Agile Investors – Need some in India

Of late I have been wondering why India has not produced agile investors. A name that comes to mind is Carl Icahn. His recent efforts to engineer what I think is a logical separation of two business of a large North American company that will undoubtedly create two winners instead on one combined loser is commendable. Someone like me, who is an observer far, removed from the action, can only attribute it to Icahn. It may be that the management was progressing down this path at Icahn accelerated the process.

I see the need for several Icahn’s in India. I am sure such investors will protect the small investors more effectively than any regulator by ensuring that the management of the companies they have stake in are accountable to their shareholders and focus on creating wealth for them. Are views of mine stemming out of greed, I would say no as I personally do not invest in shares.