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Depositors now go short

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.
PSU banks’ exposure to real estate doubles

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.
How to revive the debt market

Friday 13 October '06

It is abundantly clear that the debt market desperately needs liquidity. Liquidity needs more players with deep pockets. More players, including FIIs and retail investors
Why the bond market has failed to take off

Thursday 12 October '06

When 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 market
Not all IPOs have made investors rich

Saturday 7 October '06

46 out of 128 IPOs that hit market since January 2005 are quoting below offer prices
And now, vulture funds

Thursday 5 October '06

Vulture 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...
Fewer NFOs due to tough Sebi stand on duplication

Saturday 30 September '06

The Securities and Exchange Board of India's stance on duplicating existing schemes has forced mutual funds...
Banking Codes board gets 52 banks in the loop

Saturday 16 September '06

The Banking Codes and Standards Board of India is slowly taking off. Created by the RBI as an autonomous institution...
Losing The Trust

Sunday 10 September '06

Indian banks should learn from past mistakes to gain depositors' confidence, report George Mathew & Dev Chatterjee
Banking regulator brings out skeletons in UWB cupboard

Friday 8 September '06

United 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.
Bulls back in action, Sensex soars 1,000 pts in a month

Saturday 2 September '06

Dalal 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.
SBI rejig sets stage for RBI stake sale to govt

Saturday 26 August '06

A day after the Union Cabinet cleared a proposal allowing the State Bank of India to access the market...
Banking on provisions to tackle NPAs

Thursday 17 August '06

How have Indian banks managed to bring down bad loans in the past five years? The answer lies in huge provisioning...
FIs take hit in Morepen’s Rs 750-cr debt revamp

Friday 4 August '06

At a time farmers are committing suicide across the country over loan repayment, banks...
India Inc’s profit growth highest in 5 quarters

Monday 31 July '06

For 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 2006
Which way will Guv swing?

Monday 24 July '06

All indicators point towards a rate hike by RBI, but there’s now an institutionalised element of surprise
CIBIL to take individual credit rating to public

Wednesday 12 July '06

Do 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.
India Inc growth story expected to continue

Tuesday 11 July '06

Investors 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.
Private placements bloom as IPOs die down

Monday 10 July '06

With the big correction in the market and the high volatility in prices reducing the appetite of investors for the initial public offerings
Has Dr Manmohan Singh quit? Rumours push markets down

Saturday 8 July '06

The 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.
IFCI brings down NPAs by Rs 2,000 crore

Saturday 24 June '06

IFCI Ltd, India’s only surviving term-lending institution, has made significant progress in salvaging itself from a possible...
IPO market at the crossroads

Monday 19 June '06

Experts seek decent valuations, stable stock markets for survival of IPOs
To insulate, SAT allows Jermyn to sell shares

Sunday 4 June '06

The 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’’.
Rising interest costs eat into India Inc’s bottom line

Monday 29 May '06

Rising 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.
FIIs pull out $1.32 bn during market ‘correction’

Thursday 25 May '06

Foreign institutional investors have pulled out $1.32 billion from India since May 12 when stocks started plummeting on Dalal Street.
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