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India is a strategic focus for World Business Council for Sustainable Development, says President CEO Peter Bakker
Peter Bakker. President and CEO, World Business Council for...
FDIC, US Fed discuss fund to backstop deposits if more banks fail
Regulators discussed the new special vehicle in conversations with banking executives, according to people familiar with the matter. The hope is that setting up such a vehicle would reassure depositors and help contain any panic, said the people. They asked not to be...
Fallout from SVB collapse spreads around world
This is just the beginning. SVB had branches in China, Denmark, Germany, India, Israel and Sweden, too. Founders are warning that the bank’s failure could wipe out startups around the world without government intervention. SVB’s joint venture in China, SPD Silicon...
ECB to test banks for cyber resilience
The ECB has long been warning banks to be alert for cyberattacks from Russia after the European Union passed a long series of sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. “There has been a significant increase in cyberattacks,” Enria said. “We cannot...
Analysis: China’s financial regulatory revamp raises hope, some concern over control
The watchdog, which will oversee all aspects of China’s $57 trillion financial sector apart from the securities market, should help reduce regulatory overlap especially at the level of local government, analysts say The new regulator will replace the banking and...
Silicon Valley Bank is largest failure since 2008 crisis, billions stranded
Based in Santa Clara, the lender was ranked as the 16th biggest in the U.S. at the end of last year, with about $209 billion in assets. Specifics of the tech-focused bank's abrupt collapse were a jumble, but the Fed's aggressive interest rate hikes in the last year,...
NPS, APY subscribers rise 23 pc in FY23; over 1 cr customers added under Atal Pension Yojana
Of the total 6.24 crore subscribers currently, 23.86 lakh and 60.72 lakh are central and state government employees, respectively. Corporate subscribers stood at 16.63 lakh New Delhi: The number of subscribers under the National Pension Scheme (NPS) and Atal Pension...
Maha: Will discuss old pension scheme issue with all stakeholders, says Fadnavis
Devendra Fadnavis,Deputy Chief Minister,Maharashtra Under OPS, the pension amount is provided by the government, which increases its liability, whereas the NPS has a contributory mechanism from the employee as well as the government. Mumbai:Maharashtra Deputy Chief...
Equity mutual funds inflows hit 9-month high at Rs 15,685 crore in Feb
Backed by healthy inflow into equity funds, the mutual fund industry saw an inflow of Rs 9,575 crore in February 'With interest rates expected to rise from the current levels, debt funds continued to witness outflows as investors churn their allocation between short...
Investors wealth tumbles Rs 2.67 lakh cr in early trade
Heavy selling in financials, banking, IT and capital goods shares triggered by weak Asian markets and overnight losses in the US market dragged down the benchmark indices, analysts said Mumbai: Stock investors wealth eroded by more than Rs 2.67 lakh crore in early...
Unprecedented increase in global ocean plastic pollution
The ocean supplies half the planet’s oxygen, absorbs more than a third of carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and feeds billions of people. But it is in trouble from overfishing, plastic dumping and acidification The report comes just days after...