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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicShadow banks

Topic: Shadow banks

Indian mutual funds continue to shun crisis-hit NBFC sector

Mistrust toward NBFCs that started with IL&FS Group’s default last year has spiralled after DHFL & units of Reliance Capital missed repayments on dues.

Foreign investors can help India tide over credit crisis, says JPMorgan’s Kalpana Morparia

JPMorgan India CEO Kalpana Morparia says tweaking bankruptcy rules can help overseas investors relieve India's troubled shadow banking sector.

RBI gets more power to regulate India’s struggling shadow lenders

Nirmala Sitharaman said the RBI will replace the National Housing Bank and be the regulator of housing finance firms such as Dewan Housing Finance Corp. and Anil Ambani’s Reliance Capital.

RBI says big NBFCs need more scrutiny, any failure could cause huge losses

In its financial stability report RBI says, shadow lenders should work on “sustainable” balance sheet growth.

NBFCs have a new crisis coming with huge wall of maturing debt

NBFCs have a record Rs 1.1 trillion of local-currency bonds due next quarter, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Alternative investment funds – India’s new, $40 billion time-bomb for investors

Alternative investment funds have exploded in India as high upfront fees to distributors encourage them to lure investors to risky, unregulated products.

Fund manager who predicted India’s credit crisis still sees risks

A string of corporate defaults suggests worst of the liquidity shortage & soaring funding costs could come back, according to IDFC’s Suyash Choudhary.

Yes Bank plans to raise $1.2 billion to boost capital, CEO says

Yes Bank expects to recover loans made to Dewan Housing Finance, Anil Ambani’s companies & Essel Group by the end of September.

NBFC crisis threatens another bad loan crunch for Indian banks

Spreading debt woes have fueled talk that the NBFC crisis is entering a second, more dangerous, phase, posing broader risks to Indian financial system.

RBI stops short of specific steps to resolve crisis in NBFCs

RBI only said the central bank is closely monitoring NBFC sector & is ready to take ‘whatever steps are required’ to ensure financial stability.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.