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Ahluwalia says capital markets made significant progress

Ahluwalia says capital markets made significant progress

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh remarked that the Indian capital market made a significant progress since Sebi was formed in late 1980s and going forward it needs to be even more benchmarked against global standards. He also opined that the domestic capital market withstood the pressures of the time very well and has come a long way over the

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Ahluwalia says capital markets made significant progress

Ahluwalia says capital markets made significant progress

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh remarked that the Indian capital market made a significant progress since Sebi was formed in late 1980s and going forward it needs to be even more benchmarked against global standards. He also opined that the domestic capital market withstood the pressures of the time very well and has come a long way over the

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Experts suggest govt to develop corporate bond market

Experts suggest govt to develop corporate bond market

Experts suggest the government to develop corporate bond market in India to boost financing for infrastructure projects in the country. Even multilateral financial institutions like Asian Development Bank (ADB) have recognised the need to develop corporate bond market. The bank is supporting innovative pilot demonstration projects by providing partial cred

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Experts suggest govt to develop corporate bond market

Experts suggest govt to develop corporate bond market

Experts suggest the government to develop corporate bond market in India to boost financing for infrastructure projects in the country. Even multilateral financial institutions like Asian Development Bank (ADB) have recognised the need to develop corporate bond market. The bank is supporting innovative pilot demonstration projects by providing partial cred

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Banks exercise caution while lending to MFIs

Banks exercise caution while lending to MFIs

While flow of bank credit to microfinance industry has recovered in the last two years, banks are said to be exercising great caution in choosing the right microfinance institution (MFI). Banks have become very selective in their funding decisions. They are looking for MFIs which are compliant with the code of conduct and with RBI norms, Mathew Titus

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Banks exercise caution while lending to MFIs

Banks exercise caution while lending to MFIs

While flow of bank credit to microfinance industry has recovered in the last two years, banks are said to be exercising great caution in choosing the right microfinance institution (MFI). Banks have become very selective in their funding decisions. They are looking for MFIs which are compliant with the code of conduct and with RBI norms, Mathew Titus

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MBL Infra’s arm secures loan for highway project

MBL Infra’s arm secures loan for highway project

Suratgarh Bikaner Toll Road Company, which is a subsidiary of MBL Infrastructures, achieved financial closure for two laning of Bikaner-Suratgarh section in national highway (NH)-15 in Rajasthan. The company would execute the project on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis. A consortium of five public sector banks agreed to provide debt for the project. MBL Infrastructure has both engineering, procurement and construction and build-oper

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Board of IDFC decides to foray into banking

Board of IDFC decides to foray into banking

Rajiv Lall, Executive Chairman of IDFC informed that the board of the infrastructure finance company decided to go ahead for a banking license. IDFC is an infrastructure financing non-banking financial company (NBFC). According to analysts, NBFCs stand a brighter chance to get a bank license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

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Net profit of Andhra Bank rises

Net profit of Andhra Bank rises

During Jan-Mar 2013, the net profit of Andhra Bank rose 1.5 per cent to Rs 345 crore compared from Rs 340 crore in the year-ago period. The state-run bank posted 15 per cent growth in total income at Rs 3,713 crore compared to Rs 3,229 crore in the corresponding period last year. While net interest margin was in the range of 3.04 per cent, the bank posted 17 per cent and 18.4 per cent grow

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HSL may get contracts worth Rs 250 bn

HSL may get contracts worth Rs 250 bn

Hindusthan Shipyard (HSL), which has been suffering from lack of orders, may get contracts worth Rs 25,000 crore from the central government, Union Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh informed. The state-run shipbuilding firm may get the contracts for building war ships, the minister said. Earlier, T Subbarami Reddy, a member of the Rajya Sab