Joydeep Ghosh &Amp; Abhijeet Lele

All stories by Joydeep Ghosh &Amp; Abhijeet Lele

MFIs' asset quality takes heatwave hit
Rediff.com28 Aug 2024

The asset quality of microfinance portfolios worsened in the quarter ending June 2024...

Rising cost of funds may squeeze bank interest margins by 30 bps more
Rediff.com18 Dec 2023

Banks are likely to see their net interest margins (NIM) - broadly the difference...

Hemmed in by interest rate hikes, HFCs see 19% dip in Q2 net profit
Rediff.com15 Nov 2022

Listed housing finance companies (HFCs), as a group, posted a 3.7 per cent drop in...

SBI ready to open rupee trade account with Russian banks
Rediff.com16 Sep 2022

State Bank of India (SBI) is willing to work with Russian banks not facing sanctions...

In Sebi's Fire: Vivek & Roopa Kudva
Rediff.com23 Jun 2021

After Chanda and Deepak Kochchar, the Kudvas are the second power couple in the...

Rana Kapoor: Banker gone Rogue
Rediff.com9 Jan 2021

'The book captures Rana Kapoor's hunger for real estate leading to bungalows in Delhi,...

SBI raises $1 bn from JBIC, other Japanese lenders
Rediff.com29 Oct 2020

These are untied loans, meaning SBI has freedom to use this money to lend. They also do...

Online fraud attempts drop 29% during unlock
Rediff.com21 Oct 2020

Such attempts had risen sharply right before pandemic and early part of pandemic by 121...

What Sebi's multi-cap circular is all about
Rediff.com23 Sep 2020

The recent circular follows the 'true-to-label' concept, but large funds in the...

IL&FS board faces challenges as resolution takes a Covid-19 knock
Rediff.com14 Sep 2020

With real estate valuations falling and other deals coming unstuck, the current...

Is anyone using the loan moratorium?
Rediff.com22 Jun 2020

'Banks have to be braver, willing to take more risks and give confidence to the...

Tax hike on rich will also hurt global companies
Rediff.com6 Jul 2019

Tax experts said that in FY17 around 80,000 people had reported incomes of over Rs 1 crore

How IL&FS bosses showed fictitious profits for salary hikes
Rediff.com10 Jun 2019

Besides 15 loan transactions to the Siva group of companies, the former directors also...

How IL&FS' misadventures made India Inc poorer by Rs 9,000-crore
Rediff.com20 May 2019

Almost 2,000 companies whose private provident and pension funds have invested in...

Zee's repayment woes force fund houses to reschedule
Rediff.com19 Apr 2019

According to industry players, over 50 FMPs have exposure to Zee Group companies.

As businesses seek political certainty, there's sharp dip in capex
Rediff.com3 Apr 2019

The elections held in April-May 2019 will be an important determinant of future growth...

Why banks want RBI to delay IndAS roll-out
Rediff.com7 Mar 2019

They have cited higher capital for bad-loan provisioning, pending legislative...

Continue your SIPs in 2019 please!
Rediff.com22 Jan 2019

When you buy a stock, especially a mid- and small-cap one, have a price target. Once...

How home loan borrowers stand to gain from this RBI move
Rediff.com15 Dec 2018

Linking all new floating rate loans to an external benchmark won't impact existing...

Arvind Subramanian red-flags asset quality review for NBFCs
Rediff.com10 Dec 2018

'In the short-term, the markets may be affected' by the review but 'it will help...