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IndusInd Bank – Is the One-Off Exposure a Reflection of Its Risk Management?

IndusInd Bank’s quarter ended March 31, 2017 (4QFY2017) was impacted by a “one-off” exposure to a company whose cement operations is in the process...
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Axis Bank Is Silent on Why a Third of Its Staff Rush for the Exit Door

The overriding theme of Axis Bank’s FY2023 annual report  (released on June 26, 2023) is “Open, to Win Together”. The catch phrase is reiterated...
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E&Y Affiliate Barred: Why Are Banks Addicted to Delinquent Auditors?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. In a stunning rebuke to audit firm S.R. Batliboi (SRB), a member firm of Ernst & Young, the Reserve Bank of India...
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HDFC Bank: Honey, I Shrunk the Chief Risk Officer

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Nearly a year after Axis Bank truncated the responsibilities of its Chief Risk Officer (CRO) by transferring corporate credit risk to the...
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Axis Bank: New Engines of Growth = New Engines of NPAs?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. The market has not been kind to Axis Bank after its 1QFY2020 results. The share price has fallen 7%, as compared with...
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Aditya Birla Finance’s Loans to a Shell Company: Another Reason Why Corporates Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Control Banks

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Yet another instance has come to light of the practice of disguising transactions by routing them through shell companies. As revealed by...
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After Twenty Years Kotak Mahindra Bank Still Can’t Manage Without Uday Kotak

Banks are considered special, but Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) and its high profile founder-CEO, Uday Kotak are extraordinarily special (here and here). Ever since...
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IDBI Bank’s Stakeholder Enrichment Programme Begins at the Top

Privatisation is supposed to increase competition, usher in greater efficiencies, unleash animal spirits, and enrich stakeholders. IDBI Bank’s board of directors appear to have...
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Does a Bank Do Better under a Foreign Owner?

It appears the Government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have given the green light to foreign investors to take significant stakes in...
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When Directors Don’t Pay Attention to Risk, They Are the Risk

The quality and intellectual calibre of the former directors of insolvent IL&FS was revealed to all when an anonymous former director and ex-member of...
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Hemindra Hazari, is a commentator with over 30 years’ experience in the Indian capital markets. He has specialized in research on banking and the macro-economy. He has managerial experience of establishing profitable equities business, leading and mentoring analysts.
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