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Pushing bond & currency mkt development

Work by regulators, market infrastructure institutions and market participants needs to continue to ensure these markets move to the next phase of development

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Vikram Limaye
The fixed income and currency markets in India have operated primarily over the counter (OTC). While government bonds trade on an electronic platform, corporate bonds are mainly OTC traded with reporting and settlement on clearing corporations. Currency spot and forwards trade primarily in OTC markets, whereas futures are exchange traded. What measures could then be adopted to accelerate the pace of growth in these key markets? 

Government bonds are very actively traded on the Negotiated Dealing System — Order Matching platform. However, liquidity is concentrated largely in the 10 year bucket. While the average daily traded volume is large at Rs
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