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Financial System
Financial system", implies a set of complex and
Financial system
Organized FinancialOrganized
System
Financial
Intermediaries
Come
in
between
the
ultimate
borrowers and ultimate lenders.
provide key financial services such as
merchant banking, leasing, credit rating,
factoring etc.
Services
provided
by them are:
Convenience( maturity and divisibility),
Lower Risk (diversification), Expert
Management and Economies of Scale.
1. Commercial Banks
Collect savings primarily in the form of
2. Non-Banking Finance
Companies
A Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) is a
Contd..
Depending upon the nature and type of service
Bank vs NBFC
1. NBFC cannot collect deposits in the manner of a
bank
2. NBFC cannot issue checks drawn on itself
3. NBFC cannot issue Demand Drafts like banks
4. NBFC cannot indulge primarily in agricultural or
industrial activity
5. NBFC cannot engage in construction of
immovable property
6. NBFC cannot accept demand deposits
7. While banks are incorporated under banking
companies act, NBFC is incorporated under
company act of 1956
3. Mutual funds
A mutual fund is a company that pools money from
4. Insurance Organizations
They invest the savings of their policy
Financial Market
It is a place where funds from surplus units
Money Market
A market for dealing in monetary assets of short
Components of Money
Market
Call
Money
Capital Market
A market for long term funds
focus on financing of fixed investments
main participants are mutual funds,
insurance
organizations,
foreign
institutional investors, corporate and
individuals.
two segments: Primary market and
Secondary market
Primary/New Issue
Market
A market for new issues i.e. a market for fresh
capital.
provides the channel for sale of new
securities, not previously available.
provides opportunity to issuers of securities;
government as well as corporates.
to raise resources to meet their requirements
of
investment
and/or
discharge
some
obligation.
does not have any organizational setup
performs triple-service function: origination,
underwriting and distribution.
Financial Instruments
Financial instruments: the commodities that
are
traded in financial market are financial
assets/securities or instruments.
A real or virtual document representing a legal
agreement involving some sort of monetary
value.
In today's financial marketplace, financial
instruments can be classified generally as
equity based, representing ownership of the
asset, or debt based, representing a loan made
by an investor to the owner of the asset.
Financial Instruments
Primary Securities
Securities issued by the non-financial economic
units
Equity Shares: An equity share are the ownership
securities. They bear the risk and enjoy the rewards
of ownership.
Preference Shares:
Holders enjoy preferential
right as to: (a) payment of dividend at a fixed rate
during the life time of the Company; and (b) the
return of capital on winding up of the Company
Debentures: An creditorship security. Holders are
entitled to predetermined interest and claim on the
assets of the company.
Primary Securities
Innovative Debt instruments: A variety of debt
participate in the
excess profits of the company after the payment of
dividend.
Convertible debentures with options:
DERIVATIVES
Derivative is a product whose value is derived from
DERIVATIVES
Derivatives
Forward Contract
is a customized contract between
Future Contract
is an agreement between two parties
Options
Contracts that give the buyer the right to buy or
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1951 to 1990
Moneylenders ruled till 1951. No worth-while
Banks at that time. Industries depended upon
their own money. 1951 onwards - 5 years PLAN
commenced.
PVT. SECTORS TO PUBLIC SECTOR MIXED
ECONOMY
First 5 year plan in 1951 Planned Economic
Process. As part of Alignment of Financial Systems
Priorities laid down by Govt. Policies.
Main Elements of Financial Organisations
i.
Public ownership of Financial Institution
ii.
Strengthening of Institutional Structure
iii. Protection to Investors
iv. Participation in Corporate Management
1951-1990
Nationalization
RBI
1948
SBI
1956 (take-over of Imperial Bank of India)
LIC
1956 (Merges of over 250 Life Insurance
Companies)
Banks
1969 (14 major banks with Deposits of over Rs.
50
crores nationalised)
1980 (6 more Banks)
Insurance 1972 (General Insurance Corp, GIC formed New India,
Oriental, United and
National.
Post 1990s
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
Development Financial Institutions : (DFIs)
Started providing Working Capital also
Set up CREDIT RATING AGENCIES
CRISIL (IPO IN 1993-94; standard & poor acquires 9.68% in 1996-97
S & P acquires shares / holding up to 58.46%)
ICRA Set up in 1991 by leading FIs/Banks/Fin. Ser. Cos. And
Moodys
CARE Set-up by IFCI/Banks.
FITCH a 100% subsidiary of FITCH Group.
Privatisation of DFI
Reduction in Govt. holding & Public Participation e.g. IFCI Ltd., IDBI
Ltd., ICICI Ltd.
Conversion into Banking / Merger into Banking Companies IDBI
Bank & ICICI Bank
Issuance of Bond by DFIs without Govt.s Guarantees to mobilize
resources.
Reduction in holding of Govt. in Banks, i.e. Public Participation /
Listing
POST 1990
INDUSTRIES
Rise & Growth of Service Sector industries.
Reliance & dependence on technology.
E-mail & mobile made sea-change in
communication, data
collection etc.
Computerization a catch phrase and inevitable need of an hour.
Dependent on Capital Market rather than only Debts dependency.
Scalability of operations through globally competitive size.
Broad basing of Board.
Professional Management.
NBFC
NBFC under RBI governance to finance retail assets and mobilize