HR Khan, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) called for steps to encourage insurance companies, pension funds, provident funds, and other institutional investors to invest in bonds issued by infrastructure firms. Presently, the insurance and pension funds are legally required to invest a substantial proportion of their fund
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Shriram Transport mulls Rs 10 bn debt issue
In order to finance its growth plans, Shriram Transport Finance plans to launch public issue for Rs 1,000 crore worth of debt instruments. The company reportedly requires Rs 20,000-25,000 crore to meet disbursements every year, the majority of which would be met through debt and our own business. The company, which forayed into equipment finance business last year, has not performed well in that verti
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Bank of Baroda expects 20% credit growth
P Srinivas, Executive Director of Bank of Baroda is hopeful that the bank would be able to close the year with a credit growth of 19-20 per cent driven by a good show by the retail segments. While the firm expects moderation in growth in its corporate loan book, its retail loan segment would grow faster in 2012-13, he said. On capital infusion, he said government has not informed the bank about the quantum of infusion for the bank
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Microfinance firms raise funds
Several microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the country have raised capital during 2012 because of expectation of better growth prospects in the coming years. For example, Grameen Capital India, a social-investment bank, says $144 m of equity has been injected into microfinance groups in the past 12 months, mor
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Govt to send slew of proposals to cabinet
Union government would send a series of proposals to the cabinet. Among the proposals are the plan to launch a public sector undertaking (PSU) ETF (exchange traded fund). The cabinet would also receive a proposal to ease the offer for sale (OFS) norms to facilitate easier trades through this mechanism. The ministry is also moving a cabinet note to use the disinvestment proceeds for capitalisation of state-owned bank
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RBS in talks with YES Bank to sell retail assets
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is in the early stage of discussion with private sector lender YES Bank to sell its India retail assets. The India retail and commercial operations accounted for less than 0.5 per cent of RBS' non-core asse
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RBI may cut repo rate in Jan policy; Credit Suisse
According to brokerage firm Credit Suisse, in its monetary policy meeting on January 29, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may reduce repo rate by 50 basis points, to 7.5 per cent because of decline in inflation. In a recent research report, Robert Prior-Wandesforde of Credit Suisse said the repo rate may be redu
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Some bankers expect RBI to cut CRR to ease liquidity strain
Some bankers expect Reserve Bank of India either to cut cash reserve ratio (CRR) in the third-quarter monetary-policy review on January 29 or conduct open market operations (OMO) to overcome liquidity crunch in the banking system. It is learnt that slow growth in deposit rate, back-to-back auction of government bonds have strained liquidity in the banking system. According to reports, main
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Gujarat govt to set up IFSC in GIFT City
Gujarat government plans to set up an international financial services centre (IFSC) under Sections 18 and 55 of the SEZ Act on more than 268 acre land at the Gujarat International Financial Tec-City (GIFT City). The state government is awaiting the due-diligence approval of the ministries of commerce and finance for the IFSC. The IFSC would see financial transactions excl
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Finance ministry hopes to attain disinvestment target
The union finance ministry hopes to meet the target of raising Rs 30,000 crore through the disinvestment of the government stake in public sector undertakings in 2012-13. But some financial market observers feel that the market may not have the capacity to absorb the huge avalanche of shares in such a short span. They point out that divestment in shares of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) last March had no takers and