China will tolerate an increase in bad debt this year as it eases rules governing bank lending to prop up an economy that’s slowing faster than expected, the nation’s banking regulator said.Of course there will be an increase in bad loans. Why will banks force a loan taker to pay if they can get away with it? (They'll say "temporary") And why will a person pay if they know a bank won't care too much?The China Banking Regulatory Commission will drop its target of reducing the balance and ratio of bad loans after five years of declines, and instead aim to prevent a “massive and rapid rebound” in soured debts, Chairman Liu Mingkang said in Beijing today. A transcript of his speech was obtained by Bloomberg News.
Looser requirements may fuel concerns about a surge in bad loans, four years after China finished a cleanup of its banking system that cost more than $500 billion. Lenders will likely face weakening asset quality, rising defaults and “significant” constraints on profits in 2009, Standard & Poor’s said Jan. 7.
India's going this way too. RBI has slowly started reducing provisioning for real estate loans (which are the biggest problem) and for other kinds of loans that actually need tightening, not loosening. But we're loosening. Next stop: credit cards and personal loans. When regulations there loosen, the sh** will hit the fan.
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>Hi Deepak,
Completely unrelated comment from this post.
I was just wondering what is the status of moneyoga. My last impression is that you were looking for funding for the company as well as funding as trading capital ( not reading your blog very regularly). Now I see that you have added 5L virtual portfolio. And you have commented that you will not disclose position of other people whose money you are managing. Does that mean that you have got all the required legal permission to start PMS.
If yes, what are the different schemes (min amount, charges etc) ?
I think many readers might be interested in knowing.
HK
01.12.09 at 8:47 AM
>HK: We were looking for funding for the company, but that’s out now, since the company was about the website primarily.
I’m doing some informal management (read: purely a consultancy, not a PMS, though I look at it as managing money, as it gives me greater responsibility). I will be moving to GUrgaon in a few weeks, and will take further decisions on PMS etc. after that. Thanks for asking!
01.12.09 at 8:53 AM
>Hi Deepak,
How come Gurgaon ? Move from Bangalore to Mumbai is understandable. That to you are from Karnataka so Gurgaon is further away. Not a very nice place to leave I suppose. Just curious. Hope that not violating your privacy.
Regards,
HK
01.12.09 at 6:13 PM
>Gurgaon is a personal choice – and I’m Indian and can live anywhere, heck anywhere in the world too :) Nothing will violate my privacy – people still give you room to live in Gurgaon!
01.12.09 at 7:26 PM