For investors, the immediate watch item is the RBI's decision on the CEO succession. The board has done its part by submitting two names. The regulatory approval, when it comes, will clarify the leadership structure for the next three years. Until then, the Q2 operating numbers — strong deposit growth, stable margins — describe a bank performing well at the business level while its top leadership remains in regulatory limbo.
The unresolved question is whether the RBI will approve an internal candidate whose tenure already counts against the 15-year aggregate limit, or whether it will push HDFC Bank toward an external appointment — and what either outcome would mean for the bank's ability to sustain the deposit and margin trajectory it just reported?
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