Worries build up over RBI strictures on infra financing

The proposed stricter lending criteria, with additional provisioning, are aimed at preventing accounting shocks but could potentially hurt balance sheets of these entities and exert pressure on their valuation multiples, analysts and economists said.

Monetary, prudential steps’ tango helps cut home loan NPAs

Prudential measures like risk weights and loan-to-value adjustments, along with interest rates, will be more effective in repayments of loans. This will also help in housing credit growth and controlling the asset quality of banks’ home loan portfolios, it shows.

Aadhar Housing Finance offers a long-term growth story

Aadhar Housing Finance, the country’s largest affordable home loan company based on assets under management (AUM), plans to raise Rs 1,000 crore through a fresh issue of shares to augment the capital base and up to Rs 2,000 crore through an offer for sale by the promoter BCP Topco, an affiliate of the Blackstone group.

Belstar Microfin files papers for Rs 1,300-crore IPO

The company is a NBFC-MFI (non-banking finance company – micro finance institution) offering loan products, such as micro enterprise, small enterprise, consumer goods, festival, education and emergency loans, and focuses on the lending model of ‘self-help group’. Muthoot Finance owns a 66.13% stake in Belstar.