What is Asian Clearing Union (ACU)?
Asian Clearing Union (ACU) was established in 1975, after at the initiative of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The central banks and monetary authorities of India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan and Maldives are the current participants in the ACU…
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Reporting of remittance under Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) scheme
All the AD category-I branches are now required to upload transaction-wise information (LRS data) of resident individuals to RBI on daily basis. According to RBI circular A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 23 dated April 12, 2018, all AD-I category branches are required to report remittances made under LRS scheme on a daily basis which…
Read article Revision of position (long or short) for all currencies in Exchange Traded Currency Derivatives (ETCD) Market
Hitherto, the persons resident in India and Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) are allowed to take a long (bought) or short (sold) position in USD-INR upto USD 15 million per exchange without having to establish existence of underlying exposure. In addition, residents & FPIs are allowed to take long or short positions in EUR-INR, GBP-INR and…
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Gold import rules in India
The notified entities in India are permitted to import of Gold only after the issue of license by DGFT. The imported gold covered by the above license shall be disposed-off in the manner specified by the DGFT. The conditions for the licence are clearly mentioned in the licence itself. Within the contours of the Regulations…
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How LIBOR benchmark is calculated?
LIBOR is the acronym for London Interbank Offered Rate. The ‘LIBOR’ serves as the key benchmark rate in calculating interest rates on various loans across the world. Each morning before 11 a.m. (GMT), the sets of major banks that have a significant presence in the London market are asked the rate at which they could…
What is Mibor?
MIBOR stands acronym for ‘Mumbai Inter- bank Outright Rate’, the benchmark of the Indian call money market. It is the rate at which banks borrow unsecured funds from one another in the inter bank market. The bid rate on how much interest banks would pay to borrow money on a short-term basis from other institutions…
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