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Jersey woos Indian business
JERSEY, one of the world's major international finance centres has a lot to offer NRIs and resident Indians with global interests and assets. Institutions in the British Channel Island are catering to Indian clientele in larger numbers in ... More

FOREX


Rupee down 27 paise; gilts rally further
MUMBAI: The rupee closed 27 paise lower at 45.69/70 against the dollar on Tuesday, down from Monday's close of 45.42/43. With the US markets closed on Monday on account of Columbus Day, there were no fresh supplies of the greenback in the ... More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


`Banks could leverage IT for business growth'
Information technology has helped Indian banks in product innovation and differentiation along with retaining customers. However, compared to the 9 per cent of revenues invested in IT by the banking sector globally, Indian banks channelise a ... More

LIFE INSURANCE


ICICI PruLife's bancassurance pact
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has tied up with four more banks for its bancassurance business — The Goa State Co-operative Bank, Jalgaon People's Co-operative Bank, Indoor Paraspar Sahakari Bank, and Manipal State Co-operative Bank — ... More

Birla Sun returns outperform benchmark indices
BIRLA Sun Life Insurance Company Ltd's (BSLI) returns on its various investment funds for the quarter ended September 30, have consistently outperformed the benchmark indices. The benchmark index is a composite index of NSE (G-Sec index of over ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


Film cover yet to gain flavour
"The products will do well in the future, with the corporatisation of film-producing firms. Ten films have come up for insurance. The Tamil Nadu Film Producers Association had come forward to discuss the product with United India". More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS


Banks miffed at RBI's curbs on OBUs
" The whole purpose of having offshore banking units is being made redundant". More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


  • Vijaya Bank gesture

    FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


    Hudco agrees to reopen lending window
    THE State Government has reached an understanding with the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (Hudco) under which the latter will reopen the lending window to those undertakings that have repeatedly defaulted in making loan repayments. ... More

    INTEREST RATES


    End game in global rate-cutting cycle
    THE global economy is reaching the end of the road as far as interest rate cuts are concerned. Starting from January 2001, the US Federal Reserve and guardian of monetary policy in the world's biggest economy has brought down its benchmark ... More

    GOVT BONDS


  • Govt stock sale

    ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES


    LIC, Corpn Bank cooperation
    MANGALORE: The Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India, Mr S.B. Mathur, who met the Chairman and Managing Director of Corporation Bank, Mr K. Cherian Varghese, here discussed about enlarging various areas of business ... More
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