A note from CRISIL Research shows that only half of the foreign exchange exposure of Indian companies is hedged. As on March 31, Indian companies had $200 billion of foreign currency debt and 45 per cent of this was short-term, a study by rating agency CRISIL shows. Mukesh Agarwal, President, CRISIL Research, said a significant portion remained unprotected from the volati
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In a bid to curb volatility in the currency market, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) prohibited banks from taking proprietary position in the currency futures and exchange-traded currency options market. This effectively restricts them to transact only on behalf of clients. Banks carry out currency trading on behalf of their clients while they have a separate desk to trade in the foreign exchange market of their own. The latter is
CII survey calls for reforms to stem rupee weakness
A survey conducted by industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) highlights the importance of economic reforms in arresting the depreciation of rupee against dollar.Some of the key reforms mentioned by the participants of the survey are relaxing the sectoral cap on foreign direct investment (FDI), controlling fuel and fertiliser subsidies, removing hurdles to infrastructure proje
RBI trains guns on speculative position in NDF mkt
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) feels that foreign units of Indian companies and foreign companies in which part of equity is held by Indian firms have a role to play in the depreciation of rupee against the dollar. The central bank feels that these entities may be taking speculative position in the non-deliverable forward (NDF) market resulting in the depreciation of rupee against the
RBI to use all tools to reduce currency volatility
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D Subbarao informed reporters that the central bank does not have any target for rupee level but will use all the instruments it has to reduce volatility. The Indian rupee depreciated against the dollar sharply to over Rs 60 recently
Essar Steel raises $1 bn via ECB
In order to reduce interest cost, Essar Steel decided to swap rupee debt with dollar loans. As part of this initiative, the flagship firm of Ruia Group raised $1 billion through external commercial borrowings (ECB), thereby saving interest cost by at least 6 percent or 450 crore. Banks led by IDBI and ICICI Bank subscribed to the ECB. The company is making attempt to convert its rupee liabilities into dollar as its earnings are in
Indian rupee hits record low against dollar
In a recent trading session, the Indian rupee depreciated beyond the Rs 60 per dollar level owing to strong demand from importers. The Indian currency is learnt to have declined to Rs 60.76 per dollar in a recent trading session. In the month of June, the currency weakened 7 percent against the US dollar and 12 percent since May 1. Some market expects expect rupee to fall to 61-62 against dollar in the short term. However, they expect the weakening of the rupee to be temporary because in longer
Rupee hits another record low against dollar
The Indian rupee hit a record low of 59.9850 against US dollar in a recent trading session as foreign investors continue to pull out of their investment in the Indian stock market and bonds. With the considerable depreciation in the Indian rupee, traders are expecting the Reserve Bank of India to step in to sell dollars to arrest further weakening. The Indian currency depreciated 11 percent since May 2013. This will adve
Steel firms to benefit from rupee depreciation
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Rupee falls to all-time low against dollar
The Indian rupee depreciated against the greenback to touch an all-time low of 58.15 per dollar in a recent trading session because of the perceived recovery in the US economy. The perceived recovery of the US economy caused fear that the US Federal Reserve may taper off its quantitative easing programme and this led to the rally of US dollar against many