Brief Commentary on RBI’s Final Guidelines on Securitisation of Standard Assets
In this post, based on our earlier comments on the draft guidelines, we analyse whether the highlighted issues have been addressed and also highlight few other potentially impactful changes that are contained in the new framework.
RBI’s Resolution Frameworks: A Case for Extension and Amendment
In this blog post, we answer the first two questions. In the next post, we shall present a principle-based approach that the RBI may adopt, thus answering the third question of how the current regulations should be amended or augmented to enhance their efficacy.
Gauging household income key for microfinance clients
he microfinance movement in India is set to receive another dose of impetus with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) recently released Consultative Document on Regulation of Microfinance in June 2021. Following the Malegam Committee Report, which is a decade old now, the current document looks to reassess and realign the priorities of the sector.
Our Response to RBI’s Consultative Document on Regulation of Microfinance
In this blog post, we present a summary of our response to the consultative document.
Financing higher education: New directions in student lending
From a student perspective, there are several challenges associated with paying for any form of higher education, which requires a greater level of commitment in terms of cost.
A Potential Regulatory Approach to Creditworthiness Assessments in Microfinance
In this post, we revisit the issue of over-indebtedness in microfinance and provide a set of suggestions to address them
Our Response to RBI’s Discussion paper on Revised Regulatory Framework for NBFCs – A Scale-Based Approach, 2021
In this blog post, we share our responses submitted to the RBI to the questions posed in the discussion paper
Regulation of information flows as Central Bank functions? Implications from the treatment of Account Aggregators by the Reserve Bank of India
This paper seeks to understand the role of the Indian Central Bank in regulating information flows through Account Aggregators. These are licensed entities exclusively dedicated to collecting, retrieving and sharing customers’ financial information with other financial entities with the customers’ consent.
Regulatory and Governmental support measures for Micro-Finance
In this post, we outline some measures that the RBI and Government can take to alleviate the stress faced by the MFI sector
A Commentary on RBI’s Draft Framework for Securitisation of Standard Assets, 2020
We discuss the need for a clear vision, rationale, and a roadmap to be placed by the RBI for how it sees the draft framework enable the development of this market. We also consider how RBI has made the choice between capital neutrality and capital relief through this framework and how the outcomes from such a choice can have an impact on how securitisation serves the efficient movement of risks within the banking system and also to investors outside the banking system.
