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26 March, 2020

Distressed asset funds smell blood as coronavirus bites businesses

Even as the world trembles from Covid-19 and its effects on the economy, distressed asset investors are shaking with excitement ......

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03 March, 2020

Blackstone's India bad loan arm plans to expand leadership team

Global private equity giant Blackstone plans to grow the leadership team at its asset reconstruction arm in India, a top ......

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13 February, 2020

An Indian firm enters bankruptcy every four hours, but that's not the only worrying trend

The number of companies dragged into bankruptcy courts jumped over the last two quarters, as creditors pressed the pedal to ......

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12 February, 2020

Vijay Mallya appeals against extradition from Britain

Indian businessman Vijay Mallya launched an appeal in Britain’s High Court on Tuesday against a 2018 decision to extradite him ......

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10 February, 2020

Lack of credit flow hurting economy, NPA issue overstated: Srei's Hemant Kanoria

Over the past few years, Kolkata-based Srei Group has gradually brought down its exposure to infrastructure financing. Instead, the group ......

Finance

30 December, 2019

Financial system stable despite weakening economic growth, says RBI

India's financial system remains stable even after economic growth plummeted to a six-year low, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ......

Finance

26 December, 2019

RBI sees corporate governance ‘fault lines' at some lenders

Growing problems of corporate governance are emerging at India's private banks and all lenders are at risk of rising default ......

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24 December, 2019

Flashback 2019: Stressed assets remain in focus on rising bankruptcies, new challenges

When everything else fails, pray. At least that’s what State Bank of India chairman Rajnish Kumar seems to believe. “Every morning ......

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Finance

09 December, 2019

How RBI's new norms for ARCs may affect the bad-loan market

The Reserve Bank of India’s tightening of norms for asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) to buy bad loans may lead to ......

Finance

08 November, 2019

Banks' stressed assets pile eases aided by $30 bn in write-offs

Indian banks wrote off more than $30 billion worth of bad debt in the year to June 30, helping to ......