MONEY & BANKING
INSIGHT
‘Basel ll regulation is data-hungry’
Reveleus on the challenges India faces in its adoption.
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Japan experiments with Singapore sling!
With Japan considering the setting up of a special investment fund, modelled on Singapore's Temasek, and the runaway success of the latter, it seems that state agencies run by bureaucrats may dominate the stock markets, instead of the reverse. This p iquant situation has lessons for the RBI, should it choose to adopt a similar model. Experience has shown that state-run investment vehicles can also turn out good returns.
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GENERAL INSURANCE
Audatex software for processing claims online
`Will reduce turnaround time for approval to 4-6 hours'
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FINANCIAL MARKETS
Investors to brace for short-term market volatility
While the medium-term trend for the rupee is up, there could be short-run fluctuations, which could take the currency away from the medium-term uptrend line.
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DEBT MARKET
Bonds remain listless as fears of CRR hike loom
Large bids seen at weekend LAF auctions
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PRIVATE BANKS
Swiss Re, Federal Insurance pick up stakes in TMB
Investment arms of the global reinsurance major Swiss Re and the New Jersey-based Federal Insurance Company are among the seven foreign investors who have recently picked up 16.47 per cent stake in Tamilnad Mercantile Bank. It is understood ...
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PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS
SBH launches `Express Clearing'
To facilitate faster credits, State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) has introduced `Express Clearing' in its 104 branches in Hyderabad and Secunderabad. "Express Clearance is the first of a number of programmes lined up for the next couple of months to ...
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TRENDS
FMPs losing out to bank deposits?
Fixed maturity plans, which were hugely in demand till recently, are suddenly not so hot any more. Other debt products, and, certainly, bank deposits, seem to be regaining their appeal insofar as a large section of the market is concerned. The ...
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