'As business picks up again, we will have to reassess our requirement for funds,' says IIFL Finance's founder and managing director
There are small loans rated by CARE and the company is immediately repaying those loans so that the CARE rating can be withdrawn, says Jain
FIIs have sold equities worth almost $2 billion in the first 13 sessions of the year — probably the worst FII sell-off witnessed in January over the last two decades.
IIFL Home Finance will use the proceeds to expand in the under-served markets of small-town India
The reform progress on some of the sectors like agriculture, power, logistics etc. continues to lag the overall reform momentum. This is partly because these reform measures need a broader Centre-State consensus, the Founder of IIFL Group said.
Jain talks to Moneycontrol about IIFL group’s digital transformation, tapping the international market for funds, taking on rivals in the crowded discount brokerage space and more.
Nirmal Jain, founder of IIFL, finds inspiration from the fascinating success stories of Amazon and Flipkart and loves to read George Orwell and Benjamin Graham.
The Founder-Chairman of IIFL Group tells Moneycontrol in an exclusive interview, that, over the next 2-3 quarters, all group businesses will go fully digital. He also spoke about the various plans of the Group’s three listed companies -- IIFL Finance, IIFL Securities and IIFL Wealth.
The crisis in the NBFC sector started with a series of defaults by IL&FS, which owes over Rs 99,350 crore to banks, from last September.
"I am very optimistic about the outcome of the elections and then I think the second half therefore will be very good because as people see clarity then from macro-fundamentals," Jain said.
India Infoline Founder and Chairman Nirmal Jain said the market looks good from a 3-5 year perspective. His optimism stems for the investor inflows into the markets. In the recent past, markets have seen domestic institutional investors become a deciding factor, he said.
Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC is disappointed that there was nothing on corporate tax, except a proposal to cut corporate tax rate for MSMEs (Micro Small and Medium Enterprises) having revenues less than Rs 50 crore to 25 percent.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18‘s Sonia Shenoy & Udayan Mukherjee, Nirmal Jain of IIFL, Raamdeo Agarwal of Motilal Oswal and Neelkanth Mishra of Credit Suisse gave their take on what Arun Jaitely‘s Union Budget may look like and the road ahead.
Nirmal Jain of IIFL says that this rule may be regressive as taxing some certain foreign based India focussed funds will make them completely unviable.
In conversation with CNBC-TV18, Nirmal Jain, Chairman of IIFL, said it is not a great market for short-term traders but if investors have a long-term view then India is doing better.
India‘s macro fundamentals are very good. Monsoon has progressed very well, GST is moving well and is not likely to face any stumbling block, says Nirmal Jain of IIFL.
IIFL is focusing more on affordable housing, says Nirmal Jain, Chairman of IIFL adding that the company is looking at tier I and II cities for investments.
The market had already run up substantially and so is likely to consolidate, making investors selective. However, the underlying current still remains bullish and money will continue to flow in, said Nirmal Jain of IIFL.
The markets have run up quite sharply and a correction is likely, he says. He recommends retail investors should look to invest with a long term perspective or else bottom up stock picking.
Rajiv Lall, MD & CEO of IDFC Bank said that about 45 percent of the outstanding credit of banking system is only to 300 corporates. About 60 percent of household savings are not in banks and hence there is a lot of opportunity to reach out to customers.
The proposed investment is by way of compulsorily convertible preference shares (CCPS) which on conversion will result in about 15 percent equity stake for CDC in IIFL Finance on a fully diluted basis. The proposed transaction is subject to necessary regulatory approvals.
Global markets are in the midst of powerful rally even as an eerie feeling of a danger looming around the corner continues -- what with the Brexit risk and the global economic slowdown.
India is in a bull market despite some dips. Underlying factors, in medium-term, are positive with monsoon playing out well and government initiatives, says Nirmal Jain, Chairman of IIFL.
Better than expected quarterly corporate earnings, signs of a turnaround in the economy and the positive mood in global markets had lifted equity benchmarks to seven-month highs earlier this month.
Mohandas Pai of Manipal Group focussed on the 'malcontents' that have been after Rajan. Pai said Rajan decided to leave because it would have hurt him to see the government did nothing to defend him against the likes of Subramanian Swamy. Others also weigh on Rajan's leaving.