Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan  warned companies against keeping their foreign
currency exposures unhedged, saying they might face "big risk" in
case of change in the monetary policy globally. 



Companies have to recognise that they are taking
a big risk (by not hedging their forex exposures), especially if monetary
policy changes around the world," Rajan said at a post-policy media
briefing. 

He, however, added that RBI was not planning to introduce any
"draconian measures" to ensure hedging. 



On firming up of the rupee, the Governor said
the volatility can happen anytime as RBI is not holding up the rupee at some
particular level. 



"That should be clearly communicated to
companies also. They should have absorbed it by now that our focus is on undue
increases in volatility, but we are not going to maintain any particular level
for the rupee," he said. 

 

Rajan said companies should take the message in their own
interest. 



Deputy Governor H R Khan also acknowledged that
the unhedged exposures of the corporates poses a risk and overall percentage of
hedging remains low. 



On the move to allow domestic companies to raise
funds through rupee bonds, Rajan said "that would be an alternative to
borrowing ECBs in dollars and holding it unhedged". 

 

In the monetary policy, the RBI said it would allow domestic corporates
eligible to raise external commercial borrowing (ECBs) to raise funds through
issuance of rupee bonds to overseas investors. 



Stating that there has been an addition of USD
4.6 billion to the ECB outstandings on a net basis between April 2014 and
January 2015, Rajan said he is not aware of any "substantial explosion in
the foreign borrowings in the last quarter. 



"The other factor that one must recognised
that is we are also trying to improve the extent to which distress is resolved.
If distress is always resolved with banks taking the hit and promoters not
going scot-free, there is an incentive sometimes to certain kinds of bets. 



"They become one way bets if dollar
strengthens against the rupee the banks take the hit but is the dollar weakens
the equity holders benefit. So, that also is something that hopefully the
measures we have taken will try and convince people that kind of negotiation is
unlikely to happen going forward and the banks are not going to forever taking
the downside hit when position are left unhedged," he added. 

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