India & Adani
Gautam Adani’s ties with Modi spur scrutiny of overseas deals
The Financial Times (UK)
Adani had made a deal for Bangladesh to import power from its 1,600MW Godda power plant in India, using coal from Adani’s Australian Carmichael mine. Tim Buckley said the Bangladeshi deal “is one of the most expensive power purchase agreements” he has ever seen and “strategically ridiculous” for Bangladesh.
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Gautam Adani: Will tycoon’s $100bn loss hit India’s green energy dreams?
BBC
In this feature, Tim Buckley notes that Adani’s troubles since it was accused of the world’s biggest con by Wall St research firm Hindenburg presents “huge potential capacity for other national players to step up, leveraging their domestic skills and capacity, combined with expanding global capital access and interest in investing in Indian renewables and grid infrastructure”.
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‘Brazen cronyism’: All eyes on Modi following explosive Adani allegations
Crikey
Tim Buckley told Crikey it’s clear the “pervasive corrupting influence of coal [is] permeating through all government decisions” as India eyes potential global superpower status and “Adani leverages crony capitalism for everything he can milk from it.”
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Inside The Offshore Empire Helmed By Gautam Adani’s Older Brother
Forbes
Tim Buckley in this Forbes magazine story on Adani’s brother in light of the Hindenburg allegations: “I’ve always thought it was a partnership. Gautam was the warm, cuddly, friendly public face of the pair, and Vinod the mastermind in the private tax haven, the real puppet master.”
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The Adani Group and India’s Foreign Policy
South Asian Voices
A feature on Adani’s international investments and their intersections with India’s foreign policy from Washington based think tank the Stimson Centre quotes Tim Buckley’s commentary from Washington Post.
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Could trouble for Adani trip up Narendra Modi?
The Guardian
Indian PM Modi is accused of helping Adani secure lucrative coal deals. Tim Buckley: “It’s interesting how the bigger Adani got in coal mining in India, the less momentum towards decarbonisation the Indian government seemed to be pursuing,”
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The Adani Group Saga Is Far From Over
Time magazine
This Time magazine story summarises the post-Hindenburg report Adani crisis, quoting Tim Buckley on the fact that the allegations of the “world’s biggest con” mean the conglomerate will need to scale back its plans as it struggles to raise capital
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Adani hit with investigation by Indian regulators as shares tumble again
The Guardian
As Indian financial regulator the Securities and Investments Board of India investigates Adani, Tim Buckley said the Group will try to weather the storm. “It is going into cash preservation mode. Adani might have to sell some assets but it won’t be terminal unless a regulator proves some of the allegations”.
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The Adani cloud over India
Al Jazeera
Tim Buckley comments on the Hindenburg allegations against Adani, noting that when you see a hugely complex network of offshore companies associated with an entity whose operations are mostly in India, the onus is on the company to say why they exist.
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The rise and fall of Gautam Adani
The Saturday Paper
Tim Buckley: “I’ve spent a lot of time looking at the Wirecard fraud in Germany. That was a financial services operator, worth about $24 billion, so much smaller than Adani, and in that case the auditors were asleep at the wheel, and politicians and regulators endorsed their business model, and that’s precisely what Hindenburg is alleging here.”
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OP ED | Adani: Are we witnessing a corporate Hindenburg?
Renew Economy
Tim Buckley’s op ed on the Adani crisis precipitated by the 24 January report from research firm and short seller Hindenburg. What’s the background to these assertions, how credible are they, and what are the implications?
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Only5mins! – Australia’s key minerals will make it a green energy superpower
PV Magazine
In this 5 minute explainer, Tim Buckley speaks to pv magazine about the crisis threatening Adani Group, the “positive outlook” for Australian renewables, and the nation’s potential to become a clean energy superpower, including supplying the value added critical minerals the world needs for the energy transition.
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