Ordinance on NPAs – The Fight Continues…
The promulgation of the Ordinance yesterday for resolution of Non Performing Assets (NPAs) is another measure to tackle the crisis gripping the banking sector. Yet, the ordinance could be another dead ball…
Corporate & Financial Sector Performance – RBI Report..
Corporate sector have improved its financial position substantially during first half of 2016-17 as per the Financial Stability Report published by RBI last week. However, the impact of this on…
Corporate Investment – Is there a turnaround.??
After years of decline, Corporate investment appears to be readying for a take-off as per a report released by RBI. Aggregate loan sanctioned by banks and financial institutions (FIs) during FY16 rose…
Public Sector Banks – Performance revisited..
SBI and a number of other Public Sector Banks (PSBs) declared their results for June’16 quarter last Friday. The results was a big sigh of relief as it provided much…
Bank Recapitalization – Precursor to consolidation..?!
Government’s decision to recapitalize banks is a prudent move which would reduce considerable stress from the banking sector. Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have been reeling under the load of growing NPAs…
HCC – Too old to fail..!
HCC (Hindustan Construction Company) got reprieve from the lenders last week with the invocation of S4A (Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets) scheme, released by RBI to tide over the bad…
Financial Stability Report – The Good and the Not so good…
RBI released its Financial stability report, published twice a year, last week. The report shows a significant reduction in financial stress being faced by the corporate sector even though operational stress,…
Restructuring SDR…!
RBI has come out with yet another set of guidelines to fight stressed Assets, the third in last about two and half years. While the guidelines reflect RBI’s intense deliberation…
‘Bank’ing on Consolidation..
State Bank of India (SBI) has set the ball rolling for consolidation in banking sector with stating its intentions to merge the associate banks with itself, a long awaited move.…
Punjab National Bank -Why this provisioning..?
PNB results have come as a shocker with bank reporting loss of more than Rs 5,000 crore in March’16 quarter and about Rs 4,000 crore for the full year. Indeed,…