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Chart of the day| Top companies reduce leverage

Corporate India's debt-equity ratio is the lowest in a decade

Robust domestic demand to keep India’s steel exports to Europe muted in FY24

Production disruptions in Europe because of maintenance shutdowns and other reasons aren’t likely to translate into gains for Indian steelmakers.

Moody’s downgrade a non-event for the markets but a wake-up call for the government

The complete disregard to the downgrade by the market is a reflection of how much behind the curve rating agencies are

Default disclosure rule | Rating agencies approach RBI, SEBI to align norms

Disclosure norms for bond defaults and bank loan defaults differ, which CRAs say could affect the rating process

Should debt fund investors be worried about credit quality hitting a six-year low?

You should look at the modified credit ratio in the light of events in the recent past.

Markets | Sebi's tightening of rules for rating agencies is likely to be a futile exercise

All the new rules will do is repackage the rating process

CEA flays ratings agencies for adopting inconsistent standards

Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramaniam today flayed foreign credit rating agencies for adopting inconsistent standards while evaluating the country, saying that BRICS countries are looking to set up an independent rating agency to overcome it.

Rating agencies assign investment grade to SBI bond programme

Moody's has assigned a Baa3 rating to SBI's proposed dollar denominated senior unsecured notes, issued under its USD 10 billion Medium-Term Note (MTN) program.

For wealth creation opportunities, look outside Nifty: Motilal

One should look at spaces that are outside the Nifty 50, where there are many interesting stories coming up, said Rajat Rajgarhia, MD-Institutional Equities, Motilal Oswal Securities.

RBI official asks rating agency to be more transparent

Rating agencies need to be more transparent in disclosures on stressed companies and assets so that both the lenders as well as asset reconstruction companies can arrive at the right valuation, a senior Reserve Bank official said on July 1

Glaucus Research issues 'strong sell' to Rolta

The reason given for the report is that Rolta does not produce free cash flow and cannot repay offshore bondholders without refinancing.

Rating on Bhushan Steel was cut in March 2014: CARE Ratings

Analysts believe widening gap between company‘s financial ratio and credit rating raises questions over accuracy. However, rating agencies look at many parameters such as industry risk, financial risk and business specific risks apart from leverage, says DR Dogra of CARE Ratings.

Budget 2014: It is not the end, but start of the journey, says Jaitley

Jaitley said he would prefer to lower fiscal deficit by boosting revenues rather than cutting down on expenditure.

Nothing much to cheer about new rating system for MSMEs

SIDBI's push to make small businesses 'ratings ready' is riddled with challenges and offers nothing new

RBI plans to revive stressed loan market for banks, ARCs

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is planning to add momentum to the lacklustre stress loan sales market wherein banks dispose off their non-performing loans to the asset reconstruction companies (ARCs).

India has no case for rating upgrade: CLSA's Rajiv Malik

Rajeev Malik of CLSA told CNBC-TV18 believes India is still facing the risk of a downgrade.

Budget Analysis: Ratings agencies will track CAD, says Deutsche Bank

Taimur Baig, chief economist, Deutsche Bank, says that the country‘s current account deficit is a much larger problem than the fiscal deficit itself.

Words of rating agencies isn't gospel truth: Ashwani Kumar

Amid the controversy generated by downgrade of sovereign rating of the US by S&P, Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar today said everything rating agencies say is not the "gospel truth" and India has remained an attractive investment destination despite a low grade.

Don't see any reason for US downgrade: JPMorgan Chase

Speaking to CNBC-TV18 in an exclusive, James Glassman, Senior Economist, JPMorgan Chase Bank, says that he doesn’t see any reason for the US downgrade. “The US budget deficit will soon be down to a sustainable range of 1-2% GDP level,” he says.

If deficit touches 6%, get ready for downgrade: Asianomics

The tone of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) credit policy move of a 50 basis points hike came as a surprise to Jim Walker the managing director of Asianomics Limited. "They are much more worried about the way the government is acting and the likelihood of a blowout in the fiscal deficit," he says.