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For risk-takers with long-term perspective: 10 small-cap stocks from different sectors with upside potential of up to 31%If you buy small-cap stocks today, are you taking a risk or managing it? To some it might appear you are taking a risk, but there is a high...
RBI rejects NBFC pleas on funds, norms tighteningThe Reserve Bank of India has rejected several suggestions from Non-Banking Finance Companies. Equity investments in group entities will no...
In times of war: Take a risk or manage it; different, yet same. 6 small-caps from different sectors with upside potential of up to 29%Picking the right stock is easier said than done. Especially when valuations are not cheap and noise levels are high. When we say noise lev...
The off-balance sheet trick didn’t die in 2019: How Indian managements still hide obligations from investorsThis is one of the most judgement-heavy corners of an Indian balance sheet and one of the easiest to stretch. This part of the series is ab...
Banks advised to link MSME loans to external benchmark by RBI: GovtThe Reserve Bank of India has directed banks to link MSME loans to an external benchmark with a three-month reset clause to improve monetar...
DFS proposes exemption for gold loans under Rs 2 lakh, easing regulatory pressureA DFS recommendation to exempt gold loans below ₹2 lakh from RBI's guidelines is poised to ease regulatory pressure on gold loan companies....
No collateral damage: Finance ministry wants relief for small gold loansThe finance ministry has suggested the RBI to exempt small borrowers seeking loans below Rs 2 lakh from its draft directions on gold collat...
Muthoot Finance shares surge 6% as FinMin bats for exemption of sub-Rs 2 lakh gold loans from RBI rulesThe Finance Ministry recommended exempting sub-Rs 2 lakh gold loans from the RBI’s draft rules. The move aims to protect small borrowers an...
FinMin bats for exemption of small borrowers in RBI's gold loan guidelinesThe finance ministry has proposed exempting small gold loan borrowers (below Rs 2 lakh) from the RBI's draft guidelines on lending against ...
RBI eases credit concentration norms for NBFCsIn new directions effective immediately, exposures to state and central governments, security deposits of borrowers held as collateral and ...
Relief to small companies: Relaxations in compliance with accounting standardsThe new rules will replace existing rules issued in the year 2006 and are applicable from accounting periods commencing on or after 1st Apr...
Decision deferred in deference to publicThe marginal benefit to individual Covid patients from scrapping tax is likely to be smaller than the loss to the collective from the gover...
GoM to look into GST rates on Covid vaccines, drugs, devicesStates including Odisha, Gujarat, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Kerala and West Bengal sought full GST waiver for Covid vaccines, drugs and related...
RBI extends provisions of restructuring of MSME loans for borrowers with loan upto Rs 25 crA restructuring framework for MSMEs that were in default, but were standard on January 1, 2020 is already in place.
- Small savings are ripe for bigger reform
A panel chaired by RBI’s deputy governor Shyamala Gopinath has refrained from suggesting radical reform of small savings.
- Banks seek freedom to price loans
At present banks cannot charge more than their benchmark prime lending rates (which range from 11% to 16%) on loans up to Rs 2 lakhs.
- Securitisation ordinance fails to protect SSIs
The Securitisation Ordinance comes down heavily on corporate creditors, but fails to do equal justice to the small sector.