Due Diligence

How 3 simple vendor checks helped me avoid fraud

Some of us evaluate a vendor before entering into a transaction. Some of us don’t. Many times it is difficult to get any useful information on that vendor. Things work by word of mouth until they go bad. Broadly …

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3 things you should check before meeting a client

‘Know your customer’. It is one mantra that we hear repeatedly for successful sales closings. No secret about it. But what and how? We have enumerated 3 essential things that should be checked to prepare for a sales meeting. The …

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3 essential things to check before your lend personal money to SMEs – Part 1

Lending has been a way of life in India. It is routine for us to lend money to businesses run by our relatives, friends or their friends. However, many of us have also been burnt in the process. Whether you …

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How 3 simple vendor checks helped me avoid fraud

Some of us evaluate a vendor before entering into a transaction. Some of us don’t. Many times it is difficult to get any useful information on that vendor. Things work by word of mouth until they go bad. Broadly speaking, …

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5 essential checks of your vendor onboarding process

The vendor onboarding policies and thoroughness of due-diligence depends on several factors like the size of your organisation, criticalness of a vendor to your business, size and nature of transaction, etc. However, these are five essential checks you should always …

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Tofler explains the Ratio Analysis: Activity and Solvency ratios

In continuation with our financial statement analysis series, we looked at the ratio analysis and two key ratios used for analysis in the last article. In this article we explore the other two key ratios that are used, viz., activity …

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Tofler explains Ratio Analysis, the Liquidity and Profitability Ratios

Ratio analysis is one of the most widely used technique for analyzing financial statements. In this article we explore what ratio analysis is, its categories and two of the key ratios to look at- liquidity and profitability. Ratio Analysis Ratio …

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Demystifying the “mysterious” large donors of the Aam Aadmi Party

Given the recent brouhaha around the mysterious large donors of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), we decided to put the resources available at Tofler to use for finding out more about these companies. The issue is the appearance of four …

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Due Diligence for doing business with small / medium companies

Are you doing business with a Small or Medium sized company? Are you a vendor, customer or a competitor of a Small or Medium Enterprise (SME).  Are you planning to enter into a Joint venture with it? How do you …

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Areas of Due Diligence

If you were to conduct a Due Diligence of a company/business, what aspects and areas would you cover? How will you start with it? Yes, I know, what you are thinking – What is the purpose of that Due Diligence? …

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What is Due Diligence?

Due Diligence means ‘reasonable care‘. In relation to transactions / dealing with other entities, due diligence implies taking reasonable care to ensure that an entity has knowledge of those facts (disclosed and undisclosed) which can influence its decision …

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