Microlending veteran Padmaja Reddy is exiting unsecured business by fiscal end to focus on gold loans, transitioning her firm Keertana Finserv to a 94% secured portfolio. Citing a “structural crisis” in microfinance, Reddy aims for Keertana to be a fully secured lender with gold loans comprising 95% of its assets under management by FY25.
ETMarkets Smart Talk | Fed, inflation, rupee: How investors should navigate India’s 7%+ bond yields, says Vineet Agrawal
With the 10-year government bond yield moving above 7%, investors are once again facing a key question: is this an opportunity to lock in attractive