Sa-dhan National Conference 2018

RESEARCH & OPINION

Poor performance of primary goods segment compensated by imports
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Higher weightage to food items is artificially suppressing the inflationary trend
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Suman Chowdhury, Ratings – President, Acuité Ratings & Research shares his views on India’s farming sector
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NRI deposits highest since FY14; May help stabilizing exchange rate and liquidity scenario
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Net foreign inflows recover in FY19 YTD but remain susceptible to global volatility
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OBICUS Survey on Manufacturing Sector sees finished goods inventories coming down substantially but raw material inventories are being shored up as risk of price increase looms
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Global sector PMI index for September signifying strong global growth; India specific sectors such IT, Pharma, Chemicals and Banking record solid performance
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MPC holds Repo rate at 6.50% but signals an end to its neutral stance
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Infrastructure push help maintain consistent Core Industries expansion; Cement, electricity, steel and petro refinery record solid annual and YTD growth
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Manufacturing PMI maintains momentum on the back of new orders and robust inventory turnover; Rising input cost remains a concern though
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Sa-dhan National Conference 2018 – Delhi

Acuité Ratings participated in the Sa-dhan National Conference 2018 held on September 19-20, 2018 in New Delhi. Our President, Suman Chowdhury participated in the session "BUILDING A CULTURE OF RESPONSIBLE LENDING” where the co-panelists included Mrs. Neena Jain, General Manager, RBI, Mrs. Kalpana Pandey, MD& CEO, CRIF Highmark and Mr. Mukul Jaiswal, MD, Cashpor Credit. The session was moderated by Mr. Manoj Sharma, Managing Director, MicroSave Asia. Mr. Chowdhury mentioned that while the regulatory framework for the microfinance sector has been significantly strengthened, the risks of overleveraging cannot be ignored. Both industry SROs and the players need to use portfolio analytics, now available from credit bureaus, effectively to identify any emerging risks in a particular area.

Our exciting journey started in 2005 with rating of bank borrowers most of whom were small and medium enterprises. At that time, credit rating was a concept known only to large issuers of capital market instruments. Since then, like a caterpillar transforms itself into a beautiful butterfly, we transformed to rate bonds, bank facilities of large corporates and issuers across industries. Along came many achievements - SEBI Registration in 2011, RBI accreditation in 2012, 50,000 ratings in 2018, 5,000 Bond and Bank Loan Ratings in 2017, launch of India's first Android and iPhone app to disseminate rating, tamper-proof QR-code-enabled rating rationales, and SMERA Terminal to name a few.

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