OPINION
EDITORIAL
A needless ceiling
ALLOWING FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL investors to put money in corporate debt paper is welcome, even if does not go far enough. For a start, the aggregate outstanding investment of $500 million in such instruments is too small to be a significant ...
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ACCOUNTANCY
Will number-cruncher networks display better bandwidth?
FIRMS of chartered accountants are available in all sizes, ranging from the `S' type having only a lone proprietor, to `XXL' such as the operations of MAF or multinational accounting firm. However, in a display of ...
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Flashback of a flare-up
S. Murlidharan fears that the battle of the RIL brothers can rake up the old question of the role of investment companies in the group
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New image of the old cheque
M. S. Parthasarathy sizes up `Check 21', the new US initiative in cheque collection
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FOREX
Why dollar is in the doldrums
While a major withdrawal from the US market has not taken place so far, there is a limit to the investment by foreign banks because of the ever-increasing risk of over-exposure to a fall in the dollar.
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RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS
Corporate governance and central banks
Central banks have the incentive to adopt the international best practices of corporate governance because financial communities often perceive such methods as a prelude to making the central banks independent and accountable. Impliedly, the central banks would then establish credibility with the market participants, says A. Vasudevan.
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BOOKS
Save the auditors from becoming box-tickers
THERE used to be that once-in-a-week session that read `moral science' in school timetables. A slot essentially for storytelling, though kind teachers were not against allowing students to do their own thing. Corporate ...
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CARTOON
Sticklish issues
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LETTERS
Indo-Russian ties
EPF interest rate
Good infrastructure
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