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Infrastructure sector is likely to be affected by the RBI decision to award the IDFC a full-fledged banking license, as it has been facing a slowdown already and the company was a leading an integrated infrastructure finance player ,as told by the State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender. Arundhati Bhattacharya, SBI chairperson [...] Continue Reading »
IDFC Ltd’s transition to a bank will be painful. Meeting the requirements of cash reserve ratio (CRR) and statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) and ensuring that 40% of its loans go to the priority sector will lead to a decline in return ratios. The requirement of 60% dilution of the holding company structure in the third [...] Continue Reading »
The RBI may issue orders to scrap penalty on pre-payment of all retail and small corporate loans. The central bank disputes the practice of charging pre-payment penalty on any loan since the entire system has moved to floating rates — be it deposits or loans — where rates are charged based on the prevailing markets, [...] Continue Reading »
In association with banks, The NHB will come up with a rating for housing projects to help buyers make informed decisions. Mr. RV Verma, NHB Chairman and Managing Director, says that they require Reserve Banks approval to launch the NHB-IBA rating for real estate projects. They are hoping to launch the rating soon. But they [...] Continue Reading »
Recently RBI extended the deadline for the National Housing Bank (NHB) to raise funds through the external commercial borrowing (ECB) route, by six months. The central bank had allowed NHB and housing finance companies to collect funds up to$1 billion through this route to finance affordable housing loans up to Rs 25 lakh. Mr. RV [...] Continue Reading »
Housing finance was viewed by banks as one of the safest avenues for lending. Banks that had got into the act early on, in competition with the specialised housing finance companies that started the business, were handsomely rewarded with a very positive risk-reward profile for several years. As the sector expanded, though, many of these [...] Continue Reading »
As per the RBI the consumers are allowed to pre-pay floating rate term loans without any fine. The RBI concluded that bank should not take undue advantage of customer difficulty. Instead of charging for non-maintenance of minimum balance in ordinary savings bank accounts the bank should limit the services available on such accounts to those [...] Continue Reading »
Mr. C. Shekhar Reddy, President Credai-National, says that the real estate sector has been witnessing high input costs, high cost of funds and a moderate demand over the last few months. The real estate sector has been neglected and requires immediate concern to develop confidence. Mr. Anuj Puri, Chairman and Country Head, JLL India, says [...] Continue Reading »
“We have seen interests from both global as well as domestic investor that is why there is a huge potential for investment in the infrastructure projects. Although we have seen a downfall recently but the market will be in pace in the coming months, “said by IL&FS Financial Services Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer [...] Continue Reading »
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) disagrees with finance ministry’s plan to give Sarfaesi Act-powers automatically to all housing finance companies (HFCs) registered with the National Housing Bank (NHB). An official says that the ‘stringent’ Sarfaesi powers should not be given to institutions without proper due diligence of their management, track-record, borrower profile and default [...] Continue Reading »
