Downgrade of banks is a bad precursor for Equity markets
Posted on 15 Apr 2020Moody’s recently downgraded the outlook for Indian banks from Stable to Negative. This downgrade assumes significance as it comes at a stage when markets are already under pressur..
Read More ECB Sept'19 Meeting review - Draghi initiates Infinite QE
Posted on 13 Sep 2019
Draghi did not disappointed in yesterday's ECB meeting as we expected and delivered a strong accommodative package to target falling inflation and growth expectations i..
Read More Exemptions need to taper off in coming years
Posted on 30 Sep 2019
In India, there are four primary tax exemptions, which account for the bulk of incentives given to corporates:
1. Companies operating in special economic zones (SEZ) th..
Read More IBHSGFIN-LAKSHVILAS merger - Yet another transition of NBFC into universal banking license
Posted on 08 Apr 2019
In a strategic move, Indiabulls Housing Finance (IBULHSGFIN) has announced a merger with 569-branch strong south-India based regional bank Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LAKSHVILAS)
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Read More India GDP growth slows down significantly
Posted on 03 Jun 2019India's GDP growth plunged to 20-quarter low to 5.8% in Q4 FY19. With this, the full year FY19 GDP growth comes to 6.8% (5-year low) compared 7.2% in FY18. GVA growth for FY19 stood at ..
Read More Maharashtra farm loan waiver approved - Yet another first aid.
Posted on 08 Jan 2020Maharashtra government recently approved a farm loan waiver scheme for short-term crop loans provided loans outstanding (including penalty and interest) do not exceed Rs2..
Read More March 2019 AMFI data - ending year on a high
Posted on 09 Apr 2019
MF AUM increased in Mar’19 despite outflow in liquid funds Overall, the mutual fund (MF) industry’s assets under management (AUM) increased by Rs63200 cr MoM, he..
Read More RBI Aug 2019 meeting preview - 25bps rate cut priced in but more required
Posted on 07 Aug 2019
Market expects the August 2019 MPC to vote for a cut in Repo rate by 25 bps today, with a 6-0 voting pattern, driven by growing domestic and global growth concerns. Any signal b..
Read More RBI makes it mandatory for Retail/SME loans to be priced on external benchmarks
Posted on 05 Sep 2019
In a late evening notification yesterday, RBI has asked banks to benchmark new floating rate personal loans and SME loans to external benchmarks from 1 October 2019. The d..
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