Page 16 - Bond Market

FTSE puts India, Saudi on watchlist for inclusion in its bond index

FTSE Russell's semi-annual country classification review said market accessibility level of Indian and Saudi bonds will be considered for reclassification to 1 from 0

Bonds on watch

Inclusion in global indices would demand higher fiscal standards

FTSE puts Indian govt bonds on watch for possible index inclusion

The FTSE announcement is an acknowledgment of India's efforts to liberalize its sovereign bond market

A good glide path

AT1 bonds may lose sheen but Sebi takes the right call

India to face key test for risky bank bond as Sebi lowers investment cap

The Securities & Exchange Board of India this month announced rules which restrict mutual funds' holdings of perpetual Additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 notes to 5% of net assets for a single issuer

First negative-yield quote causes flutter in India's sovereign bond market

While there's a total $13.30 trillion of negative-yielding assets in the world, the phenomenon had been unheard of in an emerging market like India where the benchmark 10-year note trades at above 6%

Jerome Powell is in it to win it despite bond-market inflation fear

Fed chair makes clear FOMC will only react to actual data

Advisors push AT1 bonds to HNIs to take advantage of surge in yields

Yields of perpetual bonds issued by State Bank of India and Bank of Baroda, for instance, have gone up by as much as 80-90 basis points (bps), and top recommendation lists of most managers

Perpetual bonds and why they are in news: All you need to know

Business Standard's Samie Modak explains in detail why perpetual bonds are in news. Listen to the podcast

The discourse on the economy has been hijacked by the bond market types

If you take the trouble to collect the whole set of things that have been done - you need go no further than the finance ministry website - you will realise how pathetic the discourse has been

Explained: What are perpetual bonds & why have new Sebi rules irked FinMin?

Sebi's new rules around mutual fund (MF) investments in these bonds have kicked up a storm

Valuing AT1 bonds

A sudden change in the metrics will be disruptive

Hero Future Energies to hit int'l bond market, use funds for India projects

Renewables company will use its Mauritius SPV, subscribe to Indian rupee-denominated external commercial borrowing

No plans to introduce diaspora bonds, says FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the government has no plans to introduce diaspora bonds

Nabard, REC, others to hit bond mkt today; plan to raise about Rs 8,600 cr

Dealers said the PSU may have tied up with investors before launching the issue. There may be some anchor investors.

RBI to conduct a special round of Open Market Operations on March 10

In a notification on its website, the central bank said it would buy Rs 20,000 crore of bonds from the secondary market, and sell Rs 15,000 crore of bonds

Sensex drops 1.2%, Nifty ends at 15,081 over fresh bond market jitters

Analysts put the bond markets' volatility down to positions taken by some traders betting on the possibility of the US Fed tightening monetary policy

Wall Street's main indices open little changed after strong rally

Investors closely monitored the bond market as well as progress on the next round of fiscal stimulus

Top headlines: PM Modi receives Covid jab; ATF price raised by a steep 6.5%

Business Standard brings you top news of the evening

Rupee logs worst day in nearly 19 mths, dives 104 paise against USD

A rout in global bond markets weighed on investor sentiments