The fastest pace of growth since 2013 at India’s non-bank financiers is about to come to a grinding halt.
A spate of money market defaults by Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd. has put the spotlight on non-bank finance companies. With banks struggling with bad loans and low capital buffers, non-bank lenders had rushed to tap demand for long-term financing to build roads, power plants and homes. But these lenders borrowed from the short-term money markets to finance long-term loans, raising the risk of defaults should cash flows take a hit.
