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Gold & Net Zero Goal

Unique Times May 30, 2023 0

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 Continue Reading

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G-20 leadership: A historic chance for India

Unique Times March 13, 2023 0

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

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The US has an inflation problem

Unique Times August 24, 2021 0

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

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A suggestion for RBI’s Regulations Review Authority

Unique Times July 28, 2021 0

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

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Converting large NBFCs to banks: is it warranted?

Unique Times January 22, 2021 0

  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

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Strengthen India’s debt market to strengthen NBFCs 

Unique Times December 8, 2020 0

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

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The New Normal at Manappuram

Unique Times November 20, 2020 0

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

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Stagflation, a risk India must guard against

Unique Times October 28, 2020 0

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

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Virtualisation is the new Industrialisation

Unique Times September 28, 2020 0

Article by V.P. Nandakumar is MD & CEO of Manappuram Finance Ltd.  As the old order changes, what should the upcoming generation of managers and business leaders do to remain in the game? Very often, the first step in learning something new is to unlearn something we learned before. The raging COVID-19 pandemic has forced […]Continue Reading

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Getting the economy back to shape, post-pandemic 

Unique Times August 23, 2020 0

Article by V.P. Nandakumar is MD & CEO of Manappuram Finance Ltd. Economists often use the term “ceteris paribus”, Latin for “all other things held constant” when positing their theories or making predictions based on their models. I am not an economist but as the CEO of a large NBFC, I take a keen interest […]Continue Reading