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ECB policy eased to encourage inflow of foreign currency

The Reserve Bank of India has enhanced the all-in-cost ceiling for overseas loans by 50 basis points. The all-in-cost over six-month London Inter Bank Offered Rate for loans of three to five years maturity has been increased from 300 basis points to 350 basis points.
Hindu Business Line, Mumbai - Nov 24, 2011
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Brickwork Ratings maintains 'stable' outlook
for Indian banking sector


Rating agency Brickwork Ratings has maintained a "slable" outlook for the
Indian banking sector in the coming six to twelve months.

Hindu Business Line, Mumbai - Nov 19, 2011
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Record Corporate Debt Downgrades in Third Qtr
725, or 6.8% of total, bonds downgraded raising fears of defaults
and rise in NPAs of banks

India’s credit rating agencies have downgraded a record number of debt instruments in the three months to September, reflecting the stress on companies because of rising interest rates, higher input costs and falling demand.
The Economic Times, Bangalore - 11 Nov 2011
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Canara Bank Enters into MOU with Brickwork Ratings Indian Pvt Ltd.

- The Economic Times
- The New Indian Express
 
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Other raters react cautiously
Credit rating agency Moody's rating downgrade of State Bank of India caused markets to tremble a bit today. Other rating agencies, however, reacted cautiously to the move. Although international rating agencies typically tend to follow each other's rating moves that may not necessarily happen this time
The Hindu Business line, All Editions* - October 05, 2011
*New Delhi, Chennai, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Madurai, Kochi, Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayawada, Mangalore, Mumbai, Tiruchirapalli, Kolkata
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Banks must pay higher premium on the basis of lending riskiness: Brickworks Ratings
Mumbai, Oct 9: Rating agencies think the deposit insurance scenario in India is comfortable. They say there is no cause for alarm even if the proportion of insured deposits has come down over the years.

Mr Vivek Kulkarni, Managing Director, Brickwork Ratings, said, "If you look at 'Assessable deposits' – i.e., deposits which do not include inter-bank deposits/corporate deposits
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Hindu Business Line, Mumbai - Oct 09, 2011
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Bank of India Signs MOU with Brickwork Ratings, a SEBI approved Credit Rating Agency, for the MSME sector.

- The Economic Times - Hindustan Times
- Business Standard - Hindu Business Line
- Indiainfoline - Moneycontrol
- NDTVProfit - NewKerala
- Contifybanking.com - Newsflashtoday
 
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Allahabad Bank MoUs for strategic partnership
With Brickwork Ratings: Allahabad Bank has entered into a tieup arrangement with Brickwork Ratings (BWR) on July 25 at the bank's head office in Kolkata. The MoU is for promotion of creditratings of the bank's MSE borrowers and potential customers. It was signed by BK Srivastav, GM, Priority Sector Credit on behalf of Allahabad Bank and D Ravishankar, founder director for M/s Brickwork Ratings.
The Economic Times, Kolkata - 28th July 2011
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Microfinance, India's sub-prime crisis

Imagine that your maid borrowed Rs 30,000 from you, promising to repay within a year from her monthly wage of Rs 4,000. Do you think you could cut Rs 2,500 from her monthly wages, every month? First of all...
The Hindu, Bangalore - 15th January 2011
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Shaking hands with a strong India
The capital market has just celebrated its largest IPO in Coal India. IT exports are still booming. Real estate remains upbeat. No wonder India is a darling of foreign investors.

The US President, Mr Barack Obama, is visiting a strong India this time round, unlike in the past. India has been growing at 9 per cent and emerged out of recession unscathed. Compared to their western counterparts...

The Hindu, Bangalore - 8th November 2010
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Government, a lucrative business

A government the size of Karnataka should yield Rs 3,000 crore a year, through kickbacks. The cost of purchasing legislators being about the same, the payback is swift and fabulous. No wonder, politicians are lethal businessmen.

The recent events in Karnataka showed how easy it is to take over or destabilise a government. MLAs are available for sale for Rs 25 crore each.

The Hindu, Bangalore - 28th October 2010
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Don't ignore small IT players

A large company in Bangalore had advertised for 300 positions. More than 15,000 engineers turned up at the walk-in venue, before the stipulated time. A stampede was reported recently in the engineering college where the candidates were interviewed. In a country which shows about 9 per cent growth, we see over 14,700 candidates not getting jobs. What is the ground reality?...
The Hindu, Bangalore - 15th October 2010
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INTERVIEW VIVEK KULKARNI, MD, BRICKWORK RATING AGENCY

Rating agencies should not structure deals, only rate them
The recent credit market turmoil has raised questions on the role of rating agencies in precipitating the crisis. In this background, Vivek Kulkarni, MD of Brickwork Rating Agency, the fifth rating agency to start operation in India...
Financial Express - 14th August 2009
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Who is better than the best outthere?

WHEN is an AAA rating not the best? When it is issued by Brickwork ratings - one of the youngest agencies to be licensed by capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of lndia (SEBI).

Economic Times - 17 June 2009

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Brickwork's fifth rating agency

MUMBAI: Brickwork Ratings has been licensed as a credit rating agency since February 2008, with market regulator Sebi making it the fifth agency in the ratings business after Crisil, Icra, Care and Fitch.
Economic Times - 19 June 2009

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Brickwork Ratings held one-day conference on Derivatives Demystified at IISc, Bangalore

The recent credit market turmoil has raised questions on the role of rating agencies in precipitating the crisis. In this background, Vivek Kulkarni, MD of Brickwork Rating Agency, the fifth rating agency to start operation in India...

Financial Literacy, Indispensable asset Business India, Nov 30, 2008
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Brickwork joins list of raters

First south India-based agency plans to rate loans of public sector banks.
The country is to have its fifth credit rating agency, with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) licensing Brickwork Ratings, led by Managing Director Vivek Kulkarni and founder Director N Balasubramanian.
Business Standard - February 13, 2008

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