Article By V P Nandakumar MD & CEO, Manappuram Finance Ltd ‘All finance is climate finance’, is the resounding message coming from the recently-concluded C0P-28 conclave held in Dubai, UAE’ All finance is climate finance. For me, this is the most important takeaway from Continue Reading
Article By V P Nandakumar MD and CEO, Manappuram Finance Ltd The adage may once again prove axiomatic for other financial assets but not for gold The popular maxim, ‘Sell in May and go away’ is turning out to be true for most assets including stocks, bonds and even for several currencies. The maxim […]Continue Reading
Holding gold in a diversified portfolio can help reduce carbon footprint without sacrificing returns, writes V.P. Nandakumar, MD & CEO of Manappuram Finance Ltd Gold is slowly but steadily assuming a more important role in the myriad world of investment as the recent volatility in the financial markets across the globe has rendered many […]Continue Reading
Article By V P Nandakumar MD & CEO, Manappuram Finance Ltd It gives the country the opportunity of a generation to voice Global South’s concerns amid a fragmented global economic order For the past few years, there has been a visible shift in India’s worldview or global outlook. The hallmark of this historic reset […]Continue Reading
Article by V.P. Nandakumar MD & CEO of Manappuram Finance Ltd. A jump in US inflation may pressure the Fed to tighten monetary policy sooner than expected. How would India fare in that scenario? There is no doubt that the US economy is facing an inflation problem. And the risk is that if it is […]Continue Reading
V.P. Nandakumar MD & CEO, Manappuram Finance Ltd To promote the next level of financial inclusion, let us remove restrictions on opening new branches that currently apply to gold loan NBFCs Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) set up of a Regulations Review Authority (RRA 2.0) to review its regulations internally, and in consultation […]Continue Reading
Article By V.P. Nandakumar MD & CEO of Manappuram Finance Ltd. An internal working group of the RBI recently suggested that large non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) should convert themselves into Banks. Although reported in the media as a new suggestion, the fact is, conversion of a non-bank to a bank has been allowed […]Continue Reading
Article by V.P. Nandakumar MD & CEO of Manappuram Finance Ltd It’s well known that in recent years India’s banks have been grappling with the problem of high levels of non-performing assets (NPAs). This problem came to light in 2014-15 when the Reserve Bank of India, suspecting that NPAs were being under-reported over the years, […]Continue Reading
Article by V.P. Nandakumar is MD & CEO of Manappuram Finance Ltd. Ever since the outbreak of Covid-19 forced authorities to impose lockdowns and other restrictive measures, organisations around the world have been engaged in a race against time to reinvent and transform themselves and become battle ready for the “new normal.” The new normal […]Continue Reading
Article by V.P. Nandakumar is MD & CEO of Manappuram Finance Ltd. Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, writing in The Hindu newspaper in November 2019, had warned about the imminent risk of stagflation facing the economy. At the time, India’s economic growth was slowing down. Nearly a year later, we are staring at a […]Continue Reading