The Reserve Bank of India has released futher guidelines around hedging, this time simplifying hedges under US$30 million in a move to improve access for SMEs.
The RBI amends rules to allow IBUs to offer various financial products. The changes mean companies won’t have to go abroad to access buyer credits, an expert says.
Corporate treasurers are becoming more open to working and investing into technology startups that can solve specific business issues. Flexible partnerships are now the order of the day, it seems.
An MNC can now enter hedging agreements in India, but it will have to process the instruments via a tri-partite agreement with an Indian bank, the MNC's Indian subsidiary and its own treasury function.
As the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership moves towards a pan-regional economic agreement, a think tank pushes it to copy the TPP approach to rules of origin as time runs short before the trade bloc goes live.
M&A deals will be subject to greater public participation and scrutiny if India’s securities regulator gets its way. In short, CFOs will need to better engage all shareholders on such matters.
India's central bank proposes change to rules that force subsidiaries to settle their own hedging transactions, a move that would cut costs and improve efficiency for MNCs.
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