Regulating NBFCs: RBI proposes bank-like norms for the top 30
January 22, 2021
Suggests four-layer pyramid structure, with progressive levels of regulation
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to usher in a four-layered regulatory and supervisory framework for non-banking finance NBFCs as it embarks on the path of a scale-based regulation in the backdrop of the recent stress in the sector.
In its discussion paper on “Revised Regulatory Framework for NBFCs a Scale-Based Approach”, RBI said its proposed framework could be visualised as a pyramid, comprising NBFCs grouped in four layers Base Layer (BL), Middle Layer (ML), Upper Layer (UL) and a possible Top Layer (TL).
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Banks deployed more than 70 per cent money raised through targeted long-term repo (TLTRO) in papers issued by AAA-rated non-banking finance companies (NBFC), defeating the very purpose of the special liquidity operations. The top-rated NBFCs did not need special assistance from the RBI or banks. They had enough access to the debt markets and had a comfortable liquidity position. The whole idea of launching the TLTRO funds, in various batches, was to provide system level liquidity as well as “targeted liquidity to sectors and entities experiencing liquidity constraints and restricted market access.” Clearly, banks did not do it, data released by RBI’s Trend and Progress Report showed.