Global banks play hedge card after RBI blow on rupee betsForeign banks are reportedly reclassifying arbitrage deals, impacted by RBI's rupee speculation clampdown, as hedges for capital from overs...
13 Apr, 2026, 06.49 AM IST
Defending the rupee: Understanding the RBI’s new rules. Will they work?The RBI’s measures to defend the rupee have had their desired effect, with the Indian currency staging a smart recovery. But do these measu...
03 Apr, 2026, 03.30 PM IST
RBI should use forex reserves to prop up rupee: SBI reportThe Reserve Bank of India should use its substantial foreign exchange reserves to stabilize the Indian Rupee. A report from SBI suggests th...
30 Mar, 2026, 10.44 PM IST
RBI tightens norms on net open positions to curb rupee’s slideThe Reserve Bank of India has set a new limit for banks on their foreign currency dealings in the rupee. This move aims to control speculat...
28 Mar, 2026, 01.10 AM IST
Home care products witness 27% surge from 2015-23: StudySince 2015, home care products such as toilet cleaners, floor cleaning agents, and mosquito repellents have seen a significant surge in dem...
16 Aug, 2024, 12.34 PM IST
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance net profit up 8.7% in Q1 FY25 at Rs 225 croreThe company also saw its value of new business (VNB) grow by 8% year-on-year during the quarter. The total annualized premium equivalent (A...
23 Jul, 2024, 08.13 PM IST
Buy Star Health and Allied Insurance Company, target price Rs 800: ICICI SecuritiesAdditionally, as per the company, impact of price hike on NOP retention post the recent hike of ~25% in Family Health Optima (FHO) premium,...
06 Apr, 2023, 10.20 AM IST
Commerce Ministry to soon seek cabinet nod on national offset policyThe draft policy proposes that foreign firms selling goods worth over Rs 300 crore to the government or public sector units will have to so...
11 May, 2015, 05.36 PM IST
Committee of Secretaries to meet soon on national offset policyThe CoS would meet senior officials of departments including commerce, industry and telecom to finalise the policy.
09 Feb, 2015, 08.59 PM IST
Draft NOP: Government proposes 30 per cent local procurement for foreign companiesSectors which will be covered under NOP include civil aerospace, power, fertiliser, railways, ports & shipyards, mining, medicine and telec...
15 Dec, 2014, 07.28 PM IST
RBI removes restrictions on foreign exchange proprietary tradesTreasury heads of three banks ET spoke to confirmed that RBI officials have informally communicated that banks can resume trades under resp...
02 Jun, 2014, 05.00 AM IST
RBI eases forex restrictions for select PSU and private banksRBI has partially lifted the curbs on banks' forex transactions imposed after rupee came under attack from currency speculators in Dec.
06 Feb, 2012, 07.38 AM IST
Stop messing around with the rupee: RBI tells banksRBI hinted that it was aware which banks were building what kind of trading positions & it may relook at NOP that each bank is allowed to r...
29 Nov, 2011, 11.21 AM IST
- Life insurance industry sluggish in Q1
The life insurance industry has stopped growing - at least that's what the first quarter data released by the Insurance Regulatory & Develo...
29 Jul, 2009, 11.13 PM IST
- LIC suffers a premium jolt in Apr-Nov
Tight liquidity situation prevailing in the market seems to have hit the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) more than private life i...
03 Jan, 2009, 01.55 AM IST
- UK consumer confidence falls
Consumer confidence in Britain dropped close to its lowest level in more than three decades in October as the financial crisis deterred Bri...
31 Oct, 2008, 08.58 PM IST
- UK consumer confidence hits near-record lo
Consumer confidence in Britain slumped this month to its lowest level since March 1990, when the economy was teetering on the edge of a pro...
30 Jun, 2008, 04.46 AM IST