Page 8 - Bonds Market

RBI buys and sells bonds worth Rs 10,000 crore in 'Operation Twist'

Bid and offer pattern shows a healthy market response

RBI move to cut reverse repurchase rate fuels rally in short-term bonds

The yield on the 6.18 per cent 2024 bond fell 26 basis points to 5.48 per cent.

In 120 years, equity returns have outpaced bonds & bills: Credit Suisse

In all, Credit Suisse has included 23 countries for the study as a part of this Yearbook.

Power Finance Corporation raises $750 million through overseas bonds

This is PFC's third international bond issuance in FY20 as well as the largest bond in a single tranche

10-year bonds rally from 3-month low as RBI brings in 'Operation Twist'

The Reserve Bank of India will buy 100 billion rupees ($1.4 billion) of the 6.45 per cent 2029 debt and sell an equal amount of notes maturing next year in an auction on Monday.

Sell-off in debt markets may be overdone; expect rebound in 2020: Analysts

Yields have climbed 25 basis points to 6.71% after the central bank's decision on Dec. 5 to hold policy combined with worries over government borrowings.

Lodha group arranges $325 mn to repay bonds maturing in March 2020

It has a total debt of over Rs 19,000 cr, of which Rs 17,000 cr is from India business and rest from London market, but Lodha exuded confidence that it would become net debt free in the next 2 years

'Anti-patriotic': RSS wing says India must not issue foreign currency bonds

They say it is anti-patriotic as it could create long-term risks for the economy, potentially allowing rich foreign nations and their financial institutions to dictate the country's policies

Investors should beware of high volatility in long-duration funds

Investors who wish to take a duration risk now should do so through dynamic bond funds rather than long-duration funds

Bonds: Rising interest rates likely to hurt India's economic growth

To stop this outflow, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) late on Friday allowed foreign investors to invest in any maturity they want