'With technology advancing rapidly, the need for branches is declining.'
Question remains, what happens when the overseeing committees' members themselves are questioned by investigative agencies?
'Indian non-bank lenders stand exposed to a deteriorating credit quality environment.' 'Such a deterioration could put at risk the value of NCDs purchased by the mutual funds and expose investors in bond and liquid funds to a risk of capital loss.'
Thinning valuation gap between these and mid-caps indicates a shift in investors' preferences.
Infrastructure stocks are once again gaining traction.
Johnson Controls-Hitachi, Voltas, Blue Star, Whirlpool recently recorded new 52-week highs but still haven't lost their steam
Discussion paper fixes Rs 1,000 cr as minimum capital for these specialised banks
Arundhati Bhattacharya talks about SBI's strategies, its aim to be among the top 30 banks globally, and stressed assets resolution.
Barry Eichengreen, professor of economics and political science, University of California, Berkeley, analyzes the transparency of the Reserve Bank of India, the growth rate of the Indian economy and why he feels globalisation can never be rolled back.
The limit of indebtedness comes down to Rs 15,000 crore from 2018-19, and then Rs 10,000 crore from April 2019 onwards
However, RBI would continue to nudge banks to cut lending rates
Banks to get more aggressive and act like PE investors
With at least three IPOs in the offing this year, stock market investors have a lot to look forward to.
The P-75 index, a subset of BSE 500 stocks, has severely underperformed the broader market across time horizons
Quite a few large- and mid-cap stocks are yet to recover from the note ban, pharma, banking and rural demand-based industries among laggards.
Known for stable returns, near debt-free status and dividend track record, these 10 PSU stocks are worth buying now.
While gold returned 12 per cent annual gain in 10 years, Nifty didn't exceed 9 per cent.
Demands include 5-day banking, PF to be calculated on total salary and allowances, not only on basic
Banks are clear that lending rates are not going to fall further, say Hamsini Karthik and Anup Roy.
Unless companies press the pedal on implementation, further stock price gains might be limited, says Hamsini Karthik.
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