Premiumisation, improving demand aid realisation growth at most large firms
'With technology advancing rapidly, the need for branches is declining.'
If customers did not see value in what we provide them at the price point at which we provide these, they would not have been there with us in such a competitive market, says HDFC deputy managing director Paresh Sukthankar.
Question remains, what happens when the overseeing committees' members themselves are questioned by investigative agencies?
Number of stocks trading above 50 times and 100 times earnings are at record highs. When this happened in 2015 and 2016, the Sensex fell 22.6 per cent in a little over a year's time after peaking in January 2015, while it fell by 11.3 per cent in two months from its peak in September 2016.
The continuing stress faced by corporate India has weakened their debt-servicing capability and this is reflected in the banks' books, as yet-burgeoning bad loans.
'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.'
What stocks will gain from a normal monsoon?
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
Historically, overall credit has grown at 1.6 times GDP growth
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.
They now believe their money will be repaid after completion of the tenure of the instruments they have invested in, says Anup Roy.
Dealers say foreign investors are now taking keen interest in lower-rated corporate bonds, too
Deficits could come under more pressure in coming years as states implement their own Pay Commissions.