Banks may seek leeway to amortise MTM losses on bond holdings in Q1Several banks met last week to discuss a possible representation to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for allowing them to amortise the 'mark...
20 Jun, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Need of the hour is to extend HTM leeway for bond market: BoFA’s Mehta“The Held-To-Maturity (HTM) dispensation is the need of the hour and giving it for a short span of one year or six months doesn’t work. A l...
08 Sep, 2021, 10.56 AM IST
Debt mutual fund managers react to RBI rate pauseThe monetary policy committee (MPC), headed by RBI governor Shakikanta Das, kept repo rate untouched at 4 per cent; and reverse repo rate a...
09 Oct, 2020, 01.39 PM IST
“RBI provision on speading bond trade losses gives banks relief this quarter”“We still have certain doubts on the way the yields will stabilise.”
03 Apr, 2018, 09.33 AM IST
Expect no reaction from markets to status quo in credit policy: Nilesh Shah, Axis Capital"For markets, the policy has come as per expectations. More importantly, those expectations were managed way ahead of the policy."
30 Sep, 2014, 05.56 PM IST
Two reasons markets cheered RBI policy before closing the day on a flat noteThe market had surged 250 points after the policy meeting; led by gains in rate sensitive sectors such as capital goods, banks, auto and re...
30 Sep, 2014, 03.33 PM IST
RBI credit policy on expected lines: Pradeep Kumar, SBI"Ideally RBI will be pushing for SLR and HTM at the same level. As a bank we were expecting this to be so; there is nothing surprising."
30 Sep, 2014, 12.53 PM IST
Interest rate to stay high as bankers see no rate cut in FY15Terming the RBI's stance as marginally hawkish, SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya said that the 6 per cent inflation target is challen...
05 Aug, 2014, 07.57 PM IST
SLR cut could be negative for bond markets: Samiran Chakraborty, StanChart Bank"The combination of a hawkish tone, SLR cut and HTM cut would mean that bond yields would probably move upwards," says Samiran Chakraborty.
05 Aug, 2014, 05.54 PM IST
SLR cut a positive step from growth perspective: Rakesh Sethi, Union Bank of India"Last time also there was a 0.5% reduction in SLR, like this time. So, it is giving indications that funds are available to industry."
05 Aug, 2014, 04.54 PM IST
Analysts see limited impact on banks from SLR reductionThe BSE Banking index managed to bounce back from lows on Tuesday, led by gains in Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, HDFC Bank and Bank...
05 Aug, 2014, 04.52 PM IST
Banking stocks worst hit by RBI policy; ICICI Bank down over 1%The BSE Banking index pared gains and plunged in deep red after the RBI in its policy meet on Tuesday kept the repo rate unchanged at 8%.
05 Aug, 2014, 01.23 PM IST
City Union Bank: Rising returns, better assets to keep it steadyThe bank has a higher number of loan assets maturing in less than one year than its deposits, which means its borrowings may not see a sign...
22 Oct, 2013, 06.48 AM IST
Bond surge: Banks to move RBI to freely switch available-for-sale to held-to-maturity"We want to switch our high yield bonds in the AFS category to the HTM. This is the proposal which banks are now planning to take to RBI," ...
28 Jul, 2013, 04.12 PM IST
- Bond prices surge to help banks cut treasury losses
Banks, which are struggling to meet loan-growth targets for FY10, have managed to stave off huge treasury losses as a surprising year-end s...
01 Apr, 2010, 05.46 AM IST
- RBI likely to tighten accounting policy of banks
RBI may tighten the accounting policy of banks’ treasury operations, a move that may reduce profits shown by banks from the treasury divisi...
31 Mar, 2010, 02.40 AM IST
- Banks may suffer treasury losses in Q4
Banks could report significant treasury losses for quarter gone by, with yield on the 10-year bond closing 2.4% above its lowest level this...
01 Apr, 2009, 12.11 AM IST