The Reserve Bank of India on Friday said a penalty of Rs 2.5 crore has been imposed on L&T Finance Ltd for non-compliance with certain norms concerning non-banking financial companies (NBFCs). After examination of reports following statutory inspection of the company, the RBI said it was revealed that the NBFC did not disclose to its retail borrowers, the gradation of risk and rationale for charging different interest rates to different categories of borrowers in the loan application form/sanction letter. It also failed to notify the change in penal interest rate to borrowers, when it charged penal interest rate higher than what was communicated at the time of sanction, the RBI said. "After considering the company's reply to the notice, additional submissions made by it and oral submissions made during the personal hearing, the RBI came to the conclusion that the charge of non-compliance... was substantiated and warranted imposition of monetary penalty, to the extent of such ...
The amount of loan being financed will be determined based on the credit profile of the customer of Ather Energy
In terms of the framework, once an NBFC is classified as NBFC-UL, it shall be subject to enhanced regulatory requirement, at least for a period of five years
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Investment firm Bain Capital sold more than half its stake in non-banking financial company L&T Finance Holdings in two block deals, data from BSE India exchange showed on Tuesday.
In a statement, the L&T Group company said its retail portfolio jumped to 82 per cent of the total loan book, up from 54 per cent in Q1FY23 and 75 per cent in Q4FY23
Dinanath Dubhashi, Managing Director & CEO, LTFH said the NIM+ Fees are stabilising. The interest rates in the system are also beginning to stablise
L&T Finance is making this step as part of its efforts to reduce its wholesale finance book, which comprises both infrastructure and real estate loans
Nandish Shah of HDFC Securities recommends to buy L&T Finance 96 call option and simultaneously sell 100 call of the May series
Retail-focused non-bank lender L&T Finance Holdings on Friday reported a 46 per cent year-on-year jump in consolidated net income to Rs 501 crore for the March 2023 quarter, boosted by better margins as its high-yielding retail book grew at a faster rate. The company said for the full year, the consolidated net income rose 52 per cent to Rs 1,623 crore, as its retail portfolio rose to 75 per cent of the total loan book, up from 51 per cent a year ago, giving it a better margin. The margin expansion was also surprising due to cheaper funds, which declined by 4 bps to 7.46 per cent for the year. At 7.46 per cent, this was the lowest ever yearly weighted average cost of borrowing at 7.46 per cent, down 4 bps compared to FY22, in an environment of rising interest rates, the company said in a statement. The year also saw the highest annual retail disbursements of Rs 42,065 crore, driven by strong growth across all retail segments, which in turn was an accelerated reduction in wholesale
Its capital adequacy was 22.65 per cent (Tier 1: 19.85 per cent) and Debt to Equity (D/E ratio) at 4.18 times in Q2FY23
Firm expects NIM plus fees to stay above 8% in FY23
Appoints L&T CEO S N Subrahmanyan as chairman; Shailesh Haribhakti to remain independent director
Energy, auto, healthcare and banking shares were the major losers, while IT shares managed to buck the trend.
If the conversion rate of Rs 75 is taken, the deal will be worth approximately Rs 3,188 crore
REC raised just over Rs 3,600 crore through a 15-year paper carrying coupon of 7.4 per cent.
In the intra-day session, the Sensex and the Nifty indices touched a low of 51,586 and 15,171, respectively.
While disbursements improved in Q3, asset quality trend remains an uncomfortable patch
L&T Finance, Indiabulls Housing Finance, IIFL Finance, REC, Shriram Transport Finance, Power Finance Corporation, LIC Housing and HDFC were up between 3 per cent and 9 per cent on the BSE
The promoter of Adani Green Energy, Adani Trading Services LLP, on Monday offloaded shares worth nearly Rs 3,309 crore in the firm
Deosthalee served as the first chairman and managing director of L&T Financial Services.