India’s retail inflation dropped to 2.99% year-on-year in April from 3.89% in March. Lower food price inflation and the so-called base effect played a role…
Finally, RBI cracks the Da Vinci code of Indian banking
For many Indian banks, keeping asset quality impeccable at any cost is the Holy Grail to satisfying investors and pushing up their valuations. From now…
The big dreams of small finance banks
All the 10 small finance banks that have got the in-principle licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are now armed with the regulator’s…
NPA ordinance: The last act of bad loan resolution?
Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor Subir Gokarn once said banks’ NPAs (non-performing assets) are like cancer; if not treated at an early…
Is the ordinance empowering RBI the last act of bad loans resolution?
Over the next fortnight, many state-owned banks, led by the nation’s largest lender State Bank of India, are expected to aggressively push for deep restructuring…
Will RBI walk the talk on bank consolidation?
Talks on consolidation in Indian banking have been going on for almost two decades. A seminal report on banking reforms, authored by a panel headed…
Every thing you want to know about Indian bond market but were afraid to ask
A senior executive of an old private bank who had spent many years in a large state-owned bank’s treasury was all smiles last week, narrating…
The untold story of India’s bond market
It is no secret that Indian banks’ treasury income, which contributed handsomely to their profit in calendar year 2016 as bond prices rose and yields…