Bonds listing deadline extended
By Our Banking Bureau | 27 Nov 2003
Mumbai:
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the deadline
on the compliance of the guidelines for banks on non-statutory
liquidity ratio (SLR) investments to 31 March 2004.
Accordingly, the guidelines will come into effect from
1 April 2004, according to an RBI press release.
The
apex bank had in consonance with the guidelines issued
by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
on privately placed corporate debt securities, issued
guidelines for non-SLR investments by banks on 12 November.
"While
the guidelines have been welcomed by market participants,
they urged that they needed time to develop appropriate
procedures and adjust their portfolios to be in full
conformity with the guidelines," the RBI said.