PSU banks vs private bank stocks: Nomura analysts give 4 reasons to rotate your moneyAfter strong outperformance by PSU banks over the past year, Nomura turns cautious and prefers a shift to private banks, citing better risk...
Rs 61,000 crore FII sell-off hits bank stocks. Cheap enough for you to buy now?Foreign investors divested a massive Rs 60,655 crore from Indian bank stocks in March, a significant portion of their total equity withdraw...
Minimum GSec holding limit for banks to be cut by 125 bpsThe central bank has also adjusted the CRR calculation mechanism to enhance efficiencies.
RBI allows banks to bring down SLR to 20.50 pc by March 2017The Reserve Bank today permitted banks to bring down the statutory liquidity ratio securities under held-to-maturity category by 1.25 per c...
RBI policy is a thumbs up for bank, IT and pharma sectors: Anand RathiThe 50 bps cut in SLR is largely inconsequential right now with banks, in aggregate holding excess SLR to the tune of 500 bps over the stat...
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...
RBI slashes HTM bond limit in SLR to 23%RBI reduced the requirement of holding HTM (held-to-maturity) category bonds in the SLR portfolio for the banks to 23 per cent.
- Cutting HTM limit will improve liquidity, treasury income: Bank's treasury head
The proposal to reduce the share of held-to-maturity bonds in the SLR portfolio of banks is likely to increase liquidity in the interest ra...
- RBI may treat part of SLR as liquidity under Basel III: Anand Sinha
Anand Sinha today said the central bank is looking at a move under which a part of banks' statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) holdings can be t...
RBI may treat part of SLR as liquidity under Basel III: Anand SinhaRBI Dy Guv Anand Sinha said the bank is looking at a move under which a part of banks' SLR can be treated in a way that it complies with Ba...
- A positive trigger for bond market could be possible expansion on FII limit front: Kotak Mutual Fund
In an interview with ET Now, Lakshmi Iyer, Head of Products & Fixed Income, Kotak Mutual Fund, talked about bond markets.
Public sector banks told to shed SLR flab, lend moreThe finance min has asked public sector banks to look at ways to cut their holdings in govt securities so that they can lend more in a cred...
- Bankers divided on RBI's next move
Ahead of Reserve Bank's credit policy review on January 31, opinion seems to be divided on whether the central bank will increase interest ...
- Panel mooted removing floor on SLR, says FinMin
The finance ministry on Tuesday said the standing committee had recommended the amendment to remove the floor on SLR currently stipulated a...
- Banks’ SLR investments slip to 25%
Permitting RBI to reduce the mandated bank lending to the government seems to be the only near-term option available to help banks which ar...
- Ordinance to make way for RBI SLR play
The ordinance is likely to be submitted soon for Cabinet approval, top government sources have confirmed.
- RBI may hike repo rates, say bankers
Ahead of RBI’s policy review on Tuesday, bankers anticipate a 0.25% hike in short term interest rates by the central bank.