Indian companies scaled back overseas bond issuances as improved domestic liquidity and a weaker rupee made local fundraising more attracti...

The rupee has lost more than 13 per cent this year and touched fresh lows against the dollar.

Uncovered exposures have shrunk to $42-44 billion, from a high of $65 billion seen in March.

Experts claim that about 60-65% of offshore payables still unhedged

Size of unhedged positions are estimated at around $60-65 billion in March.

With unhedged exposures piling up to this extent, the market was like a compressed spring, awaiting an excuse for a correction.

It analysed 100 top foreign exchange borrowers with a total forex exposure of Rs 19.5 lakh crore and found that only 36% of this was hedged...

Ind-Ra analysed 100 top foreign exchange borrowers with a total forex exposure of Rs 19.5 lakh crore and found that only 36% of this is hed...

Corporates that borrowed cheap dollars to prune cost are now grappling with margin calls from lenders as the rupee continues to slide.

If rupee depreciates by 1% (against the US dollar (USD), it would shave off their absolute EBITDA by 0.19% (median), said the report.

The motivation for this, according to Padmanabhan, is that there is a growing concern these days about the risk of unhedged forex exposure ...

Importers are significantly increasing unhedged bets, expecting a stable rupee on improved economic parameters.

Here are the ten key takeaways from the monetary and external sector.

This announcement comes at a time when the banking sector is seeing a surge in corporate debt restructuring and rising bad loans.

This announcement comes at a time when the banking sector is seeing a surge in corporate debt restructructing and rising bad loans.

A report by foreign brokerage Credit Suisse today said that JSW Steel understated FY12-end net debt by at least Rs 11,900 crore.

IMF says exposure to foreign loans may not spark off worries. In some cases firms use loopholes to borrow directly in low-yielding funding ...