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ROLE OF FINANCIAL
MANAGER
The financial activity plays an important role
in the success of business concern. It is
acomplex and delicate activity. Finance
manager is the person who plays a key role in
such activities which bring sufficient profits
and good will to the concern and takes care
of all the important finance related functions
of a business concern. He with his far
sightedness utilizes the resources wise
manner and brings stability to the concern.
Bonds
with
Call/Put
Option:
Bonds can also be issued with features of optionality wherein the issuer can
have the option to buy-back (call option) or the investor can have the option
to sell the bond (put option) to the issuer during the currency of the bond.
6.72%GS2012 was issued on July 18, 2002 for a maturity of 10 years
maturing on July 18, 2012. The optionality on the bond could be exercised
after completion of five years tenure from the date of issuance on any
coupon date falling thereafter. The Government has the right to buyback the
bond (call option) at par value (equal to the face value) while the investor
has the right to sell the bond (put option) to the Government at par value at
the time of any of the half-yearly coupon dates starting from July 18, 2007.
Capital
indexed
Bonds:
Capital indexed Bonds are bonds where interest rate is a fixed percentage
over the wholesale price index. These provide investors with an effective
hedge against inflation. These bonds were floated on December 29, 1997 on
tap basis. They were of five year maturity with a coupon rate of 6 per cent
over the wholesale price index. The principal redemption is linked to the
Wholesale Price Index.
Place a limit of 5% of total transactions (both purchases and sales) entered into
by a bank during a year as the aggregate upper contract limit for each of the
approved brokers. A disproportionate part of the business should not be
transacted with or through one or a few brokers.
Maintain and transact in Government securities only in dematerialized form in
SGL Account or Gilt Account maintained with the CSGL Account holder.
Open and maintain only one Gilt or dematerialized account.
Open a funds account for securities transactions with the same Scheduled
Commercial bank or the State Cooperative bank with whom the Gilt Account is
maintained.
Ensure availability of clear funds in the designated funds accounts for purchases
and sufficient securities in the Gilt Account for sales before putting through the
transactions.
Observe prudential limits for investment in permitted non-SLR securities (bonds
of nationalized banks, unlisted securities, unlisted shares of all-India Financial
Institutions and privately placed debt securities).
The Board of Directors to peruse all investment transactions at least once a
month
Donts
Do not undertake any purchase/sale transactions with broking
firms or other intermediaries on principal to principal basis.
Do not use brokers in the settlement process at all, i.e., both
funds settlement and delivery of securities should be done with
the counter-parties directly.
Do not give power of attorney or any other authorisation under
any circumstances to brokers/intermediaries to deal on your
behalf in the money and securities markets.
Do not undertake Government Securities transaction in the
physical form with any broker.
Do not routinely make investments in non-SLR securities (e.g.,
corporate bonds, etc) issued by companies or bodies other
than in the co-operative sector.