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Turnaround possible as corporate defaults decelerate

Corporate defaults continued to decelerate in the first half of 2003, according to Standard & Poor's Risk Solutions. Globally, 69 companies have defaulted on $34.1 billion of rated debt during 2003. This compares with 235 companies that defaulted on $181.7...

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IFCT has 12 weeks to develop bank plan –...

The Industrial Finance Corporation (IFCT) has been given three months to complete a study on ways to transform the special-purpose…

#bank#financial institution#management


SMEs need the umbrella of insurance

Despite accounting for 78% of non-agri employment, small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) contribute only 35% of annual gross domestic product…

#insolvency#management#risk


Fraud hits a third of all companies and this...

In PwC's global survey of chief executives, released today, financial services companies reported more incidents of fraud than those from…

#banks#financial services#frauds


UTI plans to focus on SMEs – HDFC enters...

With top corporates demanding low rates on loans and margins nowadays being wafer-thin, new generation UTI Bank is planning to…

#bank#financial institution#guarantees


Court decision clears the way for Gerling to sell...

Germany's Gerling Group announced that the Hessen Higher Administrative Court in Kassel has dismissed an appeal by BaFin, the German…

#credit risk#management#receivables


Bharat Overseas Bank pares rates on SSI credit

Bharat Overseas Bank Ltd has lowered interest rates on credit to agriculture and small-scale sectors (SSIs). "The revised interest rates…

#bank#interest#interest rates


Bank of Japan to help SMEs to raise capital...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is to kick-start the development of an asset-backed securities market for small businesses to give…

#bank#liquidity#receivables


Court ruling on syndicated loan case clarifies majority decision-making...

Redwood Master Fund Ltd (and 5 others) v. TD Bank Europe (and 2 others) In a recent case brought before…

#bank#risk


Small business credit scoring service launched

Kreditinform has, with Experian Scorex, introduced a new credit-scoring system for small- and medium-sizes enterprises (SMEs) to be known as…

#credit scoring#risk#small business


Personal indemnity insurance for non-executive directors a key issue...

Less than half of non-executive directors (NEDs) are protected by personal indemnity insurance. Yet NEDs could soon take on further…

#commercial finance#international#risk


Gerling NCM reduces political risk premium for Kuwait

Gerling NCM has reduced the political risk price for Kuwait. This is as a direct result of the end of…

#political risk#risk

BBVA teams up with an insurer to launch product...

In an unusual move, BBVA Seguros, the insurance subsidiary of Spain's second largest bank, BBVA, has teamed up with an…

#bank#BBVA#insurance

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