Business Chief USA August 2020

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We also don’t know if there is going to
be a variation of the virus that comes
in winter and what the retail sector is
going to look like. A lot of the traditional
companies have fallen down
due to being replaced by technology
companies that can meet the change
in customer behaviour and demands.”
Ultimately, Krishnan highlights
that all of these inputs in the investor
management models would provide
outputs, which would be shared with
the entire investment community,
fostering good investor relations.
However, “the models are not able
to produce the outputs with a high
degree of probability. At best you can
give a range or a best guesstimate,
because investor management is
facing global impact that crosses
industries, companies, consumers
and governments. While the virus
may affect regions differently, there
is no doubt that each country and
industry will be impacted considerably,
unfortunately a lot of the survivors will
depend on having at least an 80% to
90% capacity utilisation. This creates
AUGUST 2020