Typically, ahead of the Union Budget, this column deals with the likely government borrowing in the next financial year and its impact on bond yields….
WAR For Deposits Will Intensify
While driving from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai’s second business district, on the Western Express Highway, large billboards on…
A Matter Of Tenure & Retirement For Nationalised Bank Chiefs
The Financial Services Institutions Bureau made recommendations for the successor of Bank of Baroda CEO and Managing Director Sanjiv Chadha and Bank of India chief…
The Kochharate: A Litmus Test For CBI
Last week, a special court remanded former MD and CEO of ICICI Bank Ltd Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon Group promoter Venugopal Dhoot to…
2022: A Year Of Three Cs for Indian Banking
As we approach the end of 2022, let’s look back at yet another eventful year for India’s financial sector — a year marked by three…
Four Years And Four Challenges Of RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
The 87-year-old Indian central bank has seen 25 governors. Benegal Rama Rau had the longest tenure — little over seven-and-a-half years, from July 1, 1949…
The NEW KID Kid On The INFRASTRUCTURE Financing Block
If you watch National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) Managing Director Rajkiran Rai closely, you will find a spring in his steps these…
No Pause In Sight: A 25-BPS Rate Hike In Feb Not Ruled Out
There are no surprises in the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) latest monetary policy, the last for calendar 2022. The repo rate has been raised…