Page 10 - Liquidity

Banks want CRR, SLR, priority sector exemption for sovereign green bonds

Suggest green masala bond to attract foreign investors

Banks using quality liquid assets to fund loan growth: RBI report

Credit growth in the system has touched a decade high, a level seen last in 2011

Firms could raise funds via public issues in 2023 as cash tightens: Bankers

Corporates have traditionally preferred raising funds via private placements due to its ease, shorter execution time, and lower costs overall

India's fintech industry to face a tough 2023 as investments cool: Bain

This year, the Indian regulator, spurred by fraud and malpractice instances in the fintech lending space, stepped up its oversight to regulate it through a series of guidelines

Banks increase deposit rates on tight liquidity, high credit growth

Banks have made a beeline to increase rates on their deposits as liquidity in the system has tightened and the credit growth in the system has remained consistently high

How to lock smartly into bank FDs as rates peak over next 2-3 quarters

Consider laddering to ensure liquidity and to avoid reinvestment risk

BS BFSI Insight Summit 2022: Fireside chat with SIDBI Chairman S Ramann

Ramann joined Sidbi in the midst of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, he has been involved in crafting policies for providing timely liquidity, and schemes for restructuring support to MSME sector

Liquidity slips into deficit; RBI cash injections at over one-month high

Tax outflows drive tightness; banks face pressure to raise deposit rates

Digital lenders seek cap on default loss guarantee models from RBI

They suggested that the central bank could look at a reasonable cap to the FLDG models, given RBI's concerns of around build-up of systemic risk and 100% risk transfer rather than banning it outright

Spurt in India's liquidity surplus may not sustain through FY end: Experts

India's banking system liquidity surplus has averaged above 1.50 trillion rupees on a daily basis from Dec 1 to Dec 14, as against an average of around 500 billion rupees in November

Paytm can't use IPO proceeds for buyback; co's liquidity to be used: Report

One 97 Communications Ltd, the operator of India's largest digital payments provider Paytm, cannot use proceeds of its mega initial public offering (IPO) for the proposed repurchase of its own shares, as rules prohibit such a move, sources said, adding the firm will use its strong liquidity for the purpose. Paytm has a liquidity of Rs 9,182 crore, as per its last earnings report. The company's board is scheduled to meet on December 13 to consider a share buyback proposal. "The management believes that given the company's prevailing liquidity/ financial position, a buyback may be beneficial for our shareholders," it had stated in an exchange filing on Thursday. After a much-watched listing late last year, the stock is down 60 per cent in 2022 amid a global tech selloff and questions swirl around the firm's profitability, competition and costs related to marketing and employee stock options. Sources said regulations prevent any company from using IPO proceeds for a share buyback. Pa

Indian govt allows Lankans to hold $10,000 worth of rupee in cash

SL banks must open nostro accounts with Indian banks

SBI likely to raise Rs 10,000 crore through infrastructure bonds

The planned issuance worth Rs 10,000 crore includes a greenshoe option of Rs 5,000 crore, the bank said

China to ramp up monetary stimulus as growth outlook darkens amid lockdown

The State Council said in a statement Wednesday that monetary tools "such as a RRR cut" will be used "in a timely and appropriate manner" to maintain reasonably ample liquidity

Banks' overnight SDF balances eligible for LCR computation: RBI

Circular embraces all commercial banks, leaves out local area banks, RRBs and payments banks

Share of low-cost deposits falls as FD rates rise, banks' NIM may take hit

With RBI on monetary tightening path, liquidity has shrunk and interest rates have hardened, forcing banks to hike rates on term deposits in order to get funds for credit growth

Bank borrowings up 2x amid rush to fund credit growth, shows RBI data

As liquidity shrinks, lenders' reliance on short-term funding routes increases

AMCs line up differentiated target maturity funds amid stiff competition

Yield-to-maturity between 7.36% and 7.5% for these schemes with fixed tenure makes them attractive bet

India's decoupling from global capital market surprising: Mukul Kochhar

Country attractive for global investment because of 'visibility for high growth', says head of Institutional Equities, Investec India.

A healthy debate: The case for and against interest rate hike

Having raised policy rates to about 6 per cent, does India's Monetary Policy Committee need to do more? And, if so, is more front-loading warranted?