Net profit up 22 percent, driven by strong asset growth even as provisions remained elevated
Karnataka accounted for 11 percent of the company’s balance sheet, making this a significant recalibration
Brokerages raised their target price on Bajaj Finance shares as recent developments have addressed a key overhang, and the succession plan is "well executed".
The development confirms Moneycontrol's newsbreak that said both Jain and Saha are set to receive promotions as part of the group's succession planning exercise
Anup Saha, who joined Bajaj Finance in 2017 from ICICI Bank and was elevated to the role of deputy MD recently, may take over the reins of the NBFC from Jain.
The move follows Bajaj Auto’s decision to create its captive financing unit – Bajaj Auto Credit Limited, which started its operations in March 2024
The analysts referred to a presentation made by the consumer that detailed on new verticals and succession planning
"The board of directors, at its meeting held on March 17, 2020, has reappointed Rajeev Jain, managing director of the company for a further period of five years with effect from April 1, 2020," Bajaj Finance said in a filing to BSE.
Under the agreement, Bajaj Finance will offer individual saving and protection products of Future Generali India Life Insurance to their new and existing customers through their vast nationwide distribution network, a release issued here said today.
Speaking to CNBC-TV18 Rajeev Jain, MD of Bajaj Finance said that post demonetisation all verticals except for business loans have seen growth and the company has decided to be more cautious on loan against property and small businesses.
The company has presence in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Myanmar, Spain and had clocked around Rs 7-8 crore from exports last year.
Bajaj Finance expects a 25 percent growth in its balancesheet and 20 percent net income growth from a medium-to-long-term point of view, the company's Managing Director Rajeev Jain tells CNBC-TV18.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Bajaj Finance MD Rajeev Jain, discussed the company's third quarter earnings.
Bajaj Finance's profit after tax jumped 42 percent to Rs 279 crore in quarter ended September from Rs 197 crore last year.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Rajeev Jain, managing director, Bajaj Finance, shares his views on the company's growth in Q1 and his outlook for the days to come.
Former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao, an accused in Jharkhand's Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block allocation scam case, said that allocation decisions were taken by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Rajeev Jain, managing director, Bajaj Finance says the company will now focus on its rural and urban business.
Third quarter net profits for Bajaj Finance rose 33 percent to Rs 258.4 crore while revenues jumped 38 percent to Rs 1,476.5 crore. Shares surged over 15 percent following the earnings declaration. CEO Rajeev Jain said the company was increasing its focus on rural lending.
Meanwhile, the company is leaving no stone unturned to lay a concrete foundation for its banking forays. The non-banking finance company (NBFC) owned by the renowned Bajaj group is so far known for serving affluent customers.
India's largest white-good financing company - Bajaj Finance's first (April-June) first quarter net profit grew at a slower pace by 27 percent year-on-year to around Rs 176 crore, dented by spike in loan losses and provisions that doubled from Rs 32 crore to Rs 64 crore.
Bajaj Finance has reported profit after tax of 27 percent at Rs 176 crore, which includes a one-time standard asset provisioning to the tune of Rs 18 crore. It's assets under management stood at Rs 19,229 crore.
Since last four quarters Bajaj Finance has been reducing its loan exposure to commercial segement including infra, equipments and vendor financing. It is now bottomed out. It will again start lending to this sector.
Bajaj Finance is seen as one of the major contenders for applying the new banking license. In its third quarter earnings, the company has cautiously reduced its exposure to infrastructure lending while extending credit to the affluent class for buying white goods (viz. fridge, tv, washing machine) and vehicles.
Rajeev Jain, CEO, Bajaj Finance explains on CNBC-TV18 that the company was able to post a growth of 37 percent thanks to the superlative performance by the company‘s consumer businesses- the consumer electronics financing and the two-wheeler financing arms
Higher loan provisions tempered Pune-based Bajaj Finance's second quarter (July-September) net profit growth. Without the provisions, the non-banking finance company's net profit would have risen 58% instead of 48%, chief executive Rajeev Jain told moneycontrol.com.