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(An Autonomous Apex Institute Established by RBI & Banks)
NIBM working paper series is an initiative to disseminate the initial research outcome of NIBM faculty members. The major research areas are Finance, International Finance, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Operational Risk, Treasury, Agricultural Finance, Economics, Marketing, Strategy, Operations Management, Analytics, Information Systems, and Human Resource Management within the broad areas of banking and finance. These research works are not peer-reviewed. The idea is to share the research outcomes to receive comments and suggestions. Some of the papers are expected to be under review for possible publications in peer-reviewed journals. Any citation of these research papers requires to mention of the appropriate URL with the source, and the date of access.
Paper Number: WP34/2024
Publication Year: February 2024
Authors:
Sanjay Basu, sbasu@nibmindia.org
Tasneem Chherawala
This paper offers a nontechnical overview of risk management in banks and financial institutions, with special reference to India. It begins with the evolution of banks and risk management practices over several centuries. It describes the genesis of the Basel Accords, against the backdrop of global financial instability during …
Paper Number: WP33/2023
Publication Year: November 2023
Authors:
Naveen Kumar K, naveen@nibmindia.org
Kuntal De
Financial inclusion and digital financial inclusion have been priority across countries, particularly in those that have large number of people operating outside the formal financial and banking framework. Digital financial literacy has been recognized as the first step towards this transformation which would allow many small holders to operate …
Paper Number: WP32/2023
Publication Year: August 2023
Authors:
Gargi Sanati, gargi@nibmindia.org
India's external sector has grown significantly through economic liberalization reforms, resulting in increased trade and capital flow ties with the world. The Inter-Departmental Group (IDG) of the Reserve Bank of India has been formed to discuss the internationalization of INR. The group recently submitted its report on October 22, …
Paper Number: WP31/2023
Publication Year: August 2023
Authors:
Richa Verma Bajaj, richa@nibmindia.org
The Reserve Bank of India, Master Direction on Minimum Capital Requirement for Operational Risk (OR), released on June 26, 2023, replaces all the existing Basel II risk approaches. The capital estimation in the new and revised approach, i.e. Standardised Approach (SA) of Basel III is based upon the financial …
Paper Number: WP30/2023
Publication Year: August 2023
Authors:
Dr Tasneem Chherawala & Dr Alka Vaidya
The digital lending industry has seen a remarkable growth in India over last few years. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has played a crucial role in supporting this initiative by establishing regulations and providing timely guidelines on digital lending to various regulated entities. The latest directive by RBI …
Paper Number: WP29/2023
Publication Year: June 2023
Authors:
Sanjay Basu, sbasu@nibmindia.org
Tasneem Chherawala
An increase in policy rates, in order to control inflation, may lead to a credit crunch, slowdown in economic growth and spurt in non-performing loans. In this paper, we explore the impact of policy rate shocks on the volume and cost of bank credit, in an imperfect competition framework. …
Paper Number: WP28/2023
Publication Year: June 2023
Authors:
Sarita Bhatnagar, sarita@nibmindia.org
V S Kaveri
Access to finance is crucial to catalysing the measures needed to achieve net zero targets and a systematic transition to a low-carbon economy. Reserve Bank of India’s Framework for Acceptance of Green Deposits has provided a fillip to the development of a green finance ecosystem in India. Banks can …
Paper Number: WP27/2023
Publication Year: June 2023
Authors:
Naveen Kumar K, naveen@nibmindia.org
The revised RBI notification on the Self-Help Group Bank Linkage Program (SHG-BLP) provides a roadmap for strengthening and enhancing the program's effectiveness in the banking and financial sector. The key measures to be taken include strengthening collaboration with government agencies and NGOs, innovating lending mechanisms to cater to diverse …
Paper Number: WP26/2023
Publication Year: June 2023
Authors:
Tasneem Chherawala, tasneem@nibmindia.org
Arindam Bandyopadhyay
This paper describes probability of default (PD) analysis for Corporate Bonds, Debentures, Preference Shares of the Nature of Debt and Refinance Exposures to Banks. We have empirically shown that the historical data on credit spreads published by FBIL are the appropriate basis for extracting the market-implied default probabilities associated …
Paper Number: WP25/2023
Publication Year: May 2023
Authors:
Tasneem Chherawala, tasneem@nibmindia.org
This article provides an overview of the impending cessation of the London Interbank Offer Rate (LIBOR) and its implications for Indian markets. As a key reference interest rate, the LIBOR dominated global financial markets for over three decades but its credibility came under scrutiny post the financial crisis of …
