Interview with Chairman & managing director, Dena Bank

We'll take bulk deposits only if  absolutely necessary: Ashwani Kumar

Business Standard

Ashwini Kumar

State-run lender Dena Bank was able to contain slippages but seen few large accounts slipping into NPA category during the third quarter

We are able to contain slippages of small accounts: Ashwini Kumar

Margins will improve in 2-3 quarters: S K Jain

Interview with Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India

We should be careful about expanding misdirected subsidies: Raghuram Rajan

Our mandate is to bring down inflation: Raghuram Rajan

Jaideep Khanna

The year 2013 has not been easy for investment banks in India. The uncertain economic environment and volatile market conditions have discouraged companies from equity issuances, while the number of M&A (merger and acquisition) deals has been fewer than previous years. Barclays India has been focusing on corporate and investment banking business after it exited from its retail operations in 2011. Jaideep Khanna, country head and chief executive of Barclays India, cautions that 2014 is likely to be another challenging year for investment banks in the country, but remains confident of the growth in the foreign lender's businesses. In an interview with Somasroy Chakraborty, he shares his views on the economic environment and details Barclays' future plans in India.

2014 will be another lacklustre year for investment banks: Jaideep Khanna

Interview with Reserve Bank of India Governor

Let's first fight the fight that needs to be fought: Raghuram Rajan

BS Reporter

Private life insurer Aegon Religare Life Insurance, which has been a strong player in the online terms space is looking to continue its focus in this segment. In an interview with M Saraswathy, K S Gopalakrishnan, MD & CEO of Aegon Religare Life Insurance talks about their strategy and the way forward.

Profitability is still some time away: K S Gopalakrishnan

Call on rates depends on whether the RBI believes the trend of lower inflation will continue

RBI talking tough but may not follow hawkish policy yet

Romesh Sobti

We are not dogmatic about growing balance sheet: Romesh Sobti

Thomas John Muthoot

Innteview with Chairman & MD, Muthoot Pappachan Group

Reserve Bank's decision to increase LTV will rebuild lost confidence: Thomas John Muthoot

Vikram Limaye

For Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), infrastructure had been a booming segment. With new projects almost at a standstill, Vikram Limaye, managing director and chief executive officer, tells Clifford Alvares the company would have to look beyond infrastructure in the future. Edited excerpts:

It'll take at least 12 months for investments to resume: Vikram Limaye

Private general insurer, Future Generali India Insurance has exited unviable accounts in group health space to maintain and improve profitability, at a time when peers are going aggressive in this portfolio. In an interview with M Saraswathy, KG Krishnamoorthy Rao, MD & CEO, Future Generali India Insurance talks about this strategy and the way forward. Excerpts:

Paperless motor policies will take time: K G Krishnamoorthy Rao

Mushtaq Ahmad, MD and CEO at Jammu and Kashmir Bank believes further development in the state coupled with expansion in other geographies will drive strong loan growth for the bank

Confident of delivering 15% plus loan growth this fiscal: Mushtaq Ahmad

We will be able to contain bad loans: Vijayalakshmi Iyer

Raghuram Rajan

Q&A with Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan

Page 25 - Interviews

We'll take bulk deposits only if absolutely necessary: Ashwani Kumar

We are able to contain slippages of small accounts: Ashwini Kumar

Margins will improve in 2-3 quarters: S K Jain

We should be careful about expanding misdirected subsidies: Raghuram Rajan

Our mandate is to bring down inflation: Raghuram Rajan

We should be careful about expanding misdirected subsidies: Raghuram Rajan

2014 will be another lacklustre year for investment banks: Jaideep Khanna

Let's first fight the fight that needs to be fought: Raghuram Rajan

Profitability is still some time away: K S Gopalakrishnan

RBI talking tough but may not follow hawkish policy yet

We are not dogmatic about growing balance sheet: Romesh Sobti

Reserve Bank's decision to increase LTV will rebuild lost confidence: Thomas John Muthoot

It'll take at least 12 months for investments to resume: Vikram Limaye

Paperless motor policies will take time: K G Krishnamoorthy Rao

Confident of delivering 15% plus loan growth this fiscal: Mushtaq Ahmad

We will be able to contain bad loans: Vijayalakshmi Iyer

We have to be very careful while raising rates: Raghuram Rajan

We want DFI status restored, to become a term lending institution: Malay Mukherjee

Expect to raise market share this year: G Srinivasan

We're making a tectonic shift from wholesale to retail banking: Arun Kaul