Narayana Health: Insurance has to grow alongside as the healthcare sector grows. Viren Prasad Shetty, Narayana Health

Viren Prasad Shetty, Executive VC, Narayana Health, says: “Is the larger goal to make healthcare more affordable, then price cap does not achieve it because what happens right now in a dynamic pricing situation where you have multiple price points for multiple classes of people. You have very poor people below the poverty line who … Read more

PSU bank stocks: PSU bank stocks outshine private peers

Mumbai: Investors who had almost written off public sector banks in favour of their private peers are being forced to reconsider some of their choices, at least for now. As state-owned lenders witness a on better asset quality and improved profitability, their shares have been topping the returns charts with several of them at multi-year … Read more

HDFC Bank: HDFC Bank drops 8.4% on margin worries

Mumbai: HDFC Bank shares slumped 8.4% on Wednesday – its biggest single-day drop since March 2020 – as concerns over the bank’s future profitability triggered a sharp sell-off. The private lender’s third-quarter results were in line with analyst estimates, but Dalal Street focused on the likely pressure on net interest margins (NIMs) – the difference … Read more