EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Since 2QFY2019, the stock market has been kind to ICICI Bank. It has rewarded the bank with a consistent rise in the share price and an equally consistent re-rating in its P/BV. With such a strong performance in the share price, the sell-side has bent backwards to...
The appalling record of incompetence, and likely worse, by India’s credit rating agencies (CRAs) continues to lengthen. The latest instance is the double default of commercial debt obligations (on June 27 and July 1, 2019) by Cox and Kings, a tour and travels services company. In this case the...
Although Roopa Kudva quit the bank transparency body in July 2017, there has been no public intimation of this development.
Hemindra HazariBANKINGECONOMY02/OCT/2017
(Left to right) Omidiyar Network india’s Roopa Kudva, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Banks Board Bureau chief Vinod Rai.
Mumbai: Roopa Kudva, managing director of Omidyar Network India Advisors, has...
On the one hand, Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) is proudly broadcasting to shareholders its thoughts on the virtues of corporate governance, and how the bank is more than merely conforming to the letter of the law. At the same time, a notice to KMB shareholders seeking approval to re-appoint...
The Gurgaon Sessions Court on March 10, 2017 delivered its verdict in the Maruti Suzuki rioting and arson case of July 22, 2012 at the company’s Manesar (Haryana state) factory which claimed the life of its human resources general manager, Awanish Kumar Dev and caused widespread destruction at the facility....
With the help of a whistleblower, the Rajasthan police is prosecuting cases of insurance schemes mis-sold by ICICI as fixed deposits to unsuspecting customers. But the country's insurance and banking regulators don't seem bothered.
Victims narrate their stories about how they were mis-sold insurance policies. Credit: Insurance Angels
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Pay obscene remuneration to a favoured few, completely out of sync with the already inflated salary structure in the industry, silently watch as they bring the bank to near collapse – this was Yes Bank’s policy for senior management. It is not surprising that this was done...
On May 12, 2017, Yes Bank, released its annual report for the year ended March 31, 2017 where the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) mandatory disclosure showed that for the year ended March 31, 2016, the bank’s gross non-performing assets (NPAs) was higher by 5.6x to Rs49.3bn instead of...
The author acknowledges the contribution of Aspects of India’s Economy (RUPE) for this article
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. There was a sharp rise in corporate India’s external commercial borrowings (ECB) during the past financial year. Outstanding ECBs for December 2019 rose $ 29 bn y-o-y, to $ 223 bn, or 40% of...

















