Why are nonbanks’ profits falling?

The non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) experienced a fall in their profits in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The next year they managed a handsome comeback. But in the first half of 2022, the NBFIs' profits fell again.

Even, some logged higher losses in the current year compared to 2021. Why did the NBFIs' profits fall? How is the whole sector performing?

How can the NBFIs' return to profits? Khondoker Md Shoyeb is trying to find the answers to the questions with The Daily Star's reporter Ahsan Habib in this Straight from Star Newsroom.