India
Will Indian banks crack the code of its capital conundrum?
                                                                                 
                    
                    They’re struggling to produce quality loans.
                
                                
            Will Indian banks crack the code of its capital conundrum?
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            They’re struggling to produce quality loans.
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    ICICI Bank sells 6% stake in life insurance arm for INR19.5b
                                                                                                 
                        
                        ICICI Pru’s valuation is now INR325b.
                    
                                        
                    
                Low capital levels haunt India's public sector banks
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Capital levels range from 6-10%.
                    
                                        
                    
                More than 50% of the population across emerging Asia still unbanked
                                                                                                 
                        
                        But financial inclusion in emerging Asia has visibly progressed since 2011.
                    
                                        
                    
                YES BANK selected into the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
                                                                                                 
                        
                        It is the first Indian bank to be indluded in the DJSI.
                    
                                        
                    
                Indian non-banking financial companies' NPLs to soar by up to 100bps
                                                                                                 
                        
                        But asset quality will stabilize over the next 12 months.
                    
                                        
                    
                Digital platforms to drive 20% of Indian banks' profit by 2020
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Digitisation will happen sooner rather than later.
                    
                                        
                    
                RBI issues 'in-principle' license to eleven entities for payments bank
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Are these menaces to established banks?
                    
                                        
                    
                India's state-owned banks suffer 13.27b rupee profit drop
                                                                                                 
                        
                        These banks are struggling.
                    
                                        
                    
                India eyes reforming public banks with seven-part plan
                                                                                                 
                        
                        It could lead to greater transparency.
                    
                                        
                    
                RBI expected to ease rates by 25bps by end-2015
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Lower inflation would open room for easing.
                    
                                        
                    
                Indian banking sector's weakness deemed 'highly skewed' by analysts
                                                                                                 
                        
                        As 80% of restructured loans are with small banks.
                    
                                        
                    
                India's new debt restructuring rules address troubled corporate loan exposure
                                                                                                 
                        
                        These can significantly help banks.
                    
                                        
                    
                India banks can now convert debt into equity
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Major boost for stressed loans recovery efforts.
                    
                                        
                    
                State Bank of India's strong FY15 core performance drives 20% net profit growth
                                                                                                 
                        
                        But a strong FY16's also expected.
                    
                                        
                    
                Indian public banks' asset quality deemed much weaker than expected
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Improvement has been marginal.
                    
                                        
                    
                ICICI Bank asset quality worsens with impairment at INR45b
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Higher slippages from restructured loans troubling.
                    
                                        
                    
                 
            	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                             
                     
                             
                     
                             
                             
                     
                             
           
                                 
                                 
                                 
               
                                     
                                     
                                     
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                