

Monday 20 November '06
Investment patterns of bank customers are changing.If depositors were earlier going for long-termdeposits of three and five years, the situation has changed now.Thursday 16 November '06
With the real estate market booming as never before, banks can’t be far behind in doling out more credit to the hot sector.Friday
13 October '06It is abundantly clear that the debt market desperately needs liquidity. Liquidity needs more players with deep pockets. More players, including FIIs and retail investorsThursday
12 October '06When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in Mumbai last week that the debt market has failed to deliver the desired results and called for more reforms to deepen and strengthen the marketSaturday
7 October '0646 out of 128 IPOs that hit market since January 2005 are quoting below offer pricesThursday
5 October '06Vulture funds are on the prowl in India. These funds — also known as turnaround or restructuring funds — have started swooping down on distressed companies and bad loans...Saturday
30 September '06The Securities and Exchange Board of India's stance on duplicating existing schemes has forced mutual funds...Saturday
16 September '06The Banking Codes and Standards Board of India is slowly taking off. Created by the RBI as an autonomous institution...Sunday
10 September '06Indian banks should learn from past mistakes to gain depositors' confidence, report George Mathew & Dev ChatterjeeFriday
8 September '06United Western Bank, which was under the regulatory scanner for the last two years, was pulled up by the Reserve Bank of India in the inspection reports for severe irregularities, weaknesses in the system and other deficiencies in internal controls.Saturday
2 September '06Dalal Street bulls are on the comeback trail. With foreign funds and domestic investors pitching in, the fancied Sensex is just 222 points short of the 12,000 level.Saturday
26 August '06A day after the Union Cabinet cleared a proposal allowing the State Bank of India to access the market...Thursday
17 August '06How have Indian banks managed to bring down bad loans in the past five years? The answer lies in huge provisioning...Friday
4 August '06At a time farmers are committing suicide across the country over loan repayment, banks...Monday
31 July '06For Corporate India, it was a dream quarter. Investors and markets have something to cheer about with companies coming out with higher bottomlines for the quarter ended June 2006Monday
24 July '06All indicators point towards a rate hike by RBI, but there’s now an institutionalised element of surpriseWednesday
12 July '06Do you want to find out your financial health? For the first time, Mumbai-based Credit Information Bureau is launching a credit score system for individuals which can help them to raise loans at cheaper rate.Tuesday
11 July '06Investors and analysts are expecting another good quarter from India Inc. With results of first quarter of 2006-07 set to come out in the coming days, analysts are still betting on the corporate growth story.Monday
10 July '06With the big correction in the market and the high volatility in prices reducing the appetite of investors for the initial public offeringsSaturday
8 July '06The saga of reforms rollback has started haunting Dalal Street once again. After a strong start, stock markets fell 2.4 per cent today as investors trimmed positions, fretting about economic reforms after PSU disinvestment was put on hold on Thursday.Saturday
24 June '06IFCI Ltd, India’s only surviving term-lending institution, has made significant progress in salvaging itself from a possible...Monday
19 June '06Experts seek decent valuations, stable stock markets for survival of IPOsSunday
4 June '06The 2000 stock scam case involving Jermyn Capital LLC has taken an interesting turn with the Securities Appellate Tribunal allowing Dubai-based Jermyn Capital LLC to sell the shares held by the company ‘‘to insulate against market risks’’.Monday
29 May '06Rising interest rates have started hitting India Inc’s bottom line. The increase in rates in the last one year has started eating into the profits of the corporate sector.Thursday
25 May '06Foreign institutional investors have pulled out $1.32 billion from India since May 12 when stocks started plummeting on Dalal Street.