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Loans to get costlier as PSU’s increased their base lending rate

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest banking player on Monday beefed up its benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to 12.25%.

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The Increasing Wealth Management Services

There are people who have a lot of money, but don’t know how to invest or deposit it wisely.   They just leave it in the bank as dead asset.  Sometimes they trust their friends or relatives and invest in some foolish schemes.  These schemes may or may not give them returns.  This is where the Wealth Management Services come in.

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Best Banks in India – Career Wise

Indian Banking Sector

In India Banking is still in the developing stage.  A big part of it is under the control of the states.  India’s largest bank, The State Bank of India, is very small compared to the globally large Citibank.  According to The Banker magazine, SBI is only one tenth of Citibank, which is a sister concern of Citigroup in the USA.  The next biggest bank in India is ICICI, which is only half the size of that.

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Slowly banks are raising fixed deposit rates

In the coming months fixed deposit can again be a good investment option as the deposit rates are on their way up. But the things will get better in fiscal 2010-11.

Last week HDFC Bank had raised its deposit rates by 25-150 basis points (one basis point equals one-hundredth of 1%) across various terms.

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Top 10 Mutual Funds in India

India can be an investors paradise or and investors nightmare. India was a region hit hard by the economic downturn of the last couple of years but has been bouncing back nicely from the nearly 53% lose taken last year.

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IDBI Bank, Central Bank announces cut in deposit rates by 0.25-0.5 per cent

Central Bank of India and IDBI Bank- two state-owned banks have slashed deposit rates by 0.25-0.5 per cent in various maturities in order to bring down the cost of funds.

Before country’s largest lender State Bank of India has reduced its deposit rates by a similar margin.

IDBI Bank revised rates will be effective from November 16 while the Central Bank has to yet announce the rate reduction officially.

After revision on one year to less than two years maturity deposits IDBI Bank offers a rate of 6.5 per cent as against 6.75 per cent, informed IDBI Bank sources.

On tenure 2 years to less than 1,100 days deposits, bank will offer rate of 7 per cent (7.25 per cent) while that of 1,100 days maturity deposits will now attract a rate of 7.25 per cent (7.5 per cent) earlier.

Moreover on 1,100-days to 5 years, 5-years to 7-years and 7-years to 10-years deposits bank will offer 7 per cent (7.25 per cent), 7.5 per cent (7.75 per cent) and 7.75 per cent (8 per cent) earlier, the bank said.

The bank said senior citizens will get 0.5 per cent above the card rate.

Banks close deposit rates to where they were five years ago

In the last few months the banks have slashed their deposit rates which have shrink depositors income. Banks have reduced interest rates (especially for deposits of up to one year) by about four percentage points in comparison to a year ago.

At present after the cut the deposit rates of 15 days to one-year period range from 3 per cent to 6.25 per cent per annum.

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SBI raised interest rates on corporate loans after reducing deposit rates

Two days back country’s largest lender the State Bank of India (SBI) reduced its deposit rates aggressively. Now the bank has started increasing interest rates on corporate loans by up to 50 basis points.

This measure is a part of bank’s strategy to make sure its net interest margin (NIM) – improves over the next few months.

Net interest margin (NIM) is the difference between the cost of funds and the interest earned.

By June-end bank NIM has dropped to 2.30 per cent, is trying to attain back the 3 per cent comfort zone.

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ICICI Bank slashes lending rates and SBI may declare cut in lending rates soon

The second largest lender in India, ICICI bank has cut the benchmark lending rates by 50 basis points with effect from 6 June2009. ICICI bank did not change its deposit rates and the current cut in the lending rate would benefit the existing retail loan customers who have availed of loans at floating rates.

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Indian real estate price can fall 60 to 70% from current levels in the next five years

The real estate sector in India may have seen its best time for the next several decades. The real estate markets now heads downward, as people cannot make their mortgage payments.

OP Bhatt, chairman of State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest bank, expects 50% correction in the housing sector prices in the country.

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Banks started pulling off high-return FD schemes

Interest rates have started suspending therefore banks have also started taking off the special deposit schemes under which they were offering higher interest rates.

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SBI introduce 1000-days deposit scheme

State Bank of India (SBI), from October 1 will be increasing its deposit rates in certain maturities.

According to SBI press release the bank has introduced a 1000-days fixed deposits scheme in which bank is offering 10.5 per cent interest to depositors.

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UTI Mutual Fund to open 200 branches across the country by next fiscal

UTI Mutual Fund is all set to open around 200 branches across the country by March, next fiscal.

The company aims to further expand its distribution network from 97 UTI Financial centers to 200 centers covering around 422 districts.

According to the company, it will open new UTI Financial Centre in Anantnag, Baramulla, Doda, Jammu, Kathua, Kupwara, Kargil, Ladakh, Poonch, Pulwama, Rajouri, Srinagar and Udhampur, to focus on service sector in Jammu and Kashmir.

The latest move is in line with company’s strategy of making its products and services easily accessible to its clients.

UTI Mutual Fund is a SEBI registered mutual fund whose sponsors are State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda and Life Insurance Corporation of India.

UTI Mutual Fund has assets under management of Rs 46,947.32 crore under its 95 domestic plans as of August 31, 2008.