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Market Infrastructure
RBI Proposes to Extend Trading Hours for Forex, Money Market
By Editors | 11/07/2019
An RBI working group has proposed extending onshore FX trading from 5pm to 9pm, in a bid to recapture liquidity lost to offshore markets in recent years.
Enforcement
Punjab National Bank Detects $550mn Fraud by Indian Steelmaker
By Editors | 09/07/2019
Punjab National Bank says Bhushan Power & Steel misappropriated bank funds and manipulated its books to raise funds from lenders.
Capital / Liquidity
India’s 2019 Budget Grants Lifeline to State Banks, NBFCs
By Editors | 08/07/2019
The government announced a fresh capital infusion for state banks, credit guarantees on NBFC assets, and stronger supervisory powers for the RBI.
Market Infrastructure
RBI to Review Framework for Core Investment Firms
By Editors | 04/07/2019
Concerned that oversight of increasingly complex core investment firms is now inadequate, the RBI has set up a working group to review its framework.
Capital / Liquidity
RBI Relaxes Leverage Ratio to Boost Lending
By Editors | 02/07/2019
The RBI has reduced the leverage ratio from 4.5% at present to 4% for D-SIBs (domestic systemically important banks) and 3.5% for other banks.
Capital / Liquidity
India’s Banks Are Becoming More Resilient: RBI
By Editors | 01/07/2019
The RBI says gross NPA ratios and loan provisioning are improving, but it warns that capital adequacy at some banks will fall below requirements without more government cash.
Securities / Derivatives
RBI Issues Consolidated Directions for Interest Rate Derivatives
By Editors | 28/06/2019
Under the new directions, stock exchanges and OTC market-makers have been given the flexibility to design and structure IRD products tailored to the needs of market participants.
Market Infrastructure
RBI Issues Guidelines for Financial Benchmark Administrators
By Editors | 27/06/2019
Existing financial benchmark administrators will be notified if their benchmark is considered a “significant benchmark”. They will then have three months to apply for RBI authorisation.
Enforcement
RBI Launches Online Platform for Financial Complaints
By Editors | 25/06/2019
The new Complaint Management System allows customers of regulated financial entities in India to lodge complaints against those entities online.
Securities / Derivatives
RBI Retail FX Trading Platform Set for 5 August Launch
By Editors | 21/06/2019
The RBI has said that FX-Retail, the electronic platform for retail foreign exchange trading, will be launched on 5 August.
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