Page 15 - Bond Market

With yields hardening, its best to opt for shorter-duration funds

Shorter-maturity bonds in these funds get reinvested at higher coupon rates

Monetary policy review: Liquidity step was needed, say bond dealers

The RBI stopped the Government Securities Acquisition Programme (G-SAP), through which it has infused Rs 2.2 trillion of liquidity in the system

Economists, analysts see clear tapering signals in RBI moves

Economists and analysts are unanimous that the Reserve Bank has embarked on the long road to policy normalisation

SBI to raise Rs 6,000 crore in capital through additional tier-I bonds

The country's largest lender raised Rs 4,000 cr via AT1 bonds last month

Bond market sees signals of normalisation in RBI move on 7-day reverse repo

The central bank is tight-lipped about normalisation, even as other global central banks have started sounding hawkish

HDFC Bank raises Rs 5,000 crore through bond issue

A total of 50,000 bonds have been issued with face value of Rs 10 lakh each.

Reliance Infrastructure to raise Rs 750 crore through bond issue

Reliance Infrastructure in a BSE filing also said that Sandeep Khosla has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Indiabulls Housing Fin raises Rs 800 crore through bond issue

Indiabulls Housing Finance's shares on Friday fell 1.76 per cent to close at Rs 225.70 apiece on the BSE.

Analysis: Why the Federal Reserve might welcome a bond market tantrum

Even with growth tipped to surpass 6% this year and a "taper" in sight for the Fed's bond-buying programme at the end of this year, 10-year yields are still stuck at just above 1.3%

Euro inches higher ahead of expected reduction in ECB's bond buying

The ECB holds a policy meeting on Thursday at which it is expected to announce a trimming of the pace of its asset purchases

HDFC Bank's $1-billion global AT-1 bond issue priced at 3.7%

Market sources said the response was strong with demand in the region of $4 billion-$4.5 billion

Low availability of paper, rising interest rate dampen mood in bond market

RBI has issued just Rs 28,000 cr worth of 10-year bonds, cancelling a Rs 14,000 cr auction last Friday in a move being seen as intervention, which bond dealers say did not go well last time

Bonds that fight poverty are booming in nations strafed by Covid-19

No nation fully dodged the societal side-effects of the pandemic, which erased jobs, increased poverty and exasperated inequality around the globe

Fresh tussle between RBI, bond market expected ahead of 10-yr paper launch

The 10-year paper is no longer the most traded one - which is unusual

Averse bankers, willing RBI push companies towards the bond market

The corporate bond market is still dominated by financial companies, but non-financial companies have marked their presence in the past one year

Near-term global bond market correction likely-strategists: Reuters poll

A significant global bond market correction is likely in the next three months as central bankers eye the exit door from pandemic emergency policy, according to a Reuters poll of strategists

Yes Bank board approves plan to raise up to Rs 10,000 cr via debt

Yes Bank on Thursday received board approval for raising up to Rs 10,000 crore by issuing debt securities.

Suzlon board okays allotment of 2.36 cr shares post conversion of bonds

Suzlon Energy on Thursday said its board has approved allotment of 2.36 crore equity shares following conversion of dollar denominated bonds.

Reserve Bank of India leaves 10-year bond unsold in auction, rejects bids

The rejection of the bids brought down yields by 2 basis points and the 10-year bond closed at below 6 per cent again, at 5.99 per cent

Bond bulls bring down 10-year yield below 6% for first time since Feb 12

This was after the RBI assured the market of ample liquidity and another round of secondary market purchase of Rs 35,000 crore