Latha Venkatesh is a Consulting Editor at CNBC-TV18. With a strong focus on markets and macroeconomics, she has established herself as a leading voice in banking sector issues, money markets, and financial trends, covering a broad spectrum of themes including capital markets, economic policy, and international finance. Latha's insights have been featured in prominent platforms such as MSN, moneycontrol.com, and CNBC-TV18.
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By: Latha Venkatesh
Macquarie Capital's Suresh Ganapathy expects banks to outperform NBFCs as higher interest rates improve margins and earnings over the next two years. He forecasts 18-20% earnings growth for banks in FY28, remains positive on ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and SBI, and says insurance valuations have turned attractive despite near-term challenges. What sectors and stocks does Macquarie see leading the next phase of financial sector growth?
By: Latha Venkatesh
Indian Bank expects a healthy 1.3% return on assets and 14 to 15% loan growth for the fiscal year, driven by stable net interest margins.
By: Latha Venkatesh
Punjab National Bank expects a 25 basis point repo rate hike to improve its net interest margin by around 7 basis points while sustaining 14-15% loan growth, Managing Director & CEO Ashok Chandra said.
By: Latha Venkatesh
Union Bank MD & CEO Asheesh Pandey expects the bank's net interest margin to improve by 5-7 basis points for every 25-basis-point repo rate hike. He said asset quality remains stable, recoveries continue to exceed slippages and the bank expects loan and deposit growth to align with the industry. He also sees only a limited impact from proposed insurance commission changes.
By: Latha Venkatesh
The IMF has warned that prolonged high crude oil prices remain a downside risk for Asia and India. Krishna Srinivasan said India's central bank should focus on inflation rather than the rupee, while calling for reforms to attract stronger foreign direct investment.
By: Latha Venkatesh
Bank of India expects the October RBI repo rate hike to improve domestic NIM by around 11.5 basis points in Q3, while targeting a global NIM closer to 3% over the next two to three years. CEO Rajneesh Karnatak also said asset quality remains stable, recoveries are improving and the bank expects deposit and credit growth of 16-17% and 15-16%, respectively.
By: Latha Venkatesh
Bank of Maharashtra CEO Nidhu Saxena expects net interest margins to cross 4% after rate hikes, while the lender remains confident of sustaining strong credit growth.
By: Latha Venkatesh
The reason for the tightness is an obvious fall in liquidity due to a mix of factors: dollar sales by RBI along with GST payment outflows around Oct 20 plus cash withdrawals which are typical during the festive season.
Overnight borrowing costs have risen well above the repo rate as the RBI appears to be tightening liquidity instead of announcing another policy rate increase. What does this mean for loans, bond yields, inflation and the rupee?
Bank of Maharashtra CEO Nidhu Saxena expects net interest margins to cross 4% after rate hikes, while the lender remains confident of sustaining strong credit growth.
