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SumanSpeaks Capital Markets & Geopolitical Intelligence · Estd 200 6 Turnaround Watch · EPC SEPC Ltd (₹6.54): From Stressed Asset to Strategic Platform Debt down from a peak of ₹907 crore to ₹351 crore. Two SAIL orders worth ₹1,527.89 crore landed inside eight weeks. A Dubai-headquartered promoter that bailed the company out of an RBI stressed-asset restructuring is now backing an ADNOC-linked entry into the Middle East. This is what a real turnaround looks like when you actually read the balance sheet instead of the ticker. 1 The Arc: From a ₹300 IPO to a Stressed Asset to a Rescue SEPC Ltd listed in February 2008 as Shriram EPC, priced at ₹300 a share, raising ₹150 crore under the Shriram Group — one of India's most recognised financial-services names, then led by T Shivaraman...
Will the RBI lower rates in the year? 
The answer is definitely yes, though the timing may be uncertain. While inflation is low and trending downwards, the outlook on possible negatives that may be driving inflation forward will be critical in this context. Presently, if inflation remains benign – and there is no reason to think otherwise, a cut of 25 bps may be expected in the next half though it is more likely to be invoked in October when the busy season starts.

---- Madan Sabnavis, chief economist at CARE Ratings, The Business Standard, 7 June, 2017.

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