Chanda Kochhar, managing director and chief executive officer, ICICI Bank, in a post-earnings conference, said the bank aimed to maintain its margin at 2.6 per cent.

Q&A: Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank

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Canada-based Sun Life Financial Inc&rsquo;s first stint in India was from 1891 till the life insurance industry was nationalised in 1956. The company again started operations in 2000, when the industry was opened up. Dean A Connor, president, Sun Life, in his first interview in India, tells Niladri Bhattacharya &amp; N Sundaresha Subramanian the regulator should ensure a level playing field in the annuity business.

Q&A: Dean A Connor, President, Sun Life Financial Inc

Alok Misra, chairman and managing director of Bank of India, spells out his strategy for credit expansion, improving asset quality and recovery for the second half of the financial year, in conversation with Parnika Sokhi and Abhijit Lele.

Q&A: Alok Misra, MD & Chairman, Bank of India

At a time when the asset quality of public sector banks is under stress due to an uncertain economic environment and rising interest rates, Indian Bank appears confident of keeping a lid on fresh slippages. In an interview with T E Narasimhan and Somasroy Chakraborty, chairman and managing director T M Bhasin says the lender will focus on loan recoveries in the coming quarters.

Q&A: T M Bhasin, CMD, Indian Bank

Rising borrowing costs, strained cash flow and delays in execution of projects have prompted many Indian companies to restructure their existing debts with banks. Punjab National Bank (PNB), the country&rsquo;s second-largest lender, has restructured nearly Rs 20,000 crore of loans in the last three and a half years. In an interview with Somasroy Chakraborty and T E Narasimhan, Chairman and Managing Director, K R Kamath, says a debt recast is needed to aid borrowers in servicing their loans.

Q&A: K R Kamath, CMD, PNB

Sanjeeb Chaudhur, Standard Chartered&rsquo;s consumer banking business regional head for South Asia and global head of marketing, plans to introduce new products and services for the bank&rsquo;s retail clients in India. In an interview with Somasroy Chakraborty, he outlines his plan.

Q&A: Sanjeeb Chaudhuri, Standard Chartered

SBI chairman Pratip Chaudhuri tells Abhijeet Lele while the downgrade per se will not hurt the bank so much, going ahead, there are concerns on mid-sized corporate loans and the agriculture portfolio.

Q&A: Pratip Chaudhuri, Chairman, SBI

Y H Malegam, chairman of the Reserve Bank of India&rsquo;s panel on the licensing of new banks in the urban co-operative sector, in conversation with Abhijit Lele, gives his assessment of changes in the sector.

Q&A: Y H Malegam, Chairman, RBI panel

Asset-liability mismatch is inherent in the banking business. All banks run on certain mismatch of funds. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) places certain restrictions on individual buckets and mandates not to have mismatches beyond a certain limit. All our mismatches are within the prescribed limits.

Q&A: Bipin Kabra, Dhanlaxmi Bank

Reliance Industries&rsquo; acquisition of Bharti&rsquo;s stake in insurance ventures marks the entry of India's most valued company into the sector. Sandeep Ghosh, chief executive of Bharti AXA Life Insurance, tells Dipta Joshi even though Reliance is expected to be involved in strategic decisions, the operating control would remain with AXA.

Q&A: Sandeep Ghosh, CEO, Bharti AXA Life Insurance 

In an email response, Life Healthcare Managing Director Michael Flemming tells Joe C Mathew on what the deal means to his company.

Q&A: Michael Flemming, MD, Life Healthcare

In an email interview, Max India Limited managing director Rahul Khosla, who is co-chairman of the operational task force of Max Healthcare, tells Joe C Mathew about the significance of Max-Life Healthcare deal.

Q&A: Rahul Khosla, Max Healthcare

Conventional products, which provide a regular flow of premium, is the lifeline for any insurer, says D K Mehrotra, acting chairman of the country's largest life insurer, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India. In an interview with Niladri Bhattacharya, he says allowing banks to sell multiple insurers' products would not prompt banks to act like brokers.

Q&A: D K Mehrotra, Acting chairman, LIC

HDFC vice-chairman and chief executive officer Keki Mistry discusses second-quarter earnings with Manojit Saha and says the Reserve Bank of India may increase interest rates for the last time before it takes a pause.

Q&A: Keki Mistry, HDFC

L&amp;T group&rsquo;s Mr Finance on life beyond work and his banking game plan.

Lunch with BS: Y M Deosthalee

The European Union Summit on Sunday would try to work out a plan to solve the region's debt crisis. Warren Hogan, chief economist and head (global markets research), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group tells Parnika Sokhi this would have an impact on India.

Q&A: Warren Hogan, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group

In an interview with Manojit Saha, RBI governor Duvvuri Subbarao says he gave a long-term guidance on policy rates, so that investors can take informed decisions.

Q&A: Duvvuri Subbarao, RBI governor

T R Ramachandran, managing director and chief executive officer of Aviva Life Insurance Company, tells Niladri Bhattacharya the industry would see marginal growth during the rest of this financial year and feels the days of selling insurance as short-term products are over.

Q&A: T R Ramachandran, MD & CEO, Aviva Life

The growing Indian diaspora and the increasing presence of Indian companies in Canada have resulted in many Indian commercial banks planning to scale up their presence in Canada. In an interview with Abhijit Lele, Tiff Macklem, senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, talks about banking relations and the state of the global economy.

Q&A: Tiff Macklem, Sr dy governor, Bank of Canada

SHARE Microfin was one of the worst affected microfinance institutions after the Andhra Pradesh government passed an ordinance last October to curb micro-lenders. In an interview with Somasroy Chakraborty, managing director Udaia Kumar shares his views on the funding environment and plans to emerge from the crisis.

Q&A: Udaia Kumar, MD, SHARE Microfin

With changes in the regulatory landscape, productivity and profitability have become the new engine for growth for Tata AIG Life. Suresh Mahalingam, CEO, Tata AIG Life Insurance Company, tells Niladri Bhattacharya the life insurance industry is going through a phase of introspection and consolidation and once that is over, expansion will happen automatically. But for this year, there will be no expansion.

Q&A: Suresh Mahalingam, Tata AIG Life

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