aditya birla capital
10 ARTICLES
Why is Vishakha Mulye pushing her executives hard?
The CEO of the financial services business of the Aditya Birla Group has little to show for her near three years at the helm. That her digital push has turned out to be a dud only makes it worse.
06 Feb 2025
Kumar Mangalam Birla is spending his way out of a tight spot
Long known to be conservative with cash, the Aditya Birla Group chairman is on an acquisition and expansion spree. A lot of it has to do with the sudden threat to his cement dominance—his pride and joy.
21 Aug 2024
Once a star, Aditya Birla Group’s life insurance business is floundering
A crumbling distribution network and whimsical decision-making combine to bring the insurer to a sorry pass. A failure to take hard decisions hereon can only make the situation worse.
06 Aug 2024
Aditya Birla Capital’s Vishakha Mulye takes a big step in clean-up mission
The merger of the holding company with its NBFC subsidiary is expected to give the CEO the added heft she needs to whip the financial services business into shape.
14 Mar 2024
Is Ananya the next Birla waiting in the wings?
Riding on the success of her microfinance venture and bolstered by the recent acquisition of Sachin Bansal’s Chaitanya, Kumar Mangalam’s daughter is seen as perfectly poised to take the helm at Aditya Birla Capital.
14 Sept 2023
With Aditya Birla Capital infusion, Kumar Mangalam goes for an image makeover
By bringing in a big chunk of fresh equity, the promoter addresses investors’ concerns about his reluctance to commit his own funds. The question is, will it be enough?
27 Jun 2023
Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC is on a slippery slope
Poor investment decisions and chronic underperformance have led to the Aditya Birla Group’s mutual funds business steadily losing assets under management as well as market share.
21 Feb 2023
Aditya Birla Capital’s new CEO is in a hurry
Vishakha Mulye is ushering in big changes at the financial services company, in the process ruffling a few feathers.
01 Sept 2022
Whistleblower letter forced Ajay Srinivasan out of Aditya Birla Capital
Despite numerous problems at the financial services arm of the Aditya Birla Group, its CEO had managed to hang on. But the whistleblower’s complaint proved to be the last straw.
16 May 2022
How long can Ajay Srinivasan stay at Aditya Birla Capital?
Amid wealth erosion, sluggish growth, management churn and constant controversies, the CEO’s days might just be numbered.
24 Nov 2021