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Sebi will discuss with the stock exchanges and institute an appropriate mechanism for physical delivery in derivatives market

The consensus view on the street is that the full implementation of the committee’s recommendations is difficult, especially considering the politically sensitive issue of deregulation of diesel and cooking fuel prices

The survey has usually been used as a contrarian indicator, with investors advised to exit crowded trades

Sebi issued the notice to the exchange for artificially creating volumes in the derivatives segment in 2008 through market makers without acquiring approvals from the regulator

The exchange-traded products are regulated by the Sebi anyway and hence, “...unlike many countries, India has established procedures for regulation of OTC derivatives”, the RBI report said

Foreign banks’ exposure to derivatives, letters of credit and guarantees declined 31.2% to Rs70 trillion at the end of March 2009 from Rs102.1 trillion last year

There is speculation whether the credit crunch in the fourth quarter of 2008 was due entirely to international factors or whether local factors such as the restrictive monetary policy played a role

The Indian Sugar Exim Corp. (ISEC) says it has suffered losses in currency hedging and blames Standard Chartered for bad advice

Guarantees on currency forwards, rate swaps by Clearing Corp means banks will need to set aside lower capital

“This will meet a large part of our equity and debt requirements... elections were a decisive factor and investors are very excited,” Tata Realty and Infrastructure chief financial officer Kishore Saletore said

On OTC derivatives, the committee has laid rather stringent guidelines on who can participate, with a minimum networth restriction of Rs500 crore at the client-level

ICICI Bank, ABN Amro, Axis Bank, Standard Chartered, State Bank of India are among those which sold currency-related derivatives to about 250 exporters from October 2007 onwards, when the rupee was appreciating fast

In options of any kind, the option buyer is under no obligation to exercise his option. However, once he chooses to do so, the option seller is bound to honour his promise

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