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INSIGHT


Changing view from REER window
FOREX market participants have often looked at the real effective exchange rate (REER) as the anchor around which the Reserve Bank of India maintains rupee's value. And perhaps rightly so, as the REER (the five-country ... More

FOREX


Rupee weakens; bonds lacklustre
MUMBAI: The rupee further dipped against the dollar on Thursday tracking a fall in the stock market and fears of FII outflows sparked heavy demand. The rupee opened at 44.90/91 and fell further to 44.96/97. It then touched an intra-day ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE


ICICI Bank Q2 net up 31% at Rs 580 cr — Fee income, retail assets drive profit growth
ICICI Bank has posted a net profit of Rs 580 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, up 31 per cent from Rs 442 crore posted in the corresponding quarter last year due to the high growth in fee income and retail assets. Total income ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


Workshop on general insurance at Thiruvananthapuram
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Divisional Office of the National Insurance Company is arranging a one-day workshop on general insurance policies here on Saturday for the benefit of officials of the Kerala State Financial Enterprises (KSFE). ... More

PRIVATE BANKS


IDBI Bank sees Rs 10,000-cr retail assets by year-end
IDBI Bank expects its retail assets to grow to Rs 10,000 crore by the end of this year, from Rs 7,500 crore at present. At a press conference here on Thursday , Mr Raja Ghotgalkar, Corporate Head - Retail Banking, said that the average ... More

FOREIGN BANKS


Citigroup CEO calls on PM, Chidambaram
GLOBAL financial services major, Citigroup's Chief Executive Officer, Mr Charles Prince, today kicked-off his two-day official visit to India by calling on the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram. Mr ... More

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


Ratnagiri Gas lenders seek RBI help in turning loans to standard assets
Banks and FI exposure in the new RGPPL is currently Rs 7,000 crore, after the buyout of the foreign lenders' loans in the project. Bankers said that only the domestic loan component to the project was treated as a substandard asset. More

GOVT BONDS


G Sec auction cancelled
The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the Rs 4,000 auction of dated security scheduled for October 18-25, 2005. "On review of the current borrowing requirements of the Government of India (GOI), it has been decided, in consultation with GOI ... More

CORPORATE BONDS


Govt to float bonds to fund small hydel power projects
THE Government is planning to float a mega bond issue to fund small hydel and renewable power projects that would be set up in the next five to seven years. The proposed Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Bonds issue is awaiting the Prime Minister's nod ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS


NY Life arms picks up 24.6% stake in Jacob Ballas Capital
NEW York Life Investment Management Holding LLC (NYLIMH), a wholly-owned subsidiary of global insurance major New York Life Insurance Co, has picked up a 24.6 per cent stake in Jacob Ballas Capital India, a non-banking financial company. "We ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES


State Bank signs pact with SIDBI
STATE Bank of India on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for co-financing small and medium enterprises in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, ... More

EVENTS


IMF talks
NEW DELHI: The International Monetary Fund on Thursday began its annual consultation with the Ministry of Finance to review economic developments. The consultations under Article-IV of the IMF charter are held with each member country. ... More

IPOS


ICICI Bank looks to raise Rs 7,000 cr from public, ADS issues
ICICI Bank is planning to raise Rs 7,000 crore additional equity through a combination of American Depositary Shares (ADS) and domestic public issues, with a greenshoe option of 15 per cent. The board of directors approved the public issue at a ... More

Files prospectus for public issue — BoB plans foray into insurance, stock broking
BANK of Baroda (BoB) has filed a Red Herring Prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board ofIndia (SEBI) in connection with its proposed public issue that envisages issuance of 71,000,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each, entirely through the ... More

South Indian Bank plans Rs 150-cr public issue
SOUTH Indian Bank (SIB) today said that it plans to mobilise up to Rs 150 crore through a public issue for increasing share capital to meet Basel II norms. The proposed issue would be through book-building route, the bank said in a ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS


ISO certification for ICICI Lombard General
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company has received ISO 9001:2000 certification from DET Norske Veritas (DNV) for the settlement of motor claims. According to a release, DNV has issued the ISO certificate for ICICI Lombard's fast and ... More



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