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Saturday, August 24, 2002
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Rupee falls; gilts recover
Mumbai: BREAKING the trend of a new high everyday for the rupee, it closed on Friday at 48.55 against the dollar as compared to Thursday's close of 48.5250/53 in the forex market. The rumour about aerial attacks that emerged towards the end of ... More

INSURANCE


Insurance players in no hurry to get rated
``Ratings of private-sector insurance companies would take longer. They need to demonstrate their track record of performance over a period of time, say, about three years at least,'' says Mr P.K. Choudhury, Managing Director of ICRA. More

NBFCS


DCA awaiting RoC report on Tata Finance issue
THE Department of Company Affairs (DCA) on Friday said any further action on the Tata Finance Ltd (TFL) matter would be taken only after receiving the Registrar of Companies (RoC), Mumbai's report. "The RoC, Mumbai, has been asked to submit a ... More

HOUSING FINANCE


Canara Bank cuts home loan rates
CANARA Bank today announced revision in its housing loan rates again up to half a percentage point effective August 26. With this move, Canara Bank's interest rate on housing loans drops to 10 per cent per annum, both for floating-rate and ... More

Set the grown-ups on their own
THE board of SBI Home Finance, which is not a subsidiary of SBI, is meeting in Kolkata shortly to finalise accounts and going by market talk it may not be pretty. The housing finance entity has virtually stopped lending (some say no housing loans ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


PNB Housing, United India sign MoU
PNB Housing Finance Ltd (PNBHF) and United India Insurance Co Ltd (UIIC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for coverage of a combined fire insurance policy and personal accident policy for complete, effective and adequate services ... More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS


Immediate credit limit on cheques up at Rs 15,000
THE Reserve Bank of India has told banks to enhance the ceiling on immediate credit of outstation or local cheques, to Rs 15,000 from Rs 7,500, following recommendations from the Indian Banks' Association. As per the existing guidelines, normal ... More

PRIVATE BANKS


HDFC Bank offers research support to HSE brokers
HDFC Bank has initiated negotiations with the Hyderabad Stock Exchange (HSE) for providing research support to the member-brokers of the bourse. The research support of the bank contains analysis of developments in the equity as well as ... More

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


KSFC to set up panel to study film financing
One of the suggestions before KSFC was to evaluate the film script as a means to assess the potential to advance loans. More

INTERVIEW


`Max New York watching pension area keenly'
MR Anuroop Tony Singh, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Max New York Life Insurance Co, has been steering the company's fortunes since it set up base in India in early 2001. In an exclusive interview with Business Line, Mr ... More

PERFORMANCE


ICICI Bank arms' net down at Rs 1.87 cr
HUGE losses suffered by insurance arms and a sharp drop in the profits of other individual ventures have almost wiped out the surpluses of ICICI Bank's subsidiaries during the past fiscal year. The 11 subsidiaries of the bank together earned a ... More
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