Thanks to the recapitalisation by the government and measures taken by the central bank, collapse of any large housing finance company won't pose as big a risk as it had six months ago.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's inspirational leadership guided India to a memorable triumph at the inaugural World Twenty20 Championship in South Africa in 2007. With the fifth edition of the tournament set to commence on Sunday, Rediff.com takes you through Team India's thrilling triumph in the final.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Web portal Cobrapost in its string of expose has alleged money laundering and other wrong doings by several public and sector financial institutions ranging from country's largest bank SBI to the youngest lender Yes Bank.
Leading private life insurers HDFC Standard Life, Bajaj Allianz and Birla Sun Life top the list of firms against whom consumers have filed complaints with sectoral regulator Irda for indulging in unfair business practices.
The financial crisis has challenged the intellectual assumptions on which previous regulatory approaches were largely built, and in particular the theory of rational and self-correcting markets.
'These are interesting days for watchers of English cricket and central banking,' points out Amol Agrawal.
Who should essay the characters of the other members of that history-making Indian squad?
To cut its debt, promoter Kapil Wadhawan and promoter group Wadhawan Global Capitalhave resorted to measures such as sale of assets of group companies as well as securitisation of retail assets of DHFL to bring in liquidity.
The company was paying huge sums of money to their channel partners under different heads in lieu of commission.
Banks might not have realised the exact implication of risky projects under PPP projects, which were getting implemented under high leverage
The finance minister said easy access and efficiency in providing banking services will help in revival of businesses which are restarting operations after the lockdown.
EPFO is managing a corpus of Rs 6.5 lakh crore.
Suitors came with all-cash offers but were rebuffed
The banking regulator is seeking an early exit mechanism for private banks under Prompt Corrective Action.
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala sounded another note of caution on the nature of the latest bull run.
Private insurance firms say, over the past few years, they have been investing on digital technologies to reach semi urban and rural areas.
Wondering if mutual fund investments can earn you enough money for your retirement and child's marriage? Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
It is best not to get carried away by returns or take a short-term view of the markets, says Bhavana Acharya.
Loans of over Rs 1.8 trillion, for which agreement has been signed by banks, are likely to be referred to IBC.
United States President Barack Obama got emotional as he thanked staff at his campaign headquarters.
HDFC MF witnessed 17% rise in investment in its schemes to Rs 6,462 crore by group companies during May.
A month down the line, you may be holding insurance policies in electronic form. According to sector experts, the regulator is in the last lap of checking repositories' preparedness and infrastructure, and is likely to allot licences by May-end or early June.
Measured by returns in 2013, the top 10 funds had only three from large houses; nimble strategy could be a factor.
With "profitable growth" replacing "expansion drive" as the buzzword in the sector, the country's top private life insurers have significantly reduced branches and employees over the last couple of years to cut costs and improve efficiency.
In a growth market, these funds should not form more than 10-15% of your portfolio. Invest with a horizon of at least 5 years
DHFL has been generating funds through various means and has exited from its subsidiary units to tide over the current financial crunch.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Options include fresh capital infusion by the management and/or some new investors.
In HDFC Life, the company has to pare 1.43 per cent, and in HDFC Ergo, it has to pare only 0.58 per cent.
EPFO's advisory body FIC on Thursday shortlisted five entities --ICICI Securities, Reliance Capital, HSBC Asset Management Company, SBI and ICICI Prudential -- for managing its corpus of Rs 3.5 lakh crore (Rs 3.5 trillion).
Banks should strictly observe prudential guidelines while investing in companies undertaking non-financial services activities, RBI said in a draft guidelines on equity investments by scheduled commercial banks in subsidiaries and other companies.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Those getting into debt instruments like short-term funds, ultra short-term funds and income funds may need to extend their investment horizons or pay higher exit loads. The past couple of months have seen 16 such funds either raising their exit loads or increasing the scheme's lock-in period.
We believe equity markets in 2011 will be volatile. However, for investors, volatility will provide investment opportunities.
It also warned of its readiness to use its "existing counter measures" if they fail to enforce transparency measures.
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State Bank of India, the country's largest bank, has breached the Reserve Bank of India's credit exposure norms during three consecutive years with regard to its loans provided to Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries.
