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India's private credit market has doubled in size in the past five years to about USD 25 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM) as of 2025 end, and will further expand amid strong financing demand, Moody's Ratings said on Thursday. However, the new RBI norms which allow banks to finance acquisitions will increase competition in a segment historically dominated by alternative capital. "While the new rules may benefit borrowers by lowering costs for financing and increasing its availability, they could compress yields and reduce deal flows for private credit providers for acquisition financing," Moody's said. As per the new RBI rules effective July 1, RBI, for the first time, has allowed banks to fund strategic acquisitions of equity shares and compulsorily convertible debentures, subject to certain conditions. Moody's said India's private credit market has expanded rapidly over the past five years, evolving from a source of financing primarily for distressed companies to a provide
Aadhar Housing Finance, which caters to the low-income group segment, aims to grow its asset under management (AUM) to Rs 50,000 crore over the next three financial years, helped by an 18-20 per cent increase in loans. The housing finance firm, having a ticket size of less than Rs 15 lakh, closed FY26 with an AUM of Rs 30,571 crore. "We are anticipating 18-20 per cent loan growth, and with this run rate, we expect to cross the Rs 50,000 crore milestone by FY29," Aadhar Housing Finance MD and CEO Rishi Anand told PTI. The affordable housing segment continues to benefit from structural drivers, including favourable demographics, increasing formalisation, and continued policy support such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), he said. When asked about the outlook for the bottom line, he said the company would maintain a net profit run rate of 20-22 per cent. The mortgage firm witnessed a 22 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 1,108 crore and gross NPA of 1.08 per cent as against 1.05 p
Assets under management of non-banking financial companies specialising in gold loans are set to log a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 40 per cent between this fiscal and next, surpassing Rs 4 lakh crore by March 2027, a report said. The surge will be driven by elevated gold prices, a shift towards secured credit and an evolved regulatory environment, outpacing the CAGR of 27 per cent clocked between fiscals 2023 and 2025, said the report by Crisil Ratings. Gold prices soared about 68 per cent in the first nine months of this fiscal year to an all-time high. "This enhances collateral values, enabling lenders to scale up disbursements," it said. Furthermore, amid the limited availability of credit from segments such as unsecured lending, borrowers are looking for other sources of funding. To capitalise on these lending opportunities, gold-loan NBFCs (both large and mid-size ones) have been expanding their market presence, despite stiff competition from banks, Crisil Rati