The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 14, 2004

INSURANCE
TBG offers online course for insurance marketers
TO GROOM a new breed of professionals in the growing insurance sector, The Boston Group (TBG), in collaboration with College of Insurance and Financial Planning and International Institute of Insurance and Finance (IIIF), has launched what it ... More

STOCKS
FIIs continue to exit bank stocks
FOREIGN institutional investors continue to sell banking and select PSU stocks even though panic sell-off triggered by shock election results has eased. The popularity of bank stocks has clearly sagged after the new coalition Government vowed to ... More

CONSUMER FINANCE

Union Bank, TVS tie-up

DEBT MARKET
Oil prices, inflation weigh on bond market
BONDS continued to fall for the fourth straight week as markets faced a deceleration in reserve money accretions. Traders are nervously waiting for the Union Budget. They are also looking to the rate hike decision of the US Federal Reserve, which ... More

Japanese recovery on stable ground?
If one would look at the economic data from Japan, all points to a healthy rebound. Gross domestic product grew at 5.4 per cent in the first quarter and industrial production in April grew at 8.4 per cent. There is also a noticeable jump in ... More

FIXED DEPOSITS
Muthoot gets F1 rating from Fitch
MUTHOOT Finance Pvt Ltd, a leading non-banking finance company in the State, has received F1 rating for its short-term deposits from the international credit rating agency Fitch Rating India Ltd. It is for the first time that a Kerala-based ... More

INTERVIEW
`Interest rates may remain firm in the short term'
MR K. Rathnakar Hegde took over as Executive Director of Union Bank of India four months ago. Prior to that he served in Vijaya Bank, handling assignments both in the field and at the headquarters. His portfolios included treasury, credit, ... More

Cross Currency Rates

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Sharp rise in cotton, oilseeds sowing areas

Software firms earned more per client last fiscal

`Cigarette imports under OGL may hit farmers'

Southward journey likely to continue

Looking back
Jun. 6-Jun. 12
Wage issue: Bank officers' union threatens strike

Forex reserves up $1.248 b

Bond markets yet to catch FM tune

Interest rates set to harden

Market overpricing Fed tightening?

IRDA cautions insurers on bonus practices

Climate changes could impact business practices

Bringing key-man insurance back to life

RBI mulls allowing investments in overseas index funds