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Chemfab: Where Have All the Profits Gone?

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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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Failure to Use the Relevant Section of the Banking Regulation Act Against Kotak Mahindra Bank

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The deadline (December 31, 2018) for Uday Kotak, the founder-CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB), to dilute his stake to 20% has come...

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PNB Scam: Urjit Patel’s Defence of the RBI Completely Misses the Mark

Where it has powers, the RBI has refused to use them, even when serious lapses in management are detected. Former RBI governor Urjit Patel. Credit:...

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For Banks, Cost Management is the Only Way of Surviving the Long Slump

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. The near-absence of a government stimulus to revive the Indian economy from the Covid-19 meltdown portends a severe and prolonged economic slowdown....

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ICICI Bank, KMB 1Q Conferences: Media and Analysts’ Silence Is Not Golden for Stakeholders

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. According to the grand theory of capitalism and the free market, competition anoints the customer as king. In the capital market, it...

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India’s Private Banks and Private Investors: False Theory, Dangerous Consequences

India’s private sector banks were held up for years as the standard of efficency and corporate governance to which public sector banks should aspire....

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RBI Norms – Audit Giants Can’t Continue Their Cosy Arrangements with Private Banks and NBFCs

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. The integrity of audits in private sector banks and non-bank financial companies (including housing finance) has received a major boost, while large...

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Covid-Era Restructuring: Look Under the Hood before Giving Relief

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. The Covid-19 outbreak and the resulting lockdown have caused widespread economic devastation, particularly in urban and commercially developed centres. Taking into account...

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Is Poor Internal Audit a Lacuna in HDFC Bank’s Processes, Or Part of Its Business Model?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was forced to disclose its confidential inspection reports, called Risk Assessment Reports (RARs), of the...

A Son Rises at Kotak Mahindra Bank

Altico: One More Fiasco of the Rating Agencies...

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Yes Bank’s New Owners Keep Overpaid Mismanagers in...

Chemfab: Where Have All the Profits Gone?

Aditya Birla Finance’s Loans to a Shell Company: Another Reason Why Corporates Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Control Banks

Failure to Use the Relevant Section of the Banking Regulation Act Against Kotak Mahindra Bank

PNB Scam: Urjit Patel’s Defence of the RBI Completely Misses the Mark

For Banks, Cost Management is the Only Way of Surviving the Long Slump

ICICI Bank, KMB 1Q Conferences: Media and Analysts’ Silence Is Not Golden for Stakeholders

India’s Private Banks and Private Investors: False Theory, Dangerous Consequences

RBI Norms – Audit Giants Can’t Continue Their Cosy Arrangements with Private Banks and NBFCs

Covid-Era Restructuring: Look Under the Hood before Giving Relief

Is Poor Internal Audit a Lacuna in HDFC Bank’s Processes, Or Part of Its Business Model?

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