Accounting fraud: Every time, the same queue. The company, the auditor, and shareholders at the endBy the time a “going-concern” paragraph appears in an audit report, the trouble is usually several quarters old. The earlier signals are el...
17 Jul, 2026, 11.32 PM IST
RBI bars banks, NBFCs from selling acquired stressed assets back to defaulting borrowers, related partiesNew Reserve Bank of India norms will prevent lenders from reselling acquired assets to defaulting borrowers. These prudential rules apply t...
16 Jul, 2026, 07.27 PM IST
When Warren Buffett bought one company because of a book, and another on a handshakeHow does the world’s most careful investor buy a company with no due diligence at all? One of Warren Buffett’s acquisitions began with an a...
09 Jul, 2026, 09.22 PM IST
Devil is in the footnotes: RBI's Financial Stability Report is transparent, yet leaves some key questions unansweredThe RBI's latest financial stability report highlights a noteworthy level of transparency regarding significant economic metrics. There’s a...
08 Jul, 2026, 11.23 PM IST
Financial independence for children: How families in the US and India split the bills when adult children stay homeIn the United States, those graduating in the 21st century especially have been seeking to return to the homes of their boomer parents. In ...
06 Jul, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
India's lending boom might no longer be largely bank-ledIndia's private credit market is booming, doubling in five years to $25 billion as companies seek alternatives to traditional bank loans fo...
02 Jul, 2026, 09.52 AM IST
AI driving credit risk, may threaten jobs and tax revenues in developed economies: FitchFitch Ratings highlights AI and massive digital infrastructure spending as significant global credit risks. While AI promises efficiency, i...
01 Jul, 2026, 09.20 AM IST
Asset which sits in the balance sheet for years without moving, then suddenly wipes out all profit in a single quarterThe most dangerous number on a balance sheet is not always the one that looks wrong. It is often the one that depends heavily on management...
27 Jun, 2026, 09.52 PM IST
When a small footnote is used as a tool to make a weak balance sheet look strongThis is the uncomfortable truth about company accounts. A number on a balance sheet is not always cash that will return, and a liability tu...
19 Jun, 2026, 09.01 PM IST
The accounting trick used by companies to make a weak balance sheet look strongIn one recent case, a large investment sat comfortably under equity until the auditor read the shareholders' agreement, found a buyback cla...
12 Jun, 2026, 06.46 PM IST
Salaried employees beware! These 5 mistakes during ITR filing can trigger unexpected tax demandsWith the ITR filing season for AY 2026-27 now underway, many salaried taxpayers who faced TDS shocks in the last quarter of FY 2025-26 are ...
12 Jun, 2026, 07.11 AM IST
ITR filing 2026: 9 key checks every taxpayer must make for AY 2026–27India's income tax administration has become increasingly data-driven, with information from TDS/TCS reporting, SFT filings and other sourc...
11 Jun, 2026, 07.43 AM IST
From billionaire to jail: Why Byju Raveendran is facing prison and how $22B startup with SRK & Messi as ambassadors crashedByju's founder Byju Raveendran has been sentenced to six months in jail by a Singapore court for contempt of court. The court cited his dis...
27 May, 2026, 11.33 AM IST
Sebi plans to revisit directive on loan default disclosureThe board will also consider whether the insider trading norms need to be tweaked.
25 Dec, 2017, 12.44 PM IST
Sebi revives proposal on loan default disclosureSebi’s move is aimed at ensuring that information is shared with all stakeholders at same time.
22 Dec, 2017, 08.37 AM IST
Sebi's loan default disclosure diktat likely to discipline companies on repayment habitThe Securities & Exchange Board of India has asked rating companies to downgrade any company to ‘junk’ if it misses its loan repayment.
06 Aug, 2017, 10.57 PM IST
- Disclosure on loan defaults is welcome
The High-Level Co-ordination Committee on Financial Markets is reportedly toying with manmdatory disclosure of loan defaults by listed comp...
16 Jun, 2010, 03.44 AM IST