SBI has said it has signed a pact with Brookfield to collaborate on investments as part of an ongoing stress asset resolution process
Cite low PLF, no long-term PPAs, delays in land acquisition and green nod as key hurdles
Bankers frustrated over big chunk for loss making banks
Global rating agency Fitch estimates the banking system needs around $90 bn of capital
75% of earmarked capital will be released immediately; rest linked to performance to be allocated later
Private sector lender has maintained an adequate loans to customer deposit ratio of 95% at end-March 2016
however, Rating agency flags concerns over weak fiscal position and yet difficult business environment
Using monetary policy tools to fight Rupee slide was toughest decision
China's Tidfore may pick stake in three-way venture
Consequently, that may adversely impact India's economic growth from FY18, says the ratings agency
The pilot that was rolled out in Bengaluru early this year, SBI Exclusif, witnessed encouraging results with 50% more response than projected
Unions had planned two-day strike to protest merger of SBI associates, IDBI privatisation; matter to be heard on July 20
Corporate sector continues to face headwinds
The initiatives of government, if relentlessly implemented, will do more to raise India's trend rather than cyclical growth seen now
IIML will offer structured products in infrastructure and real estate in the Middle East and Africa
CRISIL has assigned "AA+" rating to Bank of India's (BoI's) Rs 15.0 billion Tier II bond issue (under Basel III)
The Board discussed two specific areas of operations, namely, the Reserve Bank's budget and constitution of Monetary Policy Committee
Banks had commissioned techno-economic viability studies as well as forensic audits for stressed cases
Both the banks were both in midst of systematic plans to reduce stress on books and improve recoveries when they were impacted by RBI's Asset Quality Review
The agency expects to resolve the RWN during July 2016