Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Sunday, August 11, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Sunday, August 11, 2002 |
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MONEY & BANKING FARM CREDIT Govt in fix over Ministry's waiver move on farm loans — To cost Rs 6,000 cr for banking sector According to officials, the proposal did not tantamount to populism because what was being sought was only a waiver of the interest component and not the entire loan per se. More FINANCIAL SERVICES PNB Gilts: Buy THE market for debt, such as government securities, is sensitive to a number of developments. Be it political friction in West Asia or a disastrous monsoon, the debt market feels the impact. Any development that may impact the level of interest ... More FOREX Forex reserves cross $60 b THE country's forex reserves have breached the $60-billion mark, rising by $281 million to touch $60.148 billion for the week ended August 2, 2002, as per the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Weekly Statistical Supplement (W.S.S). Reserves have ... More NBFCS A. F. Ferguson holding a tiger by the tail TRUST and reputation are the two biggest assets for an audit firm. A. F. Ferguson & Co (AFF) appears to have just mortgaged them in distress. The "withdrawal" of the firm's special report on Tata Finance (TFL), shocking and unprecedented as it ... More HOUSING FINANCE Dewan Housing Finance — Build on it DEWAN Housing Finance (DHF) is a Rs 115-crore company providing housing loans. The company has been in the housing finance business since 1984, and operates largely in western and southern India. DHF offers cumulative and non-cumulative ... More LIFE INSURANCE Term Assurance Plans: Re-assuring TERM insurance plans embody the concept of insurance at its barest. Policy-holders pay premiums to cover their life for a contracted term. On the term's expiry, the cover ceases without any maturity benefits. This is because term insurance plans ... More CREDIT RATING ICRA assigns A1+ to Global Trade MUMBAI: ICRA has assigned an A1+ rating to the Rs 100-crore commercial paper programme of Global Trade Finance (GTF), an export factoring and forfaiting agency. The rating indicated the company's superior repayment capacity of its ... More RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS RBI to hire from engg campuses THERE is likely to be a new recruiter on the prowl, waiting to pouch the best talent available on engineering college campuses in the next year - The Reserve Bank of India. The RBI normally picks its manpower based on competitive exams ... More PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS Corporation Bank: Buy FRESH investments can be considered in the Corporation Bank stock, which is now trading at Rs 108, at a considerable discount to its book value. The stock appears under valued even when adjusted for the rising non-performing assets. ... More FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IDBI Flexibonds 14 — Not out of the woods, yet Recommedation: Regular Income: Avoid Growing Interest: Subscribe Monthly Multiplier: Avoid Retirement: Avoid More
Exim Bank pays dividend INTEREST RATES Interest rate decline — No end in sight THE coupon rate on a one-year deposit offered by one of the major companies in south India accepting fixed deposits, Madras Cements, has declined to 7 per cent. Slowly, but surely, interest rates on shorter-term deposits are also on their way ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
Top Stories In Depth Gender Justice Simple Economics Small Investor Looking back Aug. 4-Aug. 10 IBA group mulls lower rates on rural credit As insurers resort to undercutting — IRDA panel hikes penalty for breach of tariff norms IBA for speedy disposal of loan applications No investment limits on new tax-free bonds Mortgage-backed securities begin to gain acceptance Cross-selling, the new mantra for pvt banks |
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