Regulating Commercial Banking

AppendixDraft Guidelines on Prudential Norms for Off-balance Sheet Exposures of Banks – Capital Adequacy, Exposure, Asset Classification and Provisioning NormsAt present, paragraphs 2.4.3 and 2.4.4 of the ‘Master Circular on Prudential Norms on Capital Adequacy’, DBOD.No.BP.BC.4/21.01.002/2007-08 dated July 2, 2007, stipulate the applicable credit conversion factors (CCF) for the foreign exchange and interest-rate related contracts under Basel-I framework. Likewise, p

RBI/2007-2008/A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No.May , 2008ToAll Authorised Dealers Category - I banksMadam / Sir,Establishment of Branch/Liaison Offices in India by foreign entities-Eligibility Criteria and Procedural GuidelinesAttention of Authorised Dealer Category - I (AD Category - I) banks is invited to Notification No. FEMA 22/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, as amended from time to time, in terms of which a person resident outside India requires prior approval of the Re

Second DraftAll Scheduled Commercial Banks(Excluding RRBs)Dear Sir, Mid-Term Review of the Annual Policy for the year 2007- 08 – Recovery Agents engaged by banks Please refer to the paragraph 172 and 173 of the mid-term review of the Annual Policy for the year 2007-08, a copy of which is enclosed. In view of the rise in the number of disputes and litigations against banks for engaging recovery agents in the recent past, it is felt that the adverse publicity would resu

DBOD. No. BP. 502 / 21.04.157/2007-08October 24, 2007 The Chairman/Chief Executive OfficerAll Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs and LABs) andPrimary DealersDear Sir, Annual Policy Statement 2007- 08 – Draft Guidelines on Credit Default SwapsPlease refer to our letter forwarding DBOD.No.BP.1409/21.04.157/2006-07 dated May 16, 2007 the first draft guidelines on Credit Default Swaps and inviting feedback from various stakeholders. The feedback received from wide spectrum

DBOD. No. BP. 256 / 21.04.098/ 2007-08September 5, 2007ToChairmen / Chief Executive OfficersAll Commercial Banks(excluding RRBs)Guidelines on Asset-Liability Management (ALM) System – Draft AmendmentsReserve Bank had issued guidelines on ALM system vide Circular No. DBOD. BP. BC. 8 / 21.04.098/ 99 dated February 10, 1999, which covered, among others, interest rate risk and liquidity risk measurement / reporting framework and prudential limits. As a measure of liquidit

DBOD. No. BP. 1522/ 21.04.132/ 2006-07June 21, 2007All Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs & LABs)</FONT>Dear Sir,Prudential Guidelines on Restructuring/ Rescheduling of dues by banks – Draft GuidelinesPursuant to the Annual Policy Statement for the Year 2006-07, a Working Group was constituted to review and align the existing guidelines on restructuring of advances, other than under debt restructuring mechanisms, on the lines of provisions under the revised CD

DBOD.No.BP. 1409 / 21.04.157 /2006-07May 16, 2007The Chairman / Chief Executive Officer,All Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs and LABs) andPrimary DealersDear Sir, Annual Policy Statement 2007- 08: Draft Guidelines on Credit Default SwapsPlease refer to paragraph 175 of the Annual Policy Statement 2007 – 08 wherein it was indicated that as a part of the gradual process of financial sector liberalization in India it is considered appropriate to introduce credit derivati

March 20, 2007DBOD.No.BP. 1151/21.06.001/2006-07 The Chairman / Chief Executive Officer,All Commercial Banks(excluding LABs & RRBs)</P> Dear Sir,Prudential Guidelines on Capital Adequacy and Market Discipline –Implementation of the New Capital Adequacy FrameworkPlease refer to our letter DBOD.No.BP.1163/ 21.04.118/ 2005-06 dated February 15, 2005 forwarding the draft guidelines for implementation of the New Capital Adequacy Framework and inviting feedback fr

DBOD.BP.No. 781 / 21.04.018/ 2006-07 December 19, 2006 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Draft Guidelines - Accounting Standard 17, Segment Reporting – Enhancement of disclosure Please refer to our circular DBOD.No.BP. BC. 89 /21.04.018/2002-03 dated March29, 2003 in terms of which banks are required to adopt the three business segments viz. ‘Treasury’, ‘Other banking business’ and ‘Residual’ as the uniform business segments and ‘Domestic’ and

1. Definition of a Derivative A derivative is a financial instrument: (a) whose value changes in response to the change in a specified interest rate, security price, commodity price, foreign exchange rate, index of prices or rates, a credit rating or credit index, or similar variable (sometimes called the 'underlying'); (b) that requires no initial net investment or little initial net investment relative to other types of contracts that have a similar response to chan