The proposal would also be put before the Cabinet for approval
The Reserve Bank Friday cancelled the certificate of registrations of as many as 31 non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) for unspecified reasons. It also cancelled the certificate of registrations of 17 NBFCs following a request by them for the same. The action comes amid difficulties faced by the NBFCs sector. A majority 27 of the 31 companies which lost their licences are from Bengal,the central bank said in a statement. Bengal is followed by Uttar Pradesh, which has seen four NBFC licence cancellations, the RBI said, making it clear that these companies should not carry out business activities from here on. A majority of voluntary application for licence cancellation are also from Bengal, it said. The list includes Ramky Finance & Investment, which is based in Hyderabad. It also has city-based Propycon Trading & Investments, according to the RBI announcement. It can be noted that there are more than 12,000 registered NBFCs in the country under the regulation of
Rating agency CRISIL in a statement said there had been some change in market sentiment over the past two weeks with gradual easing in funding access for non-banks
Credit enhancements have been allowed for corporate bonds for the infrastructure sector but there weren't many takers for this, said bond arrangers
Nearly Rs 2 trillion ($27.23 billion) of NBFC and HFC debt is due for redemption by the end of December, the DEA said in its letter
On November 5, debt totaling Rs 113.8 billion is set to mature, while on November 26, debt worth Rs 147 billion is coming up for redemption
Saravana Kumar, chief investment officer at LIC Mutual Fund tells Puneet Wadhwa that investors should focus on large-cap schemes in these uncertain times
A comprehensive and pragmatic view of the risk and finance functions is necessary
The ongoing liquidity crisis in NBFCs has "rattled" realty sector as this could hit fund inflows to developers as well as home buyers, and lead to slowdown in housing demand-supply, said a report by real estate consultant Anarock Thursday. The real estate industry might also witness consolidation because of liquidity crunch, he said. The NBFC sector is under crisis since last month when it came to light that IL&FS group defaulted on short-term loans. "The ongoing NBFC crisis has, for all intents and purposes, hijacked Indian real estate's growth story over the short to mid-term. It will not only freeze funds to the real estate sector but also impact private equity (PE) funds flowing into the sector," Anarock Chairman Anuj Puri said in a report. PE players would become extra cautious in lending to developers and prefer last-mile funding, meaning for projects nearing completion. "In the short term, funding for greenfield projects will cease to exist. This will inevitably impact new
India's central bank eased rules last week to help the nation's non-bank lenders access loans more easily
Selling now guarantees losses, and the only way to handle this would be to average down
Outstanding credit growth declined to 13.2% between FY15 and FY18 from 18.2% between FY08 and FY15
The RBI report said prices have been particularly tepid in the metros and Delhi
Repco Home Finance, DHFL, Indiabulls Housing Finance and Edelweiss Financial Services were down more than 5% on the BSE.
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The total securitisation portfolio of NBFCs was Rs 836 billion on fiscal 17-18, down from about Rs 900 billion in 2016-17, according to data from Icra
Analysts expect growth, margins to come under pressure
The RBI will tighten norms for NBFCs given that many are becoming systemically important
The medium, small and micro enterprise (MSME) financiers and microfinance (MFI) sub-sectors saw 26 deals apiece during the period
At a time when the economy is under stress because of the elevated bad assets, any such crisis from the NBFCs will further worsen the functioning of financial system as is evident in the case of IL&FS