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CS Setty: Room For Growth

Challa Sreenivasulu Setty took over as chairman of the State Bank of India, named Best Consumer Bank, in August of last year. He discusses SBI’s digital journey, the trajectory of its consumer banking businesses, and the challenge posed by AI and fintechs.

Banking

Emerging Market Private Credit Steps Up

Expanding economies and bank regulatory hurdles prompt emerging-market companies to tap the private credit market.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

India: Credit Rating Gets An Upgrade

S&P Global Ratings raised India’s sovereign credit rating in mid-August from BBB- to BBB, one notch above its lowest investment-grade rating.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

WeWork Eyes $407 Million IPO Comeback

WeWork India is preparing to raise up to 35 billion Indian rupees ($407 million) through an initial public offering expected in August.

Banking

Japan’s SMBC Buying Stake In Yes Bank

India’s Yes Bank expects to sell a 20% stake to Japan’s second-largest bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, for $1.58 billion, pending regulatory approvals from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Competition Commission of India.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

GIFT City Takes Off With Axis Bank Lease Deal

The deal also marks a milestone for Indian aviation finance: the first transaction in which all the stakeholders— lender, borrower,...

Technology

India: Musk’s Starlink Links Up

Two of India’s biggest telecom providers, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, separately inked deals with Elon Musk’s Starlink last month...

Features

Asia’s Giants Push Deeper Into Latin America

As US investment declines, China and India are rapidly expanding their presence across Latin America’s key industries. With US investment...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

India: Shapoorji Pallonji Eyes Private Credit Deal

India’s Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group, a construction and real estate conglomerate, is negotiating with global private credit funds to raise...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Modi Taps ‘Mr. Dependable’ To Be Principal Secretary

Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das was appointed Principal Secretary-2 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Feb....

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cricket’s T20 Gold Rush: Investors Building A Global Sports Empire

The rapid rise of this fast-format cricket, led by the Indian Premier League, is fueling multi-billion-dollar investments, as franchises expand...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

India: Private Investments Power $125 Billion Clean Energy Push

After the space sector, India opened up its last frontier, nuclear power, to private investments with an immediate market potential...