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Arun Thiagarajan, has been appointed Part-time Chairman of ING Vysya Bank Ltd., for a period of Three years, effective from 9th, August 2010. Mr Thiagarajan has had association with companies like Asea Brown Boveri, Wipro and Hewlett Packard in different capacities, inclusive of the position of President and Vice Chairman.
Infrastructure Development Finance Co Ltd is not planning to seek a banking licence from the Reserve Bank of India, says Rajiv Lall, chief executive and managing director, IDFC is the leading lender and consultant for infrastructure projects.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri B.C. Khatua, IAS, as Chairman, Forward Markets Commission, on re-employment on contract basis, for a period of one year with effect from 1st August, 2010.
Punjab National Bank was rewarded with Corporate Social Responsibility Excellence by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in recognition to it’s initiatives for macro-financing of corporate initiative.
Bank of India (BoI) has plans for expanding its branch network to over 3,600 up from 3,244 branches and ATMs to 2,000 from the present 953 by March 2011, according to its Alok Misra, Chairman and Managing Director.
RBI feels that Inflation will be contained & recovery process sustained, despite hike ...Read more
We may take further action as warranted, says RBI Governor ...Read more
RBI hike repo, reverse repo & CRR by 0.25% in the annual credit & monetary policy ...Read more
RBI releases Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments in 2009-10 ...Read more
Mark Carney is appointed Chairman of the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS). Mr Carney is Governor of the Bank of Canada. Mr Carney’s appointment as Chairman of the CGFS is for a term of three years starting on 1 July 2010. He succeeds Donald L Kohn
Dr. Pradnya Saravade took charge as Executive Director, Securities and Exchange Board of India on 20th May 2010 and will continue to head the Investigations Department of SEBI. Dr. Saravade is from the 1989 batch of the Indian Police Service.
Shri Ananta Barua took charge as Executive Director, Securities and Exchange Board of India on 20th May 2010. Prior to this assignment he was Legal Adviser, Legal Affairs Department (LAD), SEBI. He has been working in LAD since 1992 and has assisted the Board in framing of Regulations.
Christian Noyer, Governor of the Bank of France is new chairman of Bank for International Settlements (BIS) . His term is for a period of three years, commencing on 7 March 2010. Mr Noyer succeeds Guillermo Ortiz, Governor of the Bank of Mexico.
Mr. Deepak S Parekh FCA, Chairman of the Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), India’s first and largest mortgage company, has become the first international recipient of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales’ (ICAEW) Outstanding Achievement Award. This is in recognition of his outstanding contribution over many years to the finance and accountancy profession. This has included his work on the Government of India's Investment Commission, membership of various other Govt. Committees, his Chairmanship of HDFC.
Mr Tony D’Aloisio is the new Chairman of the Joint Forum. This two-year appointment is effective 1 January 2010. The Joint Forum was established in 1996 under the aegis of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, IOSCO, and the IAIS to deal with issues common to the banking, securities and insurance sectors, including the supervision of financial conglomerates.
Shri R. Gopalan has assumed the office of Secretary, Financial Services, Ministry of Finance on 4th January 2010. He belongs to 1976 batch of IAS (Tamil Nadu Cadre). Prior to this, Shri Gopalan was serving as Special Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
High inflation is the dominant concern in the monetary policy stance, says RBI Governor...Read more
Reserve Bank will now undertake mid-quarter reviews after each quarterly review...Read more
RBI's policy stance continues to contain inflation & maintain rates consistent with price, output & financial stability...Read more
Bank Rate & CRR has been retained at 6.0%. Repo rate increased by 25 basis points to 5.75%. Reverse repo rate increased by 50 basis points to 4.50% with immediate effect...Read more
RBI announces First Quarter Review of the Monetary & Credit Policy for 2010-11...Read more
Reserve Bank of India has released the document Macroeconomic & Monetary Developments:First Quarter Review 2010-11...Read more
In terms of RBI guidelines, Banks in India have switched to Base Rate system from Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) system from July 01, 2010 ... Read more
100% foreign exchange earnings can be credited to Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency (EEFC) Account, clarifies RBI
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RBI tightens priority sector bank lending norms to Housing Finance Companies (HFCs)
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RBI tightens External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) norms for companies ....Click Here
RBI relaxes branch opening norms for domestic scheduled commercial banks ....Click Here
Shri V.P. Iswardas assumes charge on 21st Dec 2009 as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Catholic Syrian Bank for 3 years. The bank has a pan India presence of 364 branches. Shri Iswardas with more than 33 years of experience was earlier functioning as Chief General Manager of CSB since April 2007.
Dr. Kaushik Basu joins as Chief Economic Advisor, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. He will hold this post from 8th Dec 09 in the rank of Secretary to the Government of India. Before this assignment, Dr. Basu was Chairman of the Department of Economics, Cornell University, USA. He has done his Ph.D in Economics from London School of Economics. Dr. Basu was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2008 and has extensively written on various issues relating to economy, trade, economic theories and development.
Mr. Keki M Mistry is the new Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HDFC Ltd w.e.f. January 1, 2010. Mr. Deepak S. Parekh will continue to be the Chairman of HDFC Ltd. Mrs. Renu Sud Karnad has been appointed as the Managing Director of the Corporation for a period of 5 years. Mr. V. Srinivasa Ranganhas been appointed as the Executive Director of HDFC Ltd.
Dr. Subir Gokarn takes over as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
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Hemant Kaul, executive director of Axis Bank will join Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd as managing director and chief executive officer effective from 1st December 2009.
Shri K.R. Kamath has been appointed by Govt. of
India as Chairman & Managing Director of Punjab National Bank from 28th October 2009 for a period of 5
years. Earlier, he was Chairman & Managing Director of Allahabad Bank. He will join
PNB tomorrow. Shri Kamath joined Corporation Bank as an Officer Trainee in 1977. Shri Kamath has been instrumental in bringing in perceptible change in corporate governance of Corporation Bank, Bank of India and Allahabad
Bank.
Mr. Deven Sharma, President of Standard & Poor's (S&P), has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of CRISIL Ltd (CRISIL). Mr. Sharma took over as President of S&P in 2008. Earlier, in 2007, he joined S&P after five years at
The McGraw-Hill Companies as executive vice president in charge of global strategy.
DBS Group Holdings has appointed Piyush Gupta, 49, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr Gupta spent over two-thirds of his 27-year career in South East Asia and Hong Kong, including eight years in Singapore. Gupta is currently Citi’s CEO for South East Asia-Pacific. In this role, his responsibilities encompass all of Citi’s businesses including Financial Markets, Corporate and Investment Banking, Transaction Services, Credit Cards, Retail Banking and Wealth Management.
President Obama has confirmed his nomination of Ben Bernanke for another 4 year term as Chairman of the US Central Bank. Mr. Bernanke has been praised for taking action to bail out failing banks, which Mr. Obama believes has limited the effects of the economic crisis. Ben S. Bernanke was sworn in on February 1, 2006, as Chairman and a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. He was appointed as a member of the Board to a full 14-year term, which expires January 31, 2020, and to a four-year term as Chairman, which expires January 31, 2010.
Shailendra Bhandari, previously head of Centurion Bank of Punjab, has been appointed the Managing Director and Chief Executive officer of ING Vysya Bank for three years. He was also executive director and treasurer at HDFC Bank and MD & CEO at ICICI Prudential MF.
Mr Alok Kumar Misra, presently CMD of Oriental Bank of Commerce has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of India.
Standard & Poor's has named Roopa Kudva as Region Head for South Asia. This is in addition to
her current responsibilities as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of CRISIL,
Ms. Kudva joined CRISIL in 1992 and was appointed head of its ratings business in 2000,
before becoming Managing Director & CEO of the company in 2007.
T S Narayanasami appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of United Stock Exchange of India (USE), the newest exchange opened for trading in financial derivatives by 12 banks. Mr Narayanasami has been Chairman of Bank of India, Andhra Bank and Indian Overseas Bank besides having been the Executive Director, Punjab National Bank.
President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, presented the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2007 to Mr. Bill Gates on the behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on July 25, 2009. Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan singh complimented Bill and Melinda Gates for their inspiring leadership and their deep humanism.
19 cooperative banks in India go insolvent during 2008-09...Read more
Security, Privacy and Cost major barriers to adoption of mobile banking, says KPMG's survey...Read more
RBI asks banks in India to make RTGS transactions more customer friendly...Read more
FSF issues recommendations and principles to boost global financial systems...Read more
Inter-Bank usage of ATMs becomes free in India from 1st April 2009...Read more
Basel Committee taking steps to strengthen global regulation of banking sector...Read more
Indian Financial Sector Self Assessment Report finds System Broadly Robust...Read more
IMF overhauls lending framework and create new Flexible Credit Line (FCL)...Read more
RBI asks banks to make higher provisions for non performing assets (NPAs)...Read more
Reserve Bank of India, completes 75 Years, celebrates the year 2009-10 as its Platinum Jubilee Year.... click here
Banknetjobs.com has been Ranked the "Number #1" Careers & Jobs Category Website Globally. ...Read more
S. Vishvanathan assumes charge as Managing Director & CEO of SBI Capital Markets...Read more
Former Reserve Bank deputy governor Rakesh Mohan will join consulting firm McKinsey as a part-time global advisor from October 2009. Rakesh Mohan left Reserve Bank in June 2009, to join Stanford Centre International Development as a distinguished consulting professor.
Shri Jitendra Nath Gupta took charge as Executive Director, Securities and Exchange Board of India on July 09, 2009. Shri Gupta has held senior positions in State Bank of India, Grasim Industries Limited, Indo Gulf Fertilisers and Kazstroy Service Group.
Shri B. Sambamurthy, took over as Director, Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology, on November 12, 2008. Prior to taking over as Director, Shri Sambamurthy, held the position of Chairman and Managing Director of Corporation Bank.
Shri Deepak Mohanty has been appointed Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India with effect from October 13, 2008. Shri Mohanty has been given charge of Department of Economic Analysis and Policy (DEAP) and Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM).
Raghuram Rajan has been appointed honorary economic advisor to the Indian Prime Minister...Read more
Finance Secretary Duvuri Subbarao will be the next Governor of Reserve Bank of India...Read more
Mr. R. Ravimohan, Managing Director and Head of Standard & Poor’s, South and Southeast Asia, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of CRISIL. Dr. Nachiket Mor, President, ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth, has joined the Board as Independent Director.
Dr. Y.V. Reddy, Governor, RBI has been conferred the Honorary Fellowship of the London School of Economics and Political Science, London (LSE).The other prominent Honorary Fellows of the LSE from India include Prof. Sir Partha Dasgupta, Prof. Lord Desai, Mr. Nitin Desai, Dr. Jagan N. Khosla, Prof. Kakkadan N. Raj, Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen and Dr. Ratan N. Tata.
Mr C.B. Bhave is appointed the new Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for three years.
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