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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to bolster bank capital adequacy by allowing the inclusion of quarterly profits in CRAR without strict NPA provisioning conditions. In a move aimed at supporting the capital adequacy of commercial banks, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday proposed to ease norms for including quarterly profits in the computation of the Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) and to withdraw the requirement of maintaining an Investment Fluctuation Reserve (IFR ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) The Reserve Bank on Wednesday decided to dispense with the Investment Fluctuation Reserve (IFR), an additional buffer which banks were required to maintain to hedge against depreciation in the value of investments, as a measure to support the capital adequacy of lenders. Banks currently maintain IFR as an additional buffer against depreciation in the value of their investments, subject to mark-to-market (MTM) requirements. Currently, commercial banks (including Local Area B ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to maintain a status quo on interest rates in its upcoming policy, even as geopolitical risks rise, with GDP growth expected to face a potential impact of 0.5 to 1 per cent, said Ranen Banerjee, Partner and Economic Advisory Leader at PwC India. Speaking to ANI ahead of the policy announcement, Banerjee said that monetary policy action may not be effective in addressing the current challenges arising from the ongoing We ...Read More >
Mumbai: Banks, with the largest collective weighting on Nifty, slumped Monday after the RBI Friday ordered net-position curbs on lenders to underpin the rupee that in FY26 lost the most in 14 years. All 14 constituents of the Bank Nifty lost, dragging the benchmark Nifty more than 2% lower. The Bank Nifty, meanwhile, retreated 3.8% to 50,275.35 - the lowest closing since April 9, 2025 - after the central bank set a $100 million end-of-day net position threshold for lenders. The newly-introduced ...Read More >
Mumbai: Banks believe mark-to-market (MTM) treasury losses are expected to be significantly larger than estimated due to a sharp rise in 10-year yield, which crossed the psychological mark of 7% on Monday - its highest level since 2024. The 10-year yield closed at 7.03% on Monday, the last trading day of this fiscal year, versus its previous close of 6.94%. The money market will be closed on Tuesday due to Mahavir Jayanti. The yield jumped 37 bps in March, the biggest monthly move since Februar ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority of India has come out with a discussion paper proposing a dual valuation approach for the securities held in scheme portfolios of National Pension System (NPS) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY). The framework aims to present pension wealth accumulation more clearly to subscribers while ensuring long-term financial stability and economic relevance, the regulator said in the discussion paper titled 'Alignment of Valuation Guidelines wit ...Read More >
Mumbai: The central bank on Wednesday issued draft guidelines on a structured mechanism for novation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts, wherein it proposed that novation can only be carried out with the consent of the remaining party at the prevailing market rates. The remaining party refers to the user who will continue to be a counterparty in the new contract after novation, which is a legal process where an existing contract is replaced with another, typically involving a consen ...Read More >
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