RBI Press release 2018-2019/1165 date November on 19.11.2018 on Central Board meets at Mumbai The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Central Board met ON 21.11.2018 in Mumbai and discussed the BASEL REGULATORY CAPITAL FRAMEWORK, A RESTRUCTURING SCHEME for stressed MSMEs, BANK HEALTH UNDER PROMPT CORRECTIVE ACTION (PCA) framework and the ECONOMIC CAPITAL FRAME WORK (ECF)…
Investment in ULIP is eligible for deduction under section 80C (life insurance) or 80CCC (pension) of Income Tax Act. A maximum of Rs 1,50,000 is allowed under section 80C/ 80CCC. ULIP is an integrated product of ‘insurance and investment’ developed and marketed by life insurance companies. ULIP offers investors the advantage of both insurance and…
A forward contract is a privately negotiated agreement between two parties to buy or to sell an asset at a specified price on a future date. Under forward contract, there is an obligation for the buyer to pay for what has been bought and receive delivery thereof as per contract, and for the seller to give…
(This post explains various types of insurance policies available in the market like Life Insurance policies, Health insurance policies, Property Insurance policies including plant and machinery, boiler, shipping insurance, stock of goods, etc., and conditions and clauses to be verified by the buyers before buying them). For many average insurance policy buyers verifying conditions and…
Escrow account is an account placed in trust with a third party usually a bank to hold money which belongs to others. The release of money parked in escrow account will be dependent on conditions agreed to by the transacting parties. The Escrow services are offered to meet diverse requirements of clients that include Sale…
[This article elucidates the gains of NPA recovery and the difference between Gross NPA and Net NPA] An asset (loan and advances of the bank) becomes non-performing asset (NPA) when it ceases to generate income for the bank. If interest and or installment of principal amount of loan remain ‘overdue’* for a period of more…
Up till now, NEFT system has been providing a positive confirmation to the remitter of the funds regarding completion of the funds transfer, thus giving an assurance to the remitter that the funds have been successfully credited to the beneficiary account. Now onwards same facility will be extended by the banks to the remitter of…
Modified duration is a concept that interest rates and bond prices move in opposite directions. It tells you how sensitive a bond is to interest rate changes. It is expressed in a formula that expresses the measurable change in the value of a security in response to a change in interest rates. Key points about…
‘Duration’ or Macaulay duration measures the price volatility of fixed income securities. As the term suggests, duration is expressed as a number of years and measures a bond’s sensitivity to change in interest rates. Usually, the higher the duration, the more is the volatility in the prices. To be precise, it measures the change in market…
Basket of currencies or currency basket means a currency in the basket (group) can be freely convertible to another currency of the basket without the special approval from the Central Bank of that country. The resulting exchange rate can be fixed or variable according to the demand for that currency in the international market.Majority of…
