Entries by Vinod Kothari

NBFCs: Learning to adjust with the new reality

– Vinod Kothari | vinod@vinodkothari.com The increase of risk weights for consumer lending by the RBI, coupled with increase in risk weights for lending to NBFCs, has affected capital adequacy of several regulated financial entities, particularly NBFCs focused on consumer lending. It has also created a situation of risk aversion. While the full rigour of […]

FAQs on Regulatory measures towards consumer credit and bank credit to NBFCs

– Team Finserv | finserv@vinodkothari.com One may call it insecure about unsecured lending; the central bank has taken what in our view is a bold and timely measure, to rein in unsecured lending. Identifying a notable surge in specific segments of consumer credit, the RBI had recently met senior bankers. The latter had reportedly assured […]

RBI raises red flag on increasing personal loans

Increased risk weights on bank lending to NBFCs, Sectoral exposure limits among protective measures – Vinod Kothari | vinod@vinodkothari.com One may call it insecure about unsecured lending; the central bank has taken what in our view is a bold and timely measure, to rein in unsecured lending. Identifying a notable surge in specific segments of consumer […]

Decoupling from direct assignments, Indian securitisation moves the global way

– Vinod Kothari, Director | vinod@vinodkothari.com The data for securitisation transactions in India for the first half of FY24 are just out, and some remarkable features are: With this, securitisation markets in India have truly started moving towards maturity. The so-called direct assignment/DA (now under regulations termed as Transfer of Loan Exposures) was a market […]

Fractional ownership schemes: Distinguishing between investment schemes and shared ownership of real assets

Vinod Kothari | vinod@vinodkothari.com Schemes to crowdfund real assets (that is, assets other than financial assets) continue to proliferate. Known by various names as fractionalisation, tokenisation, fractional property shares, etc., these schemes invite multiple retail investors to become fractional owners of assets. The assets in question may consist of properties, solar assets, leased equipment, etc. […]

Investment valuation norms for banks: RBI aligns rules with global accounting standards

– Vinod Kothari | vinod@vinodkothari.com Vide a 12th Sept notification, the RBI has brought in Master Directions for Classification, Valuation and Operation of Investment Portfolio of Commercial Banks. The new norms bring the accounting and valuation of investments by banks closer to global accounting standards. While the apparent focus of these Directions would have been […]

Chinese Non-banking financial entities in precarious state

Vinod Kothari, Director | finserv@vinodkothari.com One of the trust companies defaults; other casualties likely Chinese financial system is opaque and intriguing, for any outside trying to understand it. Regulatory framework is also mostly spasmodic, and given the fact that Chinese regulators do not follow global institutions or their regulations, Chinese institutions have developed along their […]

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