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Euro transactions in banks gather speed
BANKS have started registering a significant pick-up in euro transactions with exporters starting to invoice actively in the currency. According to a senior treasury head of a public sector bank, the average daily turnover of euro transactions ... More

Rupee stable; gilts bullish
Mumbai: THE rupee closed on Friday at 48.68/6850 against the dollar, almost unchanged from Thursday's levels, in an inactive forex market. Demand matched supply of the greenbacks in the market. Demand for the dollar was slightly higher with the ... More

INSURANCE


IILM launches insurance course
THE Institute of Integrated Learning in Management (IILM) has launched a one-year full time post-graduate diploma course in insurance and risk management. This is supposed to be the only course which is recognised by the Insurance Regulatory ... More

NBFCS


Maruti launches finance arm
MARUTI Udyog Ltd on Thursday launched Maruti Finance, one of the four automobile related businesses that the company entered into in the past one year, in the South. With this, the company hopes that it will be able to widen its market, ... More

Ashok Leyland Fin Q1 net rises
ASHOK Leyland Finance has reported a 65 per cent increase in net profits for the first quarter ended June 2002. The company reported a profit of Rs 9.23 crore on total income of Rs 81.99 crore for the quarter. Addressing newspersons, Mr S. ... More

LIFE INSURANCE


Insurance industry wants cap on rider premium to go
THE life insurance industry is hoping that the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) would pay heed to the industry's plea, and remove the cap on the amount that can be charged for the riders. The IRDA (Protection of ... More

AMP Sanmar in Maharashtra
THE Chennai-based AMP Sanmar Assurance Co Ltd today launched its operations for the western region in Mumbai. The company's network in Maharashtra would cover Thane, New Mumbai, Pune, Kohlapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Sholapur and Nasik. It would ... More

First India open to 'desi' synergies with MetLife
FIRST India Mutual Fund, which has Metropolitan Life as one of its overseas partners, has not ruled out the possibility of establishing synergies with MetLife's insurance operations in India. Such synergies would stem from closer co-operation ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


European co rates New India `excellent'
THE leading player in the non-life insurance segment, The New India Assurance Co Ltd, has been rated by A.M. Best (Europe) - the Credit Rating Company - as an `excellent' company in financial strength. This rating has been reaffirmed by ... More

CREDIT RATING


Housing finance cos upgraded
MUMBAI: Crisil has upgraded ratings assigned to five housing finance companies promoted by banks. The rating assigned to BoB Housing Finance Ltd has been revised to `FAAA' from `FAA+' previously, Corpbank homes Ltd rating is now `FAAA' ... More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS


RBI dividend even before auditors are through
CAN Mr C.M. Vasudev, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), announce a dividend of Rs 10,300 crore from RBI to the Centre, when the central bank's books are still under audit? Till last week the money had not been credited going by the ... More

PRIVATE BANKS


IndusInd Bank refutes JPC's comments
INDUSIND Bank today said that the alleged delay by the bank in intimating Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) of the dishonour of cheques had nothing to do with the relevant pay-out of CSE and hence with the CSE's payment crisis. Refuting comments by ... More

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


J.J. Irani eyes IDBI directorship
THE somewhat lustreless image of the country's largest term-lending institution, Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), may get some sheen with one of the country's most accomplished chief executives and two former bankers likely to join ... More

Raising resources — PFC, REC mull options on securitising receivables
THE Power Finance Corporation of India (PFC) and the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) have begun examining the possibility of raising resources by securitising receivables. Sources said here that such an option was being considered to ... More

INTEREST RATES


`Interest rates likely to remain at current levels'
INTEREST rates are likely to remain where they are, according to Mr Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC. "There is no indication that the rates will go up; this is of course subject to matters like tension along the country's border''. "At the ... More

GOVT BONDS


RBI may allow corporates in repo market
Currently, only SGL account holders can access the inter-bank repo market with only banks, PDs and some mutual funds having access to the repo market. More

FIXED DEPOSITS


ICICI Bank cuts deposit rates
ICICI Bank is the latest to cut interest rates of term deposits following State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda among others. The largest private sector bank in the country is to reduce deposit rates by 25 to 75 basis points for various ... More
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