Chintan Joshi · Autonomous Research
partialWhat drove the increase in slippages and credit costs this quarter?
Roughly 55% of the increase in net credit cost has happened because of lower recoveries and upgrades in the corporate loan portfolio. ... We are seeing increase in credit costs across the retail unsecured portfolios...
Chintan Joshi · Autonomous Research
partialWhat is the NIM outlook excluding interest on tax refund?
On a core business basis, we've seen a 1 basis point compression in margins... The outlook that I consistently provide is we do not have guidance on margins on an annual basis or the short term. Our structural guidance is 3.80% on a through cycle basis.
Mahrukh Adajania · Nuvama
directWhat caused the increase in BB and below rated loans and investments?
On the loans, there is effectively very, very small effect. ... the investment circular forced us to mark to market the investments. ... the BB and below book has moved up. There is nothing that is to be read into those numbers.
Mahrukh Adajania · Nuvama
directWill the higher investment yield from revaluation be sustained?
The 10 basis points is not true for us. ... the accretion and amortization component ... is amounting to roughly INR 78 crore for us on a first quarter basis. So by no stretch of imagination, does that translate to 10 basis points?
Rikin Shah · IIFL Capital
partialWhy was loan growth driven by corporates while retail/SME was flat?
We are seeing a reasonable amount of opportunity on the corporate side. ... we will continue to see strong growth there, which is meeting our underwriting standards, it's meeting our pricing standards.
Rikin Shah · IIFL Capital
partialWhat drove the moderation in non-staff operating expenses?
You have seen some of that happening in the current quarter. Directionally, what I can indicate on expenses is expenses for last year were growing at the 27%-29% year-on-year growth range. You will see moderation in growth of costs through fiscal 2025.
Abhishek Murarka · HSBC
partialIs the higher credit cost the new normal and how to achieve 1.8% ROA?
We are very clearly stating that Q1 FY25 annualized number is not indicative of earlier credit costs for us as a franchise. ... we have consistently been saying that credit costs for the system and for us cannot stay at the levels they have in fiscal 2024.
Kunal Shah · Citigroup
directIs the bank comfortable with LDR above 90% given deposit constraints?
We have gone and submitted our strategy to RBI, which they've accepted, and we are operating within the parameters of the strategy which we have outlined to the regulator. ... It's well within the norms and the parameters.
Rahul Jain · Goldman Sachs
partialDoes the slowdown in card sourcing and PL growth signal a shift in loan mix?
We keep calibrating our book based on the RAROC that we see on each of the portfolios, and we take action based on what we see in the mix of that book. ... we will continue to change that mix strategically from time to time.
Rahul Jain · Goldman Sachs
directWhat caused the 300 bps increase in RWA density?
The 300 basis points increase in RWA intensity is, as per the capital adequacy circular, operational risk true-up happens in the first quarter of the year. ... nearly 50% of the increase in risk-weighted assets is ops risk.
Anand Dama · Emkay Global
evasiveWhat is the retention ratio and cost-to-asset outlook post Citi integration?
Consistent with the earlier quarters too, we don't share specific numbers, but I can tell you now with the integration successfully behind us that on every metric ... we have met or exceeded that metric. ... We do not offer a cost-to-asset guide.
Jai Mundhra · ICICI Securities
directCan the bank step up deposit growth without compromising margins?
I don't think that's an equation we are agreeable to or we are working towards. ... picking up incremental deposits just to report higher growth is not what we are philosophically aligned to.