JAIIB (Module A) : Indian Financial System Tanushree Mazumdar, Iibf
JAIIB (Module A) : Indian Financial System Tanushree Mazumdar, Iibf
JAIIB (Module A) : Indian Financial System Tanushree Mazumdar, Iibf
Tanushree Mazumdar,
IIBF
Financial System
An institutional framework existing in a country to
enable financial transactions
Three main parts
Financial assets (loans, deposits, bonds, equities, etc.)
Financial institutions (banks, mutual funds, insurance
companies, etc.)
Financial markets (money market, capital market, forex
market, etc.)
Regulation is another aspect of the financial system
(RBI, SEBI, IRDA, FMC)
Financial assets/instruments
Enable channelising funds from surplus units to
deficit units
There are instruments for savers such as deposits,
equities, mutual fund units, etc.
There are instruments for borrowers such as loans,
overdrafts, etc.
Like businesses, governments too raise funds
through issuing of bonds, Treasury bills, etc.
Instruments like PPF, KVP, etc. are available to
savers who wish to lend money to the government
Financial Institutions
Includes institutions and mechanisms which
Affect generation of savings by the community
Mobilisation of savings
Effective distribution of savings
Institutions are banks, insurance companies,
mutual funds- promote/mobilise savings
Individual investors, industrial and trading
companies- borrowers
Financial Markets
Money Market- for short-term funds (less
than a year)
Organised (Banks)
Unorganised (money lenders, chit funds, etc.)
market products
Money Market Instruments(2)
Certificates of Deposit
Commercial Paper
Inter-bank participation certificates
Inter-bank term money
Treasury Bills
Bill rediscounting
Call/notice/term money
CBLO
Market Repo
Certificates of Deposit
CDs are short-term borrowings in the form of UPN issued by all
scheduled banks and are freely transferable by endorsement and
delivery.
Introduced in 1989
Maturity of not less than 7 days and maximum up to a year. FIs
are allowed to issue CDs for a period between 1 year and up to 3
years
Subject to payment of stamp duty under the Indian Stamp Act,
1899
Issued to individuals, corporations, trusts, funds and associations
They are issued at a discount rate freely determined by the
market/investors
Commercial Papers
Short-term borrowings by corporates, financial institutions,
primary dealers from the money market
Can be issued in the physical form (Usance Promissory Note) or
demat form
Introduced in 1990
When issued in physical form are negotiable by endorsement
and delivery and hence, highly flexible
Issued subject to minimum of Rs. 5 lacs and in the multiple of
Rs. 5 lacs after that
Maturity is 7 days to 1 year
Unsecured and backed by credit rating of the issuing company
Issued at discount to the face value
Market Repos
Repo (repurchase agreement) instruments enable
collateralised short-term borrowing through the
selling of debt instruments
A security is sold with an agreement to repurchase it
at a pre-determined date and rate
Reverse repo is a mirror image of repo and reflects
the acquisition of a security with a simultaneous
commitment to resell
Average daily turnover of repo transactions (other
than the Reserve Bank) increased from Rs.11,311
crore during April 2001 to Rs. 42,252 crore in June
2006
Collateralised Borrowing and
Lending Obligation (CBLO)
Operationalised as money market instruments by
the CCIL in 2003
Follows an anonymous, order-driven and online
trading system
On the lenders side main participants are mutual
funds, insurance companies.
Major borrowers are nationalised banks, PDs and
non-financial companies
The average daily turnover in the CBLO segment
increased from Rs. 515 crore (2003-04) to Rs. 32,
390 crore (2006-07)
The Indian Capital Market (1)
Market for long-term capital. Demand comes
from the industrial, service sector and
government
Supply comes from individuals, corporates,