HDFC Bank shares shed early gains to close marginally lower on bourses, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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After giving up morning gains, shares of the country’s leading private sector lender HDFC Bank closed marginally lower on the bourses on Wednesday.

The shares jumped nearly two per cent in early trade after the Reserve Bank‘s decision to allow the lender to issue new credit cards but the momentum could not be sustained, with the scrip ending marginally lower compared to Tuesday’s closing level on the BSE and NSE.

It ended the day at Rs 1,512.90 apiece on the BSE. After opening at Rs 1,550, the scrip touched an intra-day high of Rs 1,564.75 and an intra-day low of Rs 1,508.45.

On the NSE too, shares of the lender shed early gains to close slightly down at Rs 1,511.50 apiece.

It had touched an intra-day high of Rs 1,565.35 after opening at Rs 1,556.70. The intra-day low level was Rs 1,508.35.

In a regulatory filing on Wednesday, HDFC Bank said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), through its letter dated August 17, has relaxed the restriction placed on sourcing of new credit cards.

The central bank had issued orders in December and February to HDFC Bank on certain incidents of outages in the internet banking /mobile banking/ payment utilities of the bank over the past two years.

HDFC Bank also said the restrictions on all new launches of the digital business generating activities planned under Digital 2.0 will continue till further review by the RBI.

Snapping its four-session record-setting spree, the 30-share benchmark BSE Sensex on Wednesday closed 162.78 points or 0.29 per cent lower at 55,629.49. It touched its all-time peak of 56,118.57 during the session.



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Punjab & Sind Bank reports Q1 net profit at Rs 174 cr, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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State-owned Punjab & Sind Bank on Thursday reported a net profit of Rs 173.85 crore for the first quarter ended June 30. The bank had posted a net loss of Rs 116.89 crore a year ago. Sequentially, it had registered a net profit of Rs 160.79 crore in the March 2021 quarter.

The total income of the bank during Q1FY22 rose to Rs 2,039.61 crore from Rs 1,954.39 crore in Q1FY21, Punjab & Sind Bank said in a regulatory filing.

Provisions for bad loans and contingencies for the quarter fell to Rs 77.30 crore from Rs 382.56 crore in the year-ago period.

The bank’s asset quality showed an improvement and the gross non-performing assets (NPAs or bad loans) came down to 13.33 per cent of the gross advances as of June 30, 2021, against 14.34 per cent a year ago.

In absolute value, the net NPAs stood at Rs 9,054.96 crore, up from Rs 8,848.06 crore.

The net NPAs ratio fell to 3.61 per cent (Rs 2,206.70 crore), from 7.57 per cent (Rs 4,326.41 crore).

The bank said it has kept the account of Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd (DAMEPL) as standard, in accordance with the Supreme Court order and RBI guidelines.

The bank has not treated an outstanding of Rs 166.63 crore towards DAMEPL as NPA, it said. It has held the provisions of Rs 92.24 crore against this, higher than the required Rs 49.59 crore.

The provision coverage ratio of the bank stood at 84.22 per cent as of June 30, 2021, and the liquidity coverage ratio at 215.52 per cent.

Shares of the bank jumped 4.37 per cent to close at Rs 20.30 apiece on BSE.



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Family offices, HNIs latch on to cryptocurrencies as ride turns more volatile, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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It’s not just about small investors and millennials who are hoping on to the crypto bandwagon.

Serious investors, including family offices and high net worth individuals, are putting huge money as cryptocurrencies touch high levels.

Many investors in crypto hedge funds are either high net worth individuals (54%) or family offices (30%), according to Annual Global Crypto Hedge Fund Report 2021.

This comes as institutional investors are rotating out of cryptocurrencies and investing into gold. The recent crackdown by China has seen cryptocurrencies give up the gains of this year.

The median investment ticket size by family offices and HNIs is $0.4 million, while the average ticket size is $1.1 million.

The total assets under management of crypto hedge funds increased by 90% in 2020 globally, with the vast majority of investors in funds being either HNIs or family offices.

Personalised services

Cryptocurrency exchanges are tripping over each other to grab the high-value pie.

Crypto exchanges and funds have seen an uptick in investments of upwards of Rs 1 crore by family offices and wealthy individuals.

WazirX, India‘s largest crypto exchange by volume, recently created a dedicated over-the-counter team that executes high-value bulk trades to meet increased demand from high net-worth individuals. The platform has seen a 30x increase in user sign-ups by HNIs and family offices who trade over $25 million a month or want to buy crypto worth over $100,000. These funds get specialised services, including customised trading reports and support with taxation and compliance.

ZebPay, another crypto exchange, started offering OTC services last year. It offers “personalised service to institutions and individuals” looking to purchase a minimum of 5 bitcoins, which at current rates cost $150,000 or over Rs 1 crore. The exchange executes trades amounting to several million dollars every month.

Family offices

Family offices are also looking to diversify into crypto, mainly bitcoins. ZebPay wants to offer full-service wealth management for wealthy

clients to help build a diverse digital asset portfolio, including nonfungible token art collectibles.

Licensed advisers and wealth managers are shying away from offering formal guidance to clients in the absence of cryptocurrency regulations in India, which make it a legal grey area.

Most of the exchanges onboarding such clients are offering round-the-clock support, a dedicated relationship manager and personal involvement and guidance from top leadership at these exchanges.



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