Foreign Portfolio Investors increased their holding in the bank by nearly 5 percentage points to 29.5% in March 2025 quarter from 24.7% at the end of December 2024 quarter.
RBI is working to ensure frequency of such occurrence is less, he said
Asserting that the Indian banking system is safe, secure and robust, Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday said crises in some banks and a housing finance company are 'episodes' and not 'total failure'. He was responding to a question about whether there were larger systemic concerns around the accounting lapses at IndusInd Bank and the failure of the Mumbai-based New India Cooperative Bank and Aviom India Housing Finance Pvt Ltd. Without getting into specifics of any individual cases, Malhotra said, "St system level...we are very very safe, secure and robust and the system is resilient." In this large system with number of players with almost 10,000 NBFCs and around 1,500 cooperative banks and cases of failure of cooperative banks in the last 7-8 years are very small compared to the overall size, he said. "So these things will happen. Our effort is to minimise the impact and minimise them...I would not call them total failure, these are episodes," he said. Malhotra .
In Q4, the bank's net advances declined 5.2 per cent quarter-on-quarter (Q-o-Q) to ₹3,47,933 crore as compared to ₹3,43,298 crore
Advances contract by Rs 19,000 cr in Q4 but increased 1.4% Y-o-Y
IndusInd disclosed in March accounting discrepancies in its derivatives portfolio whose impact roughly equated to an entire quarter's profits
Market sources indicated that the fiasco at IndusInd Bank may have prompted large state-owned banks to tap the CD market to raise funds for investing in IndusInd Bank's CDs
Lenders of debt-ridden Reliance Capital have withdrawn petition filed against IndusInd International Holdings Ltd (IIHL) before appellate tribunal NCLAT. The Committee of Creditors (CoC) of Reliance Capital has informed NCLAT that the resolution plan was completely implemented by IIHL with the transfer of complete payment amounts in terms of the resolution plan. The CoC sought permission of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal to withdraw its appeal filed against the NCLT order, in consideration of the completion of the implementation of the resolution plan by IIHL. While allowing CoC's application for withdrawal, NCLAT noted counsel appearing for the administrator as well as IIHL had no objection towards this. "In the circumstances, the said application stands allowed. Accordingly, the appeal is disposed of as withdrawn. Pending applications, if any, are also disposed of," said a two-member bench comprising Justice Yogesh Khanna and Ajai Das Mehrotra in its order passed on
Reports suggest that external auditor PwC would submit its report to IndusInd Bank's board regarding accounting discrepancies in its derivatives portfolio today
After a period of being net buyers in the first half of the fiscal year, FIIs reversed their stance in the second half, unloading over ₹1.5 lakh crore worth of Indian equities
Between May 2023 and June 2024, IndusInd Bank CEO Sumant Kathpalia sold nearly 950K shares valued at approximately Rs 134 cr, while Dy CEO Arun Khurana sold 550K shares worth around Rs 82 cr
Sebi probes potential insider trading in bank's share sales
Bank Nifty rollovers stood at 69.3 per cent, which was higher than the 3-month average and indicates positive sentiment at the counter, said Axis Securities report.
The discrepancies have led to concerns over governance at the bank and the appointment of Grant Thornton to conduct a forensic review into the accounting lapses
External auditor PwC is likely to submit its report to IndusInd Bank's board on Friday March 28, regarding accounting discrepancies in its derivatives portfolio, PTI reported quoting sources
External auditor PwC is likely to submit its report to IndusInd Bank's board on Friday regarding accounting discrepancies in its derivatives portfolio, sources said. As per an estimate, Rs 2,100 crore discrepancy in accounting may impact 2.35 per cent of the bank's net worth. The comprehensive report by PwC is expected to point out actual loss to the bank due to accounting discrepancies, lapses at various levels and remedial action, sources said. Banking sector regulator, Reserve Bank had directed the board and the management of IndusInd Bank to take remedial action during the current quarter itself after making required disclosures to all stakeholders. The current quarter comes to an end on March 31. Meanwhile, the IndusInd Bank's board has also hired Grant Thornton to conduct a forensic audit into accounting lapses. As per the mandate, Grant Thornton would conduct a comprehensive investigation to identify the root cause of the discrepancies and assess the correctness and impact
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The accounting discrepancy contravened Reserve Bank of India rules, though the central bank has said IndusInd is well-capitalised
The firm will assess the correctness and impact of accounting treatment of derivative contracts in accordance with prevailing accounting standards, identify any lapses, and establish accountability
IndusInd Bank strongly denied the claims, however, stating they are "factually incorrect"