AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoHDFC Bank Leadership Shake-up: HDFC Bank is set to pick a new chairman next week, with interim chair Keki Mistry staying on until mid-September; CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan is also expected to be reappointed after an external legal review found no substance in former chair Atanu Chakraborty’s allegations. Kotak Mahindra CEO Exit: Kotak Mahindra Bank shares slid after CEO Ashok Vaswani said he won’t seek reappointment at year-end, triggering a succession search even as Nomura and Jefferies kept “Buy” calls. Regulator Watch: APRA framed proposed bank capital settings as a “calibration” to better match risk, aiming for safety without choking efficiency. Capital Markets: RAKBANK mandated a syndicate of major banks to arrange meetings ahead of a planned 5-year USD bond. Digital Lending Expansion: RoCapital IFN launched the Wonga brand in Romania, bringing a Poland-developed consumer lending model to the market. Policy & Consumer Costs: India’s July 1 changes include an Aadhaar email update fee waiver and new RBI rules on mis-selling, alongside ITR deadline reminders. AI Boom Caution: The BIS warned that AI investment exuberance could end like past booms, with reversals that hit the wider economy. Ukraine Risk Insurance: The US DFC and World Bank’s MIGA agreed a political risk insurance framework for a US-Ukraine reconstruction fund.
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