Manappuram Finance expects an under recovery of revenue on certain gold loan portfolios due to correction in the gold price which may result in reduction in profit numbers for the fourth quarter ending March 31, 2013.
Manappuram Finance is a non-deposit taking NBFC and is mainly engaged in providing retail advances against bullion asset collaterals, in the form of household used jewellery. The company is having a strong presence in South India in states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and had 2,908 branches across India at the end of FY'12.