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Topic: ILFS

SEBI’s new focus on rating agencies is the first step towards bond market reform

The IL&FS crisis laid bare the problems facing India’s bond markets. Now, there is a need to build deep and liquid markets via regulatory reform.

NBFCs are feeling the sting as mutual funds cut debt exposure

Mutual fund investments in commercial paper & bonds that mature within 90 days dropped to Rs 3.24 trillion at end of March, the lowest in 6 quarters.

King of Indian bond sales warns of biggest crisis since Lehman

Axis Bank's Shashikant Rathi says the bond market is in 'complete chaos' since the shock defaults last year by IL&FS.

In IL&FS crisis season, why you should be worried if your PF money is with exempt trust

Exempted firms not overseen by EPFO have adopted govt guidelines that pertain to investments but there is no one to monitor if these are followed

Failing to challenge NCLAT’s loan classification can further damage RBI’s credibility

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ordered that no lender can declare its exposure to embattled IL&FS Group as non-performing without its permission.

Foreign players are taking the place of Indian entrepreneurs biting the dust

Suzuki has half the car market, the Chinese have mobile phones, the Koreans consumer durables and Etihad may run Jet. Where would we be without foreign players?

ED conducts multiple raids in connection to IL&FS payment default case

IL&FS has defaulted on payment of loans to SIDBI and along with its subsidiaries has a combined debt of over Rs 91,000 crore.

IL&FS crisis threatens savings of employees in wayward pension trusts

Several pension trusts invested in IL&FS because it was considered ‘safe’. So far, the losses are unclear as 200 trusts haven’t filed their returns to EPFO.

There was major failure by rating agencies in IL&FS crisis, Parliamentary panel says

Panel questions highest rating to debt instruments of IL&FS group even when the company was highly leveraged and at the brink of default.

It’s time policy makers acknowledge the real problem facing India’s shadow banks

The collapse of the highly rated infrastructure operator-financier IL&FS Group exposed the fault lines under Indian shadow banks’ impressive credit edifice.

On Camera

Opposition must debate utility, provisions of VB-GRAMG. Look beyond the name

Opposition parties are fixated on the argument that the government has deliberately removed MK Gandhi’s name from the Act. The real provisions in the Bill are barely being discussed.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.