The rural population in India is around 65-70 percent. It is much more difficult to reach rural customers, said Kromhout
With the market getting crowded with wholesale asset reconstruction companies or ARCs, financial services conglomerate Shriram Group's decision to focus on retail ARC is seen as a foray at the "right time," said a top official. The Shriram group recently announced its entry into retail asset restructuring (ARC) and also into digital wealth management service businesses. "My personal view is that retail ARC is a good business to get into at this point which Umesh (Revankar) has been reiterating that in retail ARC there is nobody in this sector," Shriram General Insurance's Vice-Chairman Jasmit Singh Gujral told PTI recently. He is also part of the four-member board of management (BOM) of Shriram Ownership Trust, which oversees the activities of the group. The other three being DV Ravi, VC & MD of Shriram Capital, Umesh Revankar, Executive VC of Shriram Finance and R Duruvasan, director at Shriram Life. Elaborating, Gujral said there is a synergy across businesses of the Shriram ...
Executive vice chairman of Shriram Finance, believes that the company's assets under management (AUM) may see healthy growth during the rest of the year as well
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Revankar, the newly elected chairman of FIDC, expressed his gratitude and enthusiasm for the opportunity
The project, Shriram 122 West is the second joint investment by the co-investment platform set up by ASK & Shriram in November 2022
A pioneer in extending credit to India's poor for trucks, tractors and other vehicles, Thyagarajan built Shriram into a conglomerate that employs 108,000 people in everything
Consolidated net interest income for the first quarter ended June 30 this year increased by 13.16 per cent and stood at Rs 4,576.6 crore as against Rs 4,044.42 crore
MFs were low on deployment of funds in the equity market in June as they invested a net of Rs 5,664 crore in a rising market scenario
Now, Shriram Finance products will be available on Paytm's platform
Shriram Life Insurance Company, promoted by Shriram Group and South Africa-based financial services firm Sanlam Ltd, has declared its highest ever bonus of Rs 149 crore, the company said on Friday. The bonus saw an increase of 25 per cent over the previous year and will benefit 3.29 lakh individuals. "The increase in bonus reflects SLIC's commitment to serve customers and to help them achieve their financial goals and security. This further reflects our strong fundamentals and products," company MD and CEO Casparus J Kromhout said. The bonus came in the backdrop of record profits and growth in its individual non-single premiums. In FY23, the company had sold 2.90 lakh policies. "Considering the uniqueness of the rural customer segment that we predominantly operate in, this bonus declaration would have a positive impact on rural families," he said in a statement. For the year ending March 31, 2023 the company's assets under management exceeded Rs 9,000 crore with an increase of 17
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About 3.1 crore shares worth Rs 4,832 crore have been offered by the company to institutional investors
Till 09:48 am; around 9.98 million shares, which represented 2.66 per cent of total equity of Shriram Finance have changed hands on the BSE, data shows
Shriram Life Insurance Company, a part of the Shriram Group, on Wednesday said it has unveiled a new unit-linked policy that offers financial control with multiple fund options and investment strategies. Policy holders can opt to cover either whole life or a specific period of time enabling them to fulfil their financial aspirations with full flexibility, the company said. The scheme, which has been launched commemorating the golden jubilee year of the Shriram Group, has two options -- Life Goal and Legacy -- providing customers options to alter policy term, premium payment term, sum assured and premium. Life Goal offers cover for a specified period while Legacy offers cover till the age of 100. Commenting on the launch of the product, Shriram Life Insurance MD and CEO Casparus Kromhout said: "We are delighted to announce this plan on our Group's momentous milestone. The plan gives various flexibilities and options to choose from, provides financial protection and encourages long-t
The project has a revenue potential of around Rs 1,200 crore in the next five years
Non-bank lender Piramal Enterprises on Friday reported a widening of loss to Rs 196 crore from the year-ago period's Rs 42 crore, driven by a dip in the value of its investments in Shriram Group. The company's chief executive Jairam Sridharan told reporters that if one were to exclude the mark-to-market impact of Rs 375 crore over the Shriram investments, the company's core operations would have been growing. The core net interest income came at Rs 1,128 crore, down 4 per cent from Rs 1,172 crore in the year-ago period. Sridharan said even though the lender's assets under management stayed broadly flat at over Rs 63,000 crore, it was able to achieve significant improvement on the loanbook diversification front, and retail and wholesale books are placed at even keel. This was made possible by a 49 per cent growth in retail assets, even as the wholesale book declined to Rs 29,000 crore from being at Rs 42,000 crore level in the year-ago period. Going forward, the lender will keep ..
Jairam Sridharan is the Managing Director, Piramal Capital & Housing Finance (PCHFL) told media that the loss on Shriram Investments has partly gone away after March 31, 2023
The non-banking finance company's total assets under management stood at Rs 1.86 trillion by the end of March 31