The unfavorable market condition has resulted in declining share of long-term market debt in the liability profile of shadow banks, and the gap has been filled by bank funding.
The declining market funding for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) is a cause for concern as it has the potential to heighten the liquidity risks the sector is already facing after the IL&FS debacle, the Financial Stability Report (FSR) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said.
While market funding for the sector as a whole has reduced, the sufferers because of this have been smaller NBFCs. Smaller, mid-sized NBFCs, which are AA or