Bank of India Ltd aims to return to profit in the January-March quarter as it focuses on reducing bad loans, its chief executive said on Monday, after the state-run lender logged its biggest quarterly loss since at least 2005, Reuters reported. A spike in bad loan provisions dragged the bank to a net loss here of 47.38 billion rupees ($666.50 million) in the three months ended Dec. 31. In the same period the year before, it registered a loss of 23.41 billion rupees.

Questions have emerged over whether one of Indonesia’s wealthiest families has in effect dragged itself into court to prevent a foreign creditor from recovering a loan — a case experts say threatens the credibility of the country’s bankruptcy laws, the Financial Times reported. The case against a subsidiary of Lippo group, which is controlled by Indonesia’s Riady family, comes at a time when defaults are rising in the country. It is expected to spark concerns over powerful local conglomerates forcing out foreign creditors through bankruptcy proceedings.

The Kazakh authorities are urgently looking for a bank to take over no. 2 lender Tsesnabank as they believe it needs new financing to prevent a collapse, three sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters. Officials from the government and central bank have approached at least three other Kazakh banks and hope to tie up a deal in February, the sources said. They are offering financial incentives for any bank prepared to take it over, Reuters reported.

When Ofo launched in Beijing in 2015, it had seemingly everything going for it: a brilliant idea, a stash of cash and impeccable Communist party connections. But just four years later, the bike-sharing service has been reduced to empty offices, graveyards of disused bright yellow bikes and virtual queues of disenchanted customers demanding their deposits back, the Financial Times reported. Venerable investors, including tech giant Alibaba, are braced for writedowns and the company’s founder, Dai Wei, has warned that bankruptcy is on the horizon.

After sliding for six straight years, borrowing costs of Chinese companies from the offshore syndicated loan market are expected to grow in 2019 as their own funding rates rise and defaults from the country surge, according to a Bloomberg survey, Bloomberg News reported. With Chinese offshore syndicated loan costs still near a decade-low, lenders are seeking higher pricing to cushion margins squeezed by rising competition. Such demand is getting louder as default risks deepen amid a faltering economy and trade tensions with the U.S.

In a related story, Bloomberg News reported that many global funds have pushed for India to resolve its bankruptcy cases faster, but some investors are finding opportunities in the delays. As Indian lenders seek to offload soured debt worth billions of dollars, overseas firms such as Cantor Fitzgerald and SC Lowy see the chance for investors to reap returns from delays in the bankruptcy process.

India’s Supreme Court on Friday rejected petitions challenging the country’s bankruptcy laws, including a rule that bans owners of insolvent firms from bidding to buy back assets auctioned as part of the bankruptcy proceedings, Reuters reported. The ruling upheld fledgling bankruptcy and insolvency rules and is expected to pave the way for banks to recover billions of dollars from bankrupt firms mired in litigation, lawyers said.

Pakistan’s finance minister announced a range of measures on Wednesday to narrow fiscal and trade deficits as prime minister Imran Khan prepares to present the government’s case to the IMF for a loan to rebuild confidence in the country’s economy, the Financial Times reported. In a speech in the lower house of parliament, Asad Umar unveiled a cut in import duty on industrial raw materials to raise industrial productivity and help ease a chronic energy crisis that has caused repeated power outages and gas supply interruptions.

First, it was the IL&FS Group that ran out of money. Now that the bankrupt Indian infrastructure lender-operator has been sequestered from creditors, the country’s securitization industry is on borrowed time, a Bloomberg View reported. It all began on Tuesday with S&P Global’s Indian affiliate, Crisil, downgrading Jharkhand Road Projects Implementation Co.’s annuity-backed bonds to D after it skipped interest and principal payments. It’s a strategic default on an instrument rated AA just last week. The borrower had money.

Cash-strapped Jet Airways Ltd has flown straight into a storm, resulting in a major setback for India’s largest full-service airline that could shake up the country’s aviation industry, Reuters reported. Jet, which has debt exceeding 80 billion rupees ($1.12 billion) as of September-end, has been steadily losing market share to its rival and low-cost carrier IndiGo, which is owned by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, Jet’s second-largest shareholder, is now in talks with creditors for a deal that could help the airline back on its feet.