If these do get disclosed, then if a borrower has defaulted for only a day, no bank will again offer him a loan
Sunil Kanoria Vice Chairman, Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited talks about some radical reforms in the banking sector
The crippled non-banking financial companies are hoping for better days in the New Year as they expect liquidity condition to improve on the back of various measures announced by the government and the Reserve Bank. Asset quality pressures, liquidity squeeze, asset-liability mismatches, higher borrowing costs, rising defaults levels and rating downgrades made 2019 a tumultuous year for NBFCs or the shadow banks. Having badly lost a year and more since the industry major IL&FS went belly up in September 2018, NBFCs expect that the fiscal and monetary measures will help them come out of the deep tunnel, and to regain their lost importance in the financial system as they have been the key financial intermediaries delivering the last mile credit to the needy all these while. "The outlook is positive as the government and the RBI have already announced a lot of measures to help the NBFC sector," says Shriram Transport Finance Managing Director Umesh Revankar. To alleviate the stress in
Following NBFCs, HFCs were the second-largest borrowers of funds from the financial system with gross payables of around Rs 5.9 trillion and gross receivables of only Rs 33,110 crore as of end-Sept
Edited excerpts from a discussion at the Business Standard Banking Round Table held in Mumbai
The single biggest learning is that percentages after a certain size are not relevant, both on the asset and the liability side, says IndiaBulls Housing MD Gagan Banga
RBI governor says sector being closely monitored; credit flow is improving
Note suggests liquidity support, govt guarantee for securities issued by SPVs
As per the report, in September, the jump in retail credit at Rs 51,900 crore was nearly double that of August, of which housing loans jumped by 2.6 times.
The stress test examines the potential impact on banks of liquidity pressures in the NBFC sector developing into widespread failures
It is not obvious how the system will come out of it
May ask RBI for relaxed co-origination norms
Stressed MSME assets will not be labelled NPAs till March 31, 2020
FIDC has suggested that the National Housing Bank (NHB) which acts as the refinancing body for HFCs can be made the apex refinancing body for the entire NBFC sector
Banks have to set aside capital for loan exposures
Borrowings by NBFCs up 21% CAGR in last 5 years
The economic growth slowed to a seven-year low to 5% in April to June quarter from 8% a year ago
From the perspective of fiscal consolidation, the announcements do not impose significant extra fiscal burden, says Rajeev Jain
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
In FY19, NBFCs had a 30% share in outstanding retail loans, while public sector lenders had a 39% share and private banks had 26%