The RBI will let non-residents participate in the interest rate swap markets, introduce a mandatory loan component in working capital finance and allow rupee 'swaptions'
Corporates facing bankruptcy in India will get a second chance before landing in insolvency court after RBI approves ‘provisional ratings’ based on restructure agreements.
India's central bank follows up an initiative to develop financial markets by simplifying how non-resident companies with less than $ 30 million of exposure do their hedging.
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.
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.
In an attempt to guide the country’s largest borrowers away from overdependence on bank loans, the Reserve Bank of India has moved to make bank facilities more costly for them.