Impact Opportunities in India for Financial Institutions and Companies

A big thank you to all of you who joined our event on Impact Investment on Friday the 13th.

Key Topics that were discussed:

• Government Policies and Regulatory Frameworks
• The Role of Technology and Innovation in Scaling Impact
• Future Outlook, Sectoral Priorities, and Challenges

Agenda*:

13:00-13:15: Welcome Remarks by DMI, NorNAB, The Conduit

13:15-13:40: Keynote by Mr. K Rajaraman, Chairperson, IFSCA

13:40-14:20: Panel Discussion featuring:

• Mr. K Rajaraman, Chairperson, IFSCA
• Patrick Sandahl, Strategy Manager and Investment Director, Investinor
• Sagar Chandna, Senior Partner & CTO, Runway FBU
• Bjørnar Baugerud, Head of the Climate Investment Fund,
  Norfund

Moderator: Jørn Haanæs,

The IFSCA is a unified authority for the development and regulation of financial products, financial services and financial institutions in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in India. At present, the GIFT IFSC is the maiden international financial services centre in India. Prior to the establishment of IFSCA, the domestic financial regulators, namely, RBI, SEBI, PFRDA and IRDAI regulated the business in IFSC.

As the dynamic nature of business in the IFSC requires a high degree of inter-regulatory coordination within the financial sector, the IFSCA has been established as a unified regulator with a holistic vision in order to promote ease of doing business in IFSC and provide world class regulatory environment. The main objective of the IFSCA is to develop a strong global connection and focus on the needs of the Indian economy, as well as to serve as an international financial platform for the entire region and the global economy as a whole.