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The lender can expect healthy cross-selling opportunities from its merger with housing finance giant
Country’s largest lender by market value kicks off earnings season for the sector with a 30% jump
Plus, the making of India’s biggest deal ever and venture capital fever fades in private markets
Deepak Parekh calls $40bn deal ‘necessary for both sides’ ahead of new curbs on shadow banking
Merger expected to create lending titan that can underwrite bigger infrastructure projects
Steering clear of glamour projects has shielded group from India’s bad-debt crisis
Aggressive campaign pays off but retail bank now faces increasing competition
Funds eye cut-price assets and rivals seize market share as state lenders clean up loan books
Private banks, which have sounder balance sheets, have been helped by the state sector’s malaise
Investors want a better price for offshore rupee debt market
Indian housing finance group to press ahead with $300m sale in early 2016
Newcomers are expected to foster more competition
Doubts over GDP data and New Delhi’s ability to exploit its neighbour’s difficulties
Edinburgh insurer gears up to tap potentially vast market
India is attracting unprecedented levels of support from fund managers
After the banks, attention is now shifting to insurers
Upstart IDFC leads charge with low-cost model inspired by budget airline
With a lot of supply coming, there is no rush to buy
Private-sector lender to sell stock in India and the US
Insurance bill raising foreign ownership cap held hostage by politics and protectionists
India’s political rally was a rare successful EM trade this year. Where next?
Bad loans keep rising, but keep India’s public-sector banks on the radar Bad loans keep rising, but keep India’s public-sector banks on the radar
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