George Mathew is an Associate Editor with The Indian Express, based in Mumbai. A veteran of financial journalism with nearly three decades of experience, he is one of the country’s most authoritative voices on banking, regulation, and the corporate sector.
Expertise & Focus Areas Mathew’s reporting covers the nerve center of India’s economy. His specialized beats include:
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI): He has tracked the central bank's policy evolution through the tenures of multiple Governors, offering deep insights into monetary policy, repo rates, and banking regulation.
Banking & Insurance: Extensive coverage of public and private sector banks, non-performing assets (NPAs), and key legislative reforms like the Insurance Amendment Bills.
Corporate Affairs: Mathew frequently breaks major stories related to India's largest conglomerates, with a specific focus on the Tata Group, documenting boardroom shifts and strategic decisions.
Financial Markets: Reporting on the complexities of Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), IPOs, and currency fluctuations.
Authoritativeness & Insight With a career dating back to the late 1990s, Mathew possesses a rare institutional memory of India’s financial liberalization and market crises. His work is not limited to daily news; he frequently contributes to the "Explained" section, where he decodes complex financial legislations and market trends for a broader audience. His rigorous reporting has also been featured in scholarly platforms like the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW).
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April 15, 2000 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, APR 14: It's now advantage FIIs (foreign institutional investors) in the Indian stock markets. With the Finance Ministry declaring...
Sat, Apr 15, 2000
April 04, 2000 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, APRIL 3: The great infotech party may not be over, but for the time being, it's certainly taken a big beating. Today, there are fe...
Tue, Apr 04, 2000
March 18, 2000 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, MAR 17: The impending visit of sultan of capitalism to the sub-continent has not set the Indian markets on fire. Indian stocks, wh...
Sat, Mar 18, 2000
March 12, 2000 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, MAR 11: The fall was faster and steeper than expected. Blue chip `old economy' stocks have plunged by an average of 32 per cent in...
Sun, Mar 12, 2000
February 28, 2000 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 27: While the ICE (infotech, communication and entertainment) stocks have soared to dizzy heights on the stock markets, t...
Mon, Feb 28, 2000
February 26, 2000 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, FEB 25: Continuing the saga of excessive speculation and manipulation, information technology stocks were battered on the stock ma...
Sat, Feb 26, 2000
February 07, 2000 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 6: Less than a year ago, Mascon Global share price was quoted at just one rupee. Now the stock has jumped to Rs 348.85 wi...
Mon, Feb 07, 2000
January 31, 2000 00:00 IST
INDIA Inc has once again proved its resilience. Coming out more or less unscathed from the grueling restructuring process and reform saga,...
Mon, Jan 31, 2000
January 08, 2000 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, JAN 7: Yesterday's darlings have become today's untouchables. Information technology stocks which defied stock market valuation ru...
Sat, Jan 08, 2000
January 01, 2000 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, DECEMBER 31: Believe it or not, top 20 business groups in the country have made a whopping loss of Rs 3,322 crore in the year 1998...
Sat, Jan 01, 2000
December 30, 1999 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, DECEMBER 29: After software, stock manipulators have now started targeting hundreds of companies in the B2 group. Share prices of ...
Thu, Dec 30, 1999
December 26, 1999 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, DEC 25: Will the government decision to throw open insurance sector to private companies hit the existing public sector companies?...
Sun, Dec 26, 1999
December 16, 1999 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, DECEMBER 15: Hutchison Telecom of Hong Kong, which is close to buying the 49 per cent equity stake held by non-resident Indians an...
Thu, Dec 16, 1999
December 16, 1999 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, DEC 15: Hutchison Telecom of Hong Kong, which is close to buying the 49 per cent equity stake held by non-resident Indians and Swi...
Thu, Dec 16, 1999
December 13, 1999 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, DECEMBER 12: Venture capitalists are flocking to India. The infotech boom in India has brought venture capital financiers in drove...
Mon, Dec 13, 1999
December 09, 1999 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, DEC 8: The heads of financial institutions who are meeting here on Thursday are likely to consider a $ 104 million (around Rs 455 ...
Thu, Dec 09, 1999
December 06, 1999 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, DEC 5: Manipulators are back again. The markets are once again dominated by speculators who are now engaged in a rigging exercise ...
Mon, Dec 06, 1999
November 29, 1999 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, NOV 28: Indian Bank, which is already saddled with huge losses, is in a quandary over its mutual fund subsidiary. Indian Bank Mut...
Mon, Nov 29, 1999
November 22, 1999 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, NOV 21: While infotech, pharma and multinational companies made waves on the stock markets last year and brought the likes of Nar...
Mon, Nov 22, 1999
November 07, 1999 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, NOV 6: The Festival of Lights Diwali has not fully brightened prospects for Corporate India. While there is a significant rise in...
Sun, Nov 07, 1999
November 01, 1999 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, OCT 31: When everything was going in favour of the stock market, the slide began. A stable government is in place at the Centre, ...
Mon, Nov 01, 1999
October 20, 1999 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, OCT 19: When other mutual funds are getting bigger, here's one which is becoming smaller in size. The corpus of Morgan Stanley Gr...
Wed, Oct 20, 1999
October 04, 1999 00:00 IST
Nearly seven years after the Rs 4,000 crore-plus securities scam surfaced, law has finally caught up with stockbroker `Big Bull' Harshad ...
Mon, Oct 04, 1999
September 28, 1999 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, SEPT 27: The Rajasthan High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the role of the Bangur gr...
Tue, Sep 28, 1999
September 24, 1999 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, SEPT 23: Lenders have hauled Pentafour Products Ltd (PPL), a sister concern of software blue chip Pentafour Software and Exports ...
Fri, Sep 24, 1999



