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British bank alleges the Indian cement company owes it Rs179 cr; Sanghi hires Salve to fight claim in London court

In 1990-91, the percentage of total government expenditure to GDP was 38.13%

The fact that the news of the open offer was leaked to the media for publication on this very date raises questions

Crisil categorizes different instruments issued by the companies for fund raising based on their complexity

A recent Citigroup Inc. report says that net inflows in the capital account were equal to 24.6% of gross capital formation in FY08

Higher call rates encourage investors in debt funds, particularly banks, to withdraw money from mutual funds and lend in the overnight call money market to earn more

This money will come into the country at a time when FIIs, the main driver of Indian stock markets, have taken out close to $11.2 billion from the country since January

India now has the distinction of being one of the rare countries to introduce new derivatives markets this year, at a time when most countries are clamping down with bans or more regulations

A margin call is a demand from a broker to a customer to bring up the margin deposit -- depleted by a fall in the price of the security purchased on margin -- to the required minimum level.

RSCL is one of several firms that entered into contracts with banks in an effort to protect themselves from fluctuations in the foreign exchange market

In one way IFRS is reflective of the market conditions, but the worry is that the markets are never perfect

India needed to graduate from over-the-counter to exchange traded platform in derivatives trading to provide transparency, better execution and liquidity

These accounting standards, which are initially recommendatory in nature and will become mandatory after 2011

Sundaram Multi Pap suffered a Rs2.92 crore loss from exotic derivatives contracts that were closed before they matured to cut losses but it did not pay ICICI Bank which, it claimed, had mis-sold “certain foreign exchange derivatives contracts for speculative purposes”

HDFC Bank predicts the spread between the two rates will narrow in the coming weeks and disappear in November

Instruments such as derivatives, letters of credit and guarantees could pose a liquidity risk if not monitored

Till last year NSDL used to open about 200,000 accounts every month, and now it is about 100,000

The government last week extended the ban on soya oil, potato, chana and rubbertill 30 November, which was initially meant for four months when imposed in May

Implied volatility draws its conclusions from the present pricing of options and not from historic volatility figures

The Ludhiana-based company had filed a lawsuit against Axis Bank for allegedly mis-selling exotic derivative products to it