Public sector lender, State Bank of India, has received final approval for its general insurance subsidiary from the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority. State Bank of India has entered into a joint venture with Australia-based Insurance Australia Group (IAG) to form SBI General Insurance.
This year we saw introduction of currency futures i.e. contracts for buying and selling foreign currencies against INR. Currencies are thought to be one of the most liquid market due to presence of countless players and 24×7 market structure. Even if NSE and BSE close, an investor sitting in US can trade INR at that… Read More »
The mutual funds advisory committee is also looking at more reforms. The advisory is recommending the asset management companies to lower the fund management fees from the present. The fund houses currently charges 1.25% as asset management charges for the first Rs 100 crore garnered by a scheme, and 1 per cent thereafter. It is… Read More »
During a market downturn, ETFs have different provisions in everyday tools for doing allocation of assets in line with your risk appetite and tolerance and your financial goals. This way you can protect your portfolios. You can allocate assets in various classes by reducing your portfolio exposure to equity capitalizations, assets and sectors that could… Read More »
Due to the current economic slowdown most banks had stopped giving out Sub-PLR loans for some time. With improved liquidity conditions, banks have come back on the trend of disbursing loans at discounted rate that is below benchmark prime lending rates (BPLR). Majority of fresh loans, around 65% to 70% are being disbursed at sub-PLR… Read More »
Following banking giants such as SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC, state-owned IDBI Bank has joined the home-loan war with the launch of its fixed cum floating rate home loan. The bank is offering 8.25 per cent fixed rate for all its new loans till March 2012.
Now there is talk of recession being over, markets being revived and the in general people out of their cautious cocoons where they were waiting and watching before grabbing the loans at attractive interest rates. For the past few months every bank has been vying with each other to provide competitive interest rates that will… Read More »
A strong focus on retail advances has helped State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) to pick up credit growth during the months of October-November.
SBI Life Insurance has tied up with Coromandel International Ltd to offer insurance in rural areas in Andhra Pradesh through Coromandel’s ‘Mana Gromor’ brand of rural retail outlets.
Visakhapatnam Urban Co-operative Bank has crossed the Rs 1,000-crore mark in business turnover. The bank has Rs 594 crore in deposits and the rest in advances.