What are the strategies used for reducing NPA?
(This post elucidates on recovery and monitoring process of NPA accounts,advantage and disadvantage of Compromise settlement, and gains of NPA recovery) The asset of the bank, classified as NPA ceases to generate income to the bank. In addition to stoppage of income generation to the banks, banks are required to make provision for NPA. Therefore,…
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CGTMSE guarantee for credit facility covered by collateral security
The Credit Guarantee fund Trust for Micro Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) has been providing guarantee coverage to any collateral / third party guarantee free credit facilities extended by eligible institutions (Member lending institutions (MLI) like banks, financial institutions, select NBFCs and Small Finance banks etc.). Hitherto, all activities* that come under manufacturing and service sector as…
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Effects of NPA on profitability
The assets of the bank, classified under NPA cease to generate income to the bank. In addition to stoppage of income generation to the banks, banks are required to make provision for NPA. Therefore NPA is a double edged razor; damaging the profit, weakening the capital structure and reducing the rating of the bank. Measures…
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What is credit spread?
In banking jargon the word ‘spread’ is used in issuance of corporate bonds,interest levied on loans and in foreign exchange transactions. In foreign exchange transactions the difference between the buying rate and selling rate is referred as spread or margin. The term ‘credit spread’ is used in the fixed income corporate bonds and bank loans.…
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What is Commercial Real estate
In simple words, Commercial Real Estate (CRE) can be described as any property which is used for non-residential purposes such as housing buildings, hotels, restaurants, gymnasiums, hospitals, condominiums, shopping malls, office blocks, theatres, amusement parks, cold storages, warehouses, educational institutions, industrial parks etc. In terms of Basel II definition if the repayment primarily depends on…
First loss facility and second loss facility explained
In securitization, credit enhancement refers to a risk-reduction technique that increases the credit profile of structured financial products or transactions. Credit enhancement may be divided into First Loss facility and Second Loss facility. First loss facility represents the first level of financial support to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) as part of the process in…
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