A strategic alliance is an agreement between two or more independent organizations that agree to share resources to undertake a specific, mutually beneficial objective. The strategic alliance is akin to partnership project, the relation fall short of legally banded partnership. The agreement may be formal or informal in nature, but each party’s responsibilities must be…
A depository receipt or depositary receipt (DR) is a negotiable financial instrument that represents a foreign company’s (issuing company which is incorporated outside India) publicly traded debt or equity in domestic exchanges. The depository receipts (DRs) which are created by a Domestic Depository bank against the underlying equity shares of the issuing company are termed…
P-Notes or PNs are acronym to Participatory Notes. These instruments are issued to overseas buyers by the foreign institutional investors (FII) who are registered with SEBI. These notes are actually Overseas Derivative Instruments that have Indian stocks as their underlying assets. The foreign institutional investors (FII) who have registered with SEBI issue these instruments to…
Scheduled Commercial Banks in India are those banks which are included in the second schedule to Reserve Bank of India Acts 1934. Scheduled Commercial Banks in India are categorised in five different groups according to their ownership and/or nature of operation. These bank groups are: (i) State Bank of India (ii) Nationalised Banks, (iii) Regional…
The Banking Regulation Act, 1949 is legislation in India that regulates all banking firms in India. Initially, the law was applicable only to banking companies. But, 1965 it was amended to make it applicable to cooperative banks. Some of the important sections of banking regulation acts 1949 are as under. Section 5(b) of the Banking…
A registrar is the SEBI approved entity, usually a bank or trust company. The Registrar to issue process share and debenture allocation. Further, the Registrar keeps the records of bondholders and shareholders when the issuer sells securities to the public. Click below to know; Who are Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)? What is Universal Banking?…
Stock Exchange: A stock exchange is an organized and regulated financial market where securities (bonds, derivatives, shares) are bought and sold on behalf of the investors at prices governed by the demand and supply for the specific stock. The Stock exchanges provide clearing house facilities for netting payments and securities delivery. The Clearinghouse guarantees all…
Updated 31.12.2023 A Depository refers to a place or entity that holds financial securities in a dematerialized form. In the Indian capital market, this term has a lot of relevance where they hold securities in dematerialized (Demat*) form. In demat form, all physical share certificates were converted into electronic form and the same was deposited…
The selling of Insurance products by banks to their established customers is known as Bancassurance . Banks and insurance company come up with an arrangement wherein the bank sells the insurance products of specific Insurance companies (Life and or general Insurance companies) with whom they have tied up. In this arrangement, both banks and insurance…
Foreign Institutional Investors are SEBI authorised foreign based institutions. They invest in the Indian equity market and debt market through stock exchanges. Foreign Institutional investors most notably include hedge funds, insurance companies, pension funds and mutual funds. Click below to know; What is Universal Banking? What is Bancassurance? What is Stock Exchange and stock broker?…