In FY19, NBFCs had a 30% share in outstanding retail loans, while public sector lenders had a 39% share and private banks had 26%
Calling for radical corporate governance reforms at state-run banks, Das said their real test would be their ability to access capital from the markets rather than depending on the govt
The government has received a proposal from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the draft modalities of the credit guarantee scheme, which would be operationalised by the RBI
RBI's June 7 circular places onus on banks to take informed decisions while taking on exposure to the sector
Currently, it said, the NBFC has a presence across seven states
These are the first major appointments after Ravneet Gill became MD and CEO in the fourth quarter of FY19
EY analyses Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2019 for Business Standard, comparing the expectations of five key sectors of the economy and what they actually got in Budgetary provisions
RBI sets the average base rate for NBFC-MFIs on the basis of average of base rate of the five largest commercial banks
NBFCs are facing the highest delinquency levels in all the sub-segments of consumer loans except for loans against property
This market driven model of tackling liquidity crises has successfully been implemented in several countries and can benefit the NBFC sector
For investors to return to NBFCs, trust needs to be rebuilt in the financial system and its guardrails
Indian economy was closely linked to the global one, and if US-China trade relations deteriorated, it would be difficult for the RBI to sort out domestic issues with liquidity, he said
The depositors and investors, who are basically people who have put their hard-earned money, and pensioners who have put their savings in banks, mutual funds and LIC are not adequately protected
The main lesson from this crisis is the role of mutual funds and credit rating agencies, which offered the highest rating to junk paper
Das said that the RBI had reduced the period of the NBFC supervision to 12 months from 18 months earlier
These companies are seeking a level-playing field where all lenders in the segment come under a common code, namely the Code for Responsible Lending
The country's non-banking financial companies have raised more than $2 billion of overseas bonds and loans in 2019, a record compared with the same period in previous years
Pressure on NBFC sector to have stable funding base a major reason
There is an "imminent crisis" in the non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) sector as misadventures by some large entities and credit squeeze present a perfect recipe for disaster, a senior government official has said. In recent months, the country's financial system has been grappling with multiple woes in the wake of the turmoil at diversified IL&FS group as well as debt defaults by some other large entities. In an interview to PTI, Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas said the NBFC sector is facing issues of credit squeeze, over-leveraging and misadventures by some large entities. "There is an imminent crisis in the NBFC sector. There is a credit squeeze, over-leveraging, excessive concentration, massive mismatch between assets and liabilities, coupled with some misadventures by some very large entities, which is a perfect recipe for disaster," Srinivas said. However, he added that "responsible" companies are managing the risk well and are not facing such a dire ...
The stocks of large NBFCs have fallen in the last one year substantially, even as funding cost shot up