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NBFC funding to commercial sector fell 20% in FY19 after IL&FS crisis: RBI

Credit flow from NBFCs to the commercial credit stood at Rs 9.34 trillion as of FY19, down from a high Rs 11.60 trillion as of FY18, the RBI says in its annual report for 2019

Number of NBFCs drops to lowest in 10 yrs in India as crackdown accelerates

RBI has also tightened regulations this year by putting in place rules requiring shadow lenders to appoint a chief risk officer and proposing stringent liquidity requirements

Top 10 business headlines: GDP estimates for Q1FY20, CG Power fiasco & more

From a probe at CG Power finding fraudulent related-party transactions to the IL&FS board seeking NCLT approval to sell 7 wind assets to Orix Corp, here are the top business headlines for Wednesday

Investors play safe, shift to large liquid schemes after IL&FS crisis

Overall liquid assets have risen despite 23 of the 43 fund houses having witnessed a dip in liquid assets over the past year. This shows preference by investors towards larger fund houses

NCLAT declines interim relief to Deloitte, BSR Associates in IL&FS case

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday declined to give any interim relief to auditing firms Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP and B S R Associates LLP with regard to a ban imposed on them in the IL&FS case. The NCLT Mumbai will continue its scheduled hearing in the case of their alleged role in the IL&FS fraud matter, a three-member bench headed by Chairperson Justice S J Mukhopadhaya said. The NCLAT, however, said that the NCLT will not pass any final order till its next hearing on September 20. Listing the matter for September 20, the NCLAT also issued a notice to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to file its reply within two weeks. The NCLAT was hearing appeals filed by Deloitte and BSR against the order of the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), which on August 9, rejected their pleas of challenging its jurisdiction to ban them from the business for five years for their omissions and commissions in the IL&FS Group scam. The

Credit rating agencies likely to get access to loan default details

At present, banks do not share with CRAs details of a company's existing and future borrowing

Banks may take majority stake in DHFL, convert part of debt into equity

DHFL owes banks Rs 40,600 crore. It also has a liability of Rs 45,380 crore to pay the holders of debentures and bonds

IL&FS money laundering case: Enforcement Directorate files 1st chargesheet

The prosecution complaint was filed in a special court of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, charging former senior management personnel of IL&FS along with Aircel founder C Sivasankaran

Top 10 biz headlines: Stimulus in the works, govt may fully exit AI & more

From govt moving closer to a complete exit from Air India to the grumble of economic slowdown getting louder for corporate India, here are the top business headlines for Friday

Banks debited Rs 758 crore from IL&FS accounts despite NCLAT order

MCA names SBI, HDFC Bank, PNB, ICICI Bank among others, says they violated appellate tribunal moratorium

Top 10 biz headlines: Auto crisis worsens, India Inc gets CSR relief & more

From Amazon closing in on buying stake in Future Retail to Japan cautioning Andhra against reworking green power pacts, here are the top ten business headlines on Wednesday

Govt selects 4 auditors to check if IL&FS made fraudulent transactions

The corporate affairs ministry Thursday proposed to NCLT four auditing firms to restate the accounts of the crippled Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) and some of its subsidiaries to verify fraudulent transactions. The move comes even as the ministry awaits the NCLT view on banning Deloitte, Haskins & Sells and BSR Associates, which were the statutory auditors of these companies before going belly up. While Deloitte quit in FY18, BSR, which is an affiliate of KPMG, did so only in June 2019. The ministry had moved the NCLT in June seeking a ban on them, which has been questioned by these auditors on the powers of NLCT order a ban after an SFIO probe had established corruption and fraud in these companies. Though the names were disclosed publicly, ministry sources told PTI that the ministry Thursday proposed the Borkar & Mazumdar & Co and MM Chitale & Co for IL&FS and IFIN respectively; and GM Kapadia & Co and CNK & ...

Govt asks NCLT to freeze assets of IL&FS arm's audit partners Deloitte, BSR

Audit firm partners named in SFIO complaint to be allowed withdrawal of Rs 1 lakh a month

NCLT stays its own order to prosecute IL&FS auditors for four weeks

Staying its own order of July 18, the Mumbai NCLT gave 10 days to Udayan Sen and Kalpesh Mehta of Deloitte, and Sampath Ganesh of BSR Associates to file an appeal

IL&FS crisis: Sebi expands probe into role of 5 credit rating agencies

Market regulator Sebi has expanded its probe into the role of five credit rating agencies after a forensic audit mandated by the new board of crisis-ridden IL&FS flagged serious lapses and their possible complicity with the former top brass of the group in giving top ratings despite weak financials. While CEOs of two rating agencies have already been forced to go on leave pending completion of the probe on the advice of Sebi, officials said the regulator is now looking into possible systemic lapses at all five rating agencies and also into the role of multiple people suspected to have intentionally manipulated the rating procedures. The special audit conducted by Grant Thornton found that its review of emails exchanged by the former key executives of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) group and the top officials of rating agencies showed that they were aware of the serious liquidity concerns and weakening financials of the group. "However, various strategies

Deloitte Haskins, BSR say NCLT cannot ban them for their IFIN auditing

The matter was part heard by the NCLT on Friday and has been posted for further hearing on Monday

Real Madrid tickets to Fitbit shirts: Gifts by IL&FS for favourable ratings

From tickets for a Real Madrid football match and hefty discounts on a luxurious villa to a Fitbit watch and shirts, a probe into the high-profile IL&FS scam has found numerous cases of favours and gifts extended by the erstwhile top management to senior officials of rating agencies and their family members. While the continuing probe has already led to CEOs of two rating agencies having been sent on leave by their respective boards, fresh details have emerged about suspected attempts by the former top management personnel of IL&FS Group to influence the rating agencies and their top officers for high credit ratings. The new board of IL&FS, which was appointed by the government after massive defaults by the group to the tune of over Rs 90,000 crore and suspected wrong-doings by the former top management, had mandated Grant Thornton to carry out a forensic audit. In an interim forensic audit report on role of credit rating agencies engaged by the erstwhile management, Grant

Best of BS Opinion: Have our institutions responded adequately to frauds?

From trade trouble to future demographic shocks, here are the best of Business Standard Opinions for the day

Crisis-hit IL&FS revises debt terms for three of its road entities

The revision allows for concessions and modification of terms of financial debt and release of cash flow from existing accounts to service financial and operational creditors

ICRA slips 6% after it sends MD and CEO Naresh Takkar on sudden leave

Without disclosing specific reasons, the rating agency informed the stock exchanges that its board in its meeting on Monday decided to place Takkar on leave, effective immediately.