The Central Government has something called a fiscal deficit. This has to be funded. The market borrowing of the Central Government is met by issuing dated securities (called G Sec) and 364 day Treasury Bills. This is normally done by issue of a slew of G Secs, T bills, by holding auctions. Money is raised [...]
Which is the highest rated debt paper in the world? Well it is AAA. However a country does not get its debt paper rated. When I ask my class ‘why does a country not get its debt rated?’ I normally get a wrong answer….well not normally it is always! Let us see why sovereign [...]
Did Shriram Transport Finance start advertising on television yesterday? I got many calls seeking advice on ‘Should I invest in…..’ At 11.5% p.a. the returns are not bad for sure. And to think that they are a well managed Nbfc this interest rate does look attractive does it not? Well Shriram has raised a lot [...]
I love contradicting myself..but this is not contradicting the earlier post…. When a 38 year old says…’My wife is tired of working…and she is quitting her job. She is getting Rs. 32 lakhs as Provident fund, …etc. should I use this amount to pay down my (our) housing loan of Rs. 44 lakhs..my answer is [...]
As I know quite a few people in the BFSI space I try to solve problems at levels higher than the call center. However I have a Icici bank credit card. As long as there is no manual interference things go on fine. However this time I missed my credit card payment because their site [...]
Training as a CA has many advantages (and a few disadvantages perhaps). One of the advantages is you get skeptical about numbers, and you get to question conclusions/views drawn from numbers. I remember one life insurance company giving me their settled claims to received claims ratio. Smartly it included maturity claims, investment products, pension plans….suddenly [...]