By Vinod Kothari, (vinod@vinodkothari.com) The much-awaited ordinance, expected to make a tangible impact on India’s crisis of piling non-performing assets (NPA), was signed into law by the President on 5 May 2017. The Ordinance, consisting of barely two sections, makes amendments to the regulatory framework of banking in India, the Banking Regulation Act. After reading the […]
In this era, where the country is going through immense economic growth, more and more investors are coming up with the intention to invest in the equity of the companies. Such investments lead to acquisition of interest and rights by the investors in the company. Intention of every investor varies from each other. Where one […]
RBI’s fast move in view of its latest powers granted through the Banking Ordinance The Joint Lenders’ Forum (JLF) and Corrective Action Plan (CAP) work on the principle of indentifying the stress in a borrower entity and cure it at its nascent stage itself. The intent is to preserve the “economic value” of the […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 28th April, 2017[1] proposed draft of Foreign Exchange Management (Cross border Merger) Regulations, 2017 under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 in relation to cross border mergers and is accepting public comments till 9th May, 2017. These regulations cover merger, demerger, amalgamation or arrangements between Indian company (ies) and […]
By Vijaylakshmi Agarwal & Kanishka Jain, (finserv@vinodkothari.com) 1. Introduction Presently, the accounting treatment for securitization transaction is unclear and ambiguous despite a clear convergence with IFRS. The accounting principle for securitization was contained in AS 30 (based on IAS 39). The ICAI had originally promulgated AS 30 (based on IAS 39) in the year 2009, […]
With the taxation issues resolved in the Budget 2016, and foreign portfolio investors allowed to invest in asset backed securities, Indian securitisation market is poised for a big leap forward. The indicative data available for the financial year 2016-17 mark a sharp 60% increase in the volume of pass-through securities (PTCs), signaling the much sharper […]
The much-awaited ordinance, expected to make a tangible impact on India’s crisis of piling non-performing loans, was signed into a law by the President on 5th May 2017. The Ordinance, consisting of barely two sections, makes amendments to the regulatory framework of banking in India, viz., the Banking Regulation Act. After reading the law, one […]