The appointment of Nirakar Pradhan as an Independent Director at Abakkus Investment Managers is the kind of announcement that rewards closer reading. On the surface, it is a board-level appointment at a prominent Indian asset management firm. Looked at more carefully, it is the arrival of a professional whose career represents one of the most comprehensive journeys through institutional finance that the Indian market has produced in a generation. World Development Corporation

A Boardroom Scene That Didn't Exist Three Years Ago Picture a boardroom in Dubai, late 2025. Six directors. Coffee. The agenda used to be three pages. Now it's eleven. Somewhere on page seven, between "Q3 Marketing Spend" and "New Hires," there's a line item nobody loves: Transfer Pricing Documentation Review. Three years ago, this conversation didn't happen here. UAE businesses didn't think about corporate tax because there wasn't any. You ran your numbers, you paid your VAT