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Kyrgyz unrest threatens all Central Asia: Kazakh president

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:49:32 -0400 | canoe CNEWS

Violence in Kyrgyzstan could stir ethnic tension in other parts of Central Asia and encourage the growth of drug trafficking and terrorism, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Tuesday.


Central Banks Grabbing Gobs of Gold

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:52:54 +0000 | Newsvine

Central banks are buying so much gold that investors are beginning to wonder if the world is returning to the gold standard ? and some financial advisers see that as a partial possibility.


RBI's alive and kicking

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:47:27 GMT | Business Standard

Just when questions were beginning to be asked whether the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was being taken for granted by an assertive Union finance ministry a question raised by North Blocks ordinance last month creating a joint committee of heads of regulatory institutions in the financial sector chaired by the Union finance minister the central bank has acted to show that it has a mind of its own. Even as some policy-makers in Delhi were asserting that the back of the inflationary dragon had finally been broken and that there was no real need for a further hike in policy rates, the central bank stepped in to once again dampen inflationary expectations by raising the repo and reverse repo rates by 25 basis points each. Thought it should have, at the same time, reduced the margin between the two rates.


Central Bank eyes presence in Hong Kong, Bahrain

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:55:11 GMT | Business Standard

Government-owned Central Bank of India (CBI) is looking to expand overseas and plans to seek licences for opening offices in Hong Kong, Bahrain and a few African countries.


10 banks to pick up stake in central electronic registry

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:41:44 GMT | Business Standard

Nearly 10 banks, mostly in the public sector, are likely to pick up stake in the proposed Central Electronic Registry, a company to be co-promoted by the National Housing Bank (NHB), to keep a track of mortgages taking place in the home loan market.


Bury a bad idea

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:00:23 GMT | Business Standard

Is New Delhis North Block on an ego trip? Nothing else explains the determination with which its officials seem to be pushing a bad idea even after substantial doubts have been raised. This newspaper has already raised questions about the manner of issuance and the intent behind the ordinance issued by the President of India on June 18, 2010 on jurisdictional issues pertaining to unit-linked insurance plans (BS, 29 June 2010). In dealing with questions of regulatory overlap, the Union finance ministry has given itself new powers over financial sector regulators, including the nations central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The wise thing to do for the government would be to listen to learned comments and the genuine doubts expressed, send the draft Bill to the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Finance and suitably address the core issue of central bank authority and autonomy.


Central Bank net up 26%

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:48:00 GMT | Business Standard

State-run Central Bank of India on Thursday posted a 26 per cent jump in its net profit for the quarter ended June 30 to Rs 337 crore as compared to Rs 267-crore in the same period last year, helped by healthy growth in loans, despite lower trading gains.


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