Financial Services
DR.P.BABA GNANAKUMAR
CLASSROOM DISCUSSSIONS
Financial System
A financial system may be defined as a set of institutions, instruments and
markets which foster savings and channel them to their most efficient use.
The Indian financial system, therefore, consists of two groups:
1.All institutions that promote savings among the public, collect and
transfer the same to the investors. These include the banking system, the
insurance companies, mutual funds and investment funds.
2.The investors or borrowers in the country. This category comprises
.individual investors, industrial and trading companies and government
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STRUCTURE OF FINANCIAL MARKETS IN INDIA
Financial Markets in India
Indian Financial System – An Overview
Debt Market Forex Capital Market Insurance Banks (including Mutual Funds,
Primary / Market Primary / Life/General RRBs, co-op etc) Venture Funds,
Secondary Secondary & Investment
Depository Bonds
RBI RBI SEBI IRDA RBI RBI/SEBI
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Financial A financial market is a place in which
Markets financial assets are created or transferred.
Financial assets represent a claim to the
payment of a sum of money some time in
the future.
The money market is a place where the
demand for and the supply of short-term
funds meet.
A capital market may be defined as an
organised mechanism meant for effective
and smooth transfer of money capital or
financial resources from the investors to the
entrepreneurs.
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What is the role
of Money
Market ?
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50TH ANNIVERSARY
OF BANK
NATIONALISATION
Indian banks paying
the price of corporate
loot, says official
Major reforms
that shaped
Indian banking
system
Major reforms
that shaped
Indian banking
system
Major reforms
that shaped
Indian banking
system
Major reforms
that shaped
Indian banking
system
Major reforms
that shaped
Indian banking
system
RBI ROLE
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Indian Money
Markets
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Indian Money
Markets
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Forex Markets
Forex Trend
Commodity
Markets
Commodity Markets in India
Financial
Instruments
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Global Money Market Instruments
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Financial Institutions
Includes institutions and mechanisms which
◦ Affect generation of savings by the community
◦ Mobilisation of savings
◦ Effective distribution of savings
Institutions are banks, insurance companies, mutual funds- promote/mobilise savings
Individual investors, industrial and trading companies- borrowers
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