The Hindu Business Line : Friday, November 30, 2007

Short-term hedging preferred by corporates: Study
Mumbai, Nov. 29 Short-term hedging, particularly those ranging from 12 months to within three years, are the most frequently used by corporates and there are hardly any takers for the long-term hedging contracts in India, said a survey report ... More

HOUSING FINANCE
HDFC 3-day property fair in Coimbatore opens today
Coimbatore, Nov 29 With the fortunes of the manufacturing sector, the backbone of Coimbatore’s economy, on an upswing and the city luring IT and ITES industries to set up shop because of the large talent pool available, Coimbatore is ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE
New IRDA norms soon for health insurers
Move aimed at comprehensive coverage, redressal of consumer grievances More

LIC health product may hit market in Dec
Proposal is with IRDA; designed in tie-up with Munich Re More

FINANCIAL POLICY
Guidelines on intermediate holding cos still awaited
Mumbai, Nov. 29 With just a day to go before November ends, bankers are still awaiting RBI’s final guidelines on holding companies in banking groups.The central bank had in the recent monetary policy announced that it would issue ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS
Hexaware fallout: Cos to guard against risks
Mumbai, Nov. 29 The recent Hexaware incident has prompted companies to take a hard-nosed look at derivatives reporting systems in order to minimise the associated risks and ensure maximum returns, analysts feel.Till now very few ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS
PSBs taking guard against falling dollar
Faced with a deteriorating US dollar, public sector banks (PSB) are beginning to reduce their cash and cash equivalent balances with the American banks and shifting to the Euro.Top PSU bankers, who declined to be named, said that the ... More

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
IFC to assist AP in infrastructure development
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GOVT BONDS
Bond prices flat
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SHORT TERM INSTRUMENTS
Call rates at 7.75-7.85 %
The inter-bank call rates ended at 7.75-7.85 per cent on Thursday, against the previous close of 7.80-7.90 per cent. In the first one-day repo auction under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility, the Reserve Bank of India received and accepted six ... More

PEOPLE
K.V. Kamath is Forbes Asia Businessman of the year
Mumbai, Nov. 29 Mr K.V. Kamath, Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Bank, has been named the Businessman of the Year 2007 by Forbes Asia magazine. The 60-year-old is the third Indian in four years after Mr Nandan Nilekani of ... More

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