However, if more NBFCs are allowed in the factoring platform, MSMEs will immediately witness ready buyers, and their debtor delay and working capital cycle will improve vastly
RBI can't allow liquidity crisis to lead to solvency issues for the sector
Long-term loans, commercial vehicle loans, and housing loans saw sharp hit
RBI intends to prescribe stringent rules for liquidity risk management as many NBFCs were hit by a severe asset liability mismatch
The country's largest lender SBI too said it has been closely monitoring its exposure to the NBFC sector for the past 10 months and taking action as required
RBI's draft rules will help reboot the sector
Instead of providing a much-expected liquidity window to non-bank finance companies via the regular lenders, the central bank took a tougher stance
All NBFCs must have contingency funding plans for responding to severe disruptions
Oberoi said he wants this dust to completely settle between the developers and NBFCs and the banks
The government took control of IL&FS last year after its default triggered fears about contagion in India's financial sector.
A good deal with an NBFC will help the smaller and regional banks grow exponentially; some of the bigger NBFCs anyway have a good feel of the bottom of the pyramid
The fate of NBFCs with large exposures to the developers is intertwined with the real estate sector
The share of NBFC-MFIs increased from 32% to 37% in the time period
The relaxation in the ECBs and masala bonds norms has made it attractive for the NBFCs and HFCs to tap into the offshore credit market for funds
Experts warn that the levels of non-performing assets (NPAs) could inch up further in the current quarter.
Of this, banks could deploy a portion towards higher rated NBFCs given the lower risk weight for these entities
Signalling an end to the liquidity crisis that NBFCs have been facing since last September, corporate bond issuances by them have risen by 30 percent in January, reflecting renewed confidence among both issuers as well as investors, says a report. It can be noted that non-banking finance companies or NBFCs are the biggest issuers of debt in the corporate bond market, controlling nearly 90 percent of the volume. With the 30 percent spike in fresh issuances in January, their share has clawed backed to the near normal levels to 82.2 percent of the volume. Shadow bankers depend on the bond market to raise short -term capital for on-lending, and they go to banks for long-term finance. In the previous seven months, amidst the challenging liquidity constraints faced by the sector following the IL&FS bankruptcy, the corporate bond issuances on a monthly basis has seen falling. Fresh corporate bond issuances by NBFCs saw a notable decline from 71.6 percent (of the total ...
The liquidity crisis at NBFCs triggered by the bankruptcy of IL&FS and the Supreme Court verdict banning use of the Aadhaar data for financial transactions have led to a 15 per cent drop in micro-lending by financial institutions for the December 2018 quarter. Disbursements stood at Rs 41,840 crore for the third quarter of the current fiscal year, down from Rs 49,450 crore in the preceding three months, show the data from the credit information company Crif High Mark. "There were two major changes during the quarter which may have resulted in the decline. First was the liquidity trouble, which subsided towards the end of the quarter, and the second was the Aadhaar verdict," agency vice president Parijat Garg told PTI. Garg said the Aadhaar verdict, which prohibits all financial institutions including non-banking finance companies from storing a users data, resulted in a fall in disbursements and also resulted in a marginal fall in the share of NBFC-MFI lenders in ...
Shaktikanta Das also discussed the current regulations and requirements for investment in fixed income for FPIs
The country can't afford to have NBFCs with such large asset portfolios springing unpleasant surprises on the financial system