnings. That doesn’t bode well for Indian information technology companies. → Read More

Why Analysts See ITC Living Up To Their Optimism, Finally

ITC has been one of the worst performers among peers in the past one year. Analysts expect that to change. → Read More

Antony Waste Handling IPO: All The Details You Need To Know Before Subscribing

Antony Waste Handling IPO Review: Antony Waste Handling Cell is set to become the first waste manager to list in India. Here’s a review of the firm’s business, financials and key risks, as well as details on its IPO price band, issue size and valuation. → Read More

Consumption Slowdown: This Growth Strategy Is Not Helping FMCG Firms Anymore

India Consumption Slowdown: FMCG companies took to offering premium products in satchets to spur volumes and eventually margins by creating a habit. But customers are not only buying less due to the consumption slowdown, they are also going back to cheaper alternatives. → Read More

Why KPIT Technologies Is Poised To Catch Up With Tata Elxsi

Tata Elxsi Ltd. and KPIT Technologies Ltd. are two mid-sized Indian IT firms that provide similar services to global automotive manufacturers. Yet, they have had contrasting 10 months. → Read More