RCom says looking to refinance various payments till September

Anil Ambani Group’s Reliance Communications said it was in talks with its lenders and partners to put off some of the instalment payments that the company had to pay until the completion of its merger with Sistema Shyam Teleservices and Aircel Cellular by September this year. “RCom is presently engaged in discussions with its lenders […]

Fitch Ratings upgrades Tata Motors on improving business performance

Fitch Ratings has upgraded its rating on Tata Motors by one notch, pointing to the automaker’s improving business performance. “The upgrade reflects the sustained improvement in TML’s Indian automotive business over the last two years, supported by growing commercial vehicle volumes, successful new product launches in the passenger vehicle segment, as well as the management’s […]

US Fed unlikely to reverse quantitative easing this year: HDFC Securities

Broking and financial firm HDFC Securities Ltd said it does not expect the US Federal Reserve to start sucking out the liquidity that it has infused into the global financial market in the last nine years any time soon. The comments came in the wake of the release of the minutes of the Federal Open […]

Rs 1.7 lakh cr deposited via demonetization may not be withdrawn – SBI

The Indian banking system is likely to get a permanent liquidity boost of Rs 1.7 lakh cr due to the demonetization of high-denomination bank notes, State Bank of India chief economic adviser said in a note to bank clients. He said people were not making the large cash withdrawals that everyone expected them to after the […]

PNB, Corp Bank most aggressive in going after big debtors; SBI, BoB more relaxed

Punjab National Bank, the third largest public sector bank in India, and smaller cousin Corporation Bank can teach bigger siblings like State Bank of India and Bank of Baroda a thing or two about going after big loan defaulters, an analysis of Reserve Bank of India data shows. In the last four years, these two banks […]

No Income Tax on FCCB proceeds, SC rules on RCom

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petition filed by the Income-Tax Department against Reliance Communications on taxing of the proceeds of Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs), said the telecom operator. The Supreme Court order has quashed contingent tax liability of RCOM for about Rs 4,800 crore. During Financial Year 2006-07, Reliance Communications had issued […]

Ahead of spectrum auction, industry group warns of rising telecom debt

Even as the telecom industry finds itself in a tariff war with entry of a major player, an ASSOCHAM-KPMG paper has pointed towards the operators grappling with a huge debt burden of Rs 3.80 lakh crore, reinforcing a case for rationalisation of taxes and other levies along with spectrum charges. The telecom operators have an […]

Mahindra & Mahindra raises Rs 475 cr via debentures

Automobile manufacturers Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. said it raised Rs 475 crores via non-convertible debentures on private placement basis with a tenure of 10 years. The face value of the 7.57% debentures are Rs 10,00,000 each. Mahindra & Mahindra is an Indian multinational automobile manufacturing corporation based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is one of the […]

One of India’s largest mutual funds lends to Ujjivan microfinance lender

Bangalore-based Ujjivan Financial Services has become the first microfinance institution in India to raise funds directly from mutual funds, and that too one of the largest mutual funds in India. It raised Rs 50 cr from an unnamed mutual fund by placing ‘commercial paper’ (a kind of debt). “This is the first CP issuance by […]

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