“The move to allow promoters to hold 26% of the paid-up voting equity share capital of the bank seems to be a way of turning the exception allowed to Kotak Mahindra Bank into a policy decision, uniform to all banks,” said independent banking analyst Hemindra Hazari. “In my view, this would undermine the credibility of RBI as it has allowed independent private banks to arm-twist the regulatory body."
A high-profile bank collapses on account of high-risk, bulky non-performing corporate loans. With the intervention of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the errant...
As Hemindra Hazari, a Sebi-registered independent research analyst, has pointed out in his report, “Bank boards have clear-cut policies on the approval powers of all...
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Memorial Lecture Held on June 14, 2025, at the Walchand Hirachand Hall, Indian Merchants Chamber, Churchgate, Mumbai
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I, Hemindra Kishen Hazari, am a Securities and...