What are Credit Default Swap ? A credit default swap (CDS) is a financial contract between two parties in which one party (the protection buyer) pays a periodic fee to the other party (the protection seller) in exchange for protection against the risk of default by a third party (the reference entit...
The Indian Wedding Industry The Indian wedding industry made almost 3.75lakh crores in November and December 2022 across 32 lakhs weddings and that’s more than the auto market in India. The industry is the fourth biggest industry but is still so underdeveloped and unorganized. Since a few years ago,...
International Trade Settlement in Indian Rupees The RBI established the rupee trade settlement mechanism in July 2022. The Mechanism is a way to do international business using rupees rather than dollars or other major currencies, with a focus on Indian exports, in order to foster the growing intere...
What is Digital Rupee? A month after testing the wholesale central bank digital currency, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday announced a trial for retail digital rupee (e₹-R) commencing on December 1 with four banks in as many cities participating in the pilot programme. What is Digital Rupe...
Is Silver ready to shine? Introduction As per a recent article of Business standard, Mutual Fund Houses have launched a clutch of new fund offers in the Silver ETF (exchange traded fund) category this year and collected Rs 1,400 crore in assets. But why all of sudden Mutual Fund Houses are coming wi...