Gaurav Kochar, Fund Managers, Mirae Asset Investment, says for banks with very strong liability franchises, large private banks, the large PSU banks, deposit mobilisation is not that big a challenge. While the challenge is real for all banks, but the larger banks relatively are better placed in this given that they have the distribution and … Read more
MUMBAI: Piramal Enterprises (PEL), the non-banking finance company of the real estate and pharma group swung to a profit in the March quarter helped by a large tax write-back even as higher funding costs and continued paring of its wholesale loan book pressured earnings. The consolidated net profit was 137 crore from a loss of … Read more
Mumbai: Banks are likely to make representations to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on sustained liquidity drainage that has pushed up funding costs for lenders despite unchanged policy rates for nearly a year. Liquidity has steadily declined with the central bank repeatedly stressing the primacy of maintaining price stability as Indian voters get ready … Read more
