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The Indian Mutual Fund Industry has come of age. It has grown over the years in terms of total assets under management (AUM), number of AMCs, number of schemes and types of schemes aimed at different segments of households with varying risk appetite. Mutual funds hold a significant share in total funds deployed in the capital market. It has grown to such an extent that a separate regulatory body is being contemplated for this industry. However, this industry is ...
With liberalisation of the Indian economy and growing competition, there has been a shift in the perception of the rural sector, particularly from the point of view of financial intermediaries. This sector is now perceived as a continuous source of savings and an opportunity for profitable deployment of funds. Commercial Banks, NABARD, Co-operative Banks and Regional Rural Banks have geared themselves up to cater to this segment of the economy through innovative ...
The issue of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) in the financial sector has been an area of concern for all economies and reduction in NPAs has become synonymous with functional efficiency of financial intermediaries. Although NPAs are a balance sheet issue of individual banks and financial institutions, it has wider macroeconomic implications. It is important that, if resolution strategies for recovery of dues from NPAs are not put in place quickly and efficiently, ...
India's financial sector has seen reform measures ranging from the deregulation of interest rates, adoption of prudential norms, equity floatation by public sector banks, introduction of derivatives trading as well as emergence of regulatory institutions. It has moved from a "repressed state" to a liberalized state with an increase in the number of markets, players and instruments. This book is a collection of papers which discuss conceptual issues, the ...