Corporate

Healthier balance sheets drive credit upgrades across sectors in H1FY27

Credit ratios improved across rating agencies as lower leverage and healthy liquidity supported firms, though crude prices, inflation and US tariff uncertainty pose risks

India Inc credit quality remains strong despite H2 FY27 headwinds: Icra

India Inc's credit ratio rose to 3.2 times in H1 FY27, while strong balance sheets and liquidity buffers are expected to cushion companies from crude, inflation and tariff risks

Best of BS Opinion: Durable growth is rarely built on a narrow base

Today's Best of BS Opinion weighs GCC expansion, liquor prohibition, jobs and growth, corporate India, and India's economic roadmap

Corporate India is not always the saviour

It is not corporate India but small businesses that are serving the emerging mass market. Policy must support them rather than pushing Corporate India where it does not want to go

Storytelling for the corporate world

The book is riding the current boom on publications that teach us boring corporate types the benefits of telling a story

Wanted, a fit and proper director: Bill proposes tighter governance norms

Lighter criminal touch, heavier governance burden for independent directors proposed in corporate law Bill

IBBI wants debt resolution professionals to guard against IBC abuse

IBBI directs Insolvency Professionals to conduct due diligence and report misuse of the IBC framework following a disciplinary crackdown on non-compliant administrators

Corporate sales surge 22% in Q1, but wage bills grow at less than half the pace

India Inc's sales surged over 22% in the June quarter, but salary growth stayed below 9%, raising concerns about muted wages amid AI adoption and cost pressures

Incremental investment

India needs reforms on multiple fronts

Foreign firms' investment intensity in India has fallen since FY20: EAC-PM

EAC-PM study finds foreign-owned firms' investment intensity in India has declined since FY20, while domestic business groups have steadily raised investment

Corporate FDs offer higher interest rates, but come with their own risks

If you are the kind of investor who likes to be safe and invests primarily in bank fixed deposits, but also wants to boost returns by 1-2 percentage points, consider investing in a corporate FD

Corporate 'living wills' can make insolvency rescues more effective

The next frontier of insolvency reforms is preparing companies for distress before it strikes

Early birds set a strong Q1 tone as earnings growth hits an 11-quarter high

Early Q1FY27 results show corporate profit growth at an 11-quarter high, led by banks, Reliance Industries, IT services and metal companies

More companies see debt instruments downgraded as financial stress rises

Share of instruments that faced such action rose to almost a five-year high in May

Apollo hospital proposes Shobana Kamineni as Executive Chairperson

Apollo Healthtech plans to appoint Shobana Kamineni as executive chairperson ahead of its proposed listing, with the demerger expected to be completed by late FY27

No significant business outcome from AI despite heavy spend: Survey

Despite growing investment in AI-enabled sales training, organisations struggle to link adoption with business outcomes, according to an upGrad Enterprise survey

India Inc scorecard: Q4 earnings, revenue gain pace, grow in double digits

PSUs, cyclicals, non-bank lenders drove profit growth

29 deals, over $40 billion: Demergers in India hit 10-year high in 2025

Indian firms are increasingly opting for demergers as investors reward focused businesses and simpler corporate structures

Bank of Baroda targets over 10% growth in corporate lending in FY27

State-owned Bank of Baroda is aiming to grow its Rs 4.56 lakh crore corporate book by 10 per cent in FY27, and has pegged the current pipeline of such big-ticket lending at Rs 50,000 crore. Amid worries on sluggish private capex growth, its managing director and chief executive Debadatta Chand said nearly two-thirds of the proposals continue to be for term loans and the rest is for working capital, suggesting a good demand for investment purposes. On the telecom sector loans, where there is intense speculation on Vodafone Idea's next moves as part of the revival process, Chand said right policy measures and coming together of banks and other stakeholders can result in new loans. "Our overall pipeline is Rs 50,000 crore at present. Half of it is sanctioned and yet to be disbursed while the remaining is loan proposals under discussions," Chand told PTI. He said there is a strong demand from the renewable power and also core sectors like steel and cement for capacity building. In ord

Early birds clocked double-digit profit growth in Q4, best in 10 quarters

Early Q4FY26 results show strong earnings growth led by BFSI and metals, even as oil refiners lag and global tensions fuel input cost pressures