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How Banks are Rated in India?

The first step towards rating of banks in India was taken up in 1995, when the Reserve Bank of India established the S Padmanabhan Committee to take a...

April 21, 2011

Some Questions on IFRS

What is the relevancy of IFRS? The IFRS is relevant to the extent that the financial statements as per the international standards would make the comparisons of the...

April 21, 2011

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

IFRS is principles based set of accounting standards developed by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), an independent group of 15 experts. IFRS is steadily becoming the global...

April 21, 2011

Risks Associated with the Banking Business

There are three kinds of risks associated with the banking viz. Credit Risk, Market Risk and Operational Risk. Credit Risk Credit risk is risk of loss arising from...

April 21, 2011

Three Pillars of Basel III

The Basel III Guidelines are based upon 3 very important aspects which are called 3 pillars of the Basel II. These 3 pillars are Minimum Capital Requirement, Supervisory...

April 21, 2011

What are Tier I and Tier II Capital?

The Basel-I defined two tiers of the Capital in the banks to provide a point of view to the regulators. The Tier-I Capital is the core capital while...

April 21, 2011

What is Basel Committee on Banking Supervision?

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is an institution of Governors of the Central Banks of “G-10” nations and was formed in 1974. It has 27 members viz. Argentina,...

April 21, 2011

What is CRAR System?

CRAR is the acronym for capital to risk weighted assets ratio, a standard metric to measure balance sheet strength of banks. BASEL I and BASEL II are global...

April 21, 2011

Understanding Capital Adequacy

We all know that Capital refers to the assets which are capable of generating income and which have themselves been produced. This is one of the four factors...

April 21, 2011

First Narasimham Committee

The Narasimham Committee  was established under former RBI Governor M. Narasimham in August 1991 to look into all aspects of the financial system in India. The report of...

April 21, 2011

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