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REC gets shareholder nod to raise up to Rs 85,000 cr via bonds, debentures

State-owned REC has got shareholders' approval to raise up to Rs 85,000 crore through issuance of non-convertible bonds or debentures. "All resolutions as set out in the Notice of 52nd AGM of the company have been duly approved & passed by the shareholders with requisite majority," a BSE filing said on Monday. The funds would be raised on private placement basis in one or more tranches, according to the notice for 52nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on September 24, 2021. "It is proposed to pass a special resolution to enable the company to raise funds through private placement of unsecured/secured non-convertible bonds/debentures up to Rs 85,000 crore, during a period of one year (from September 23, 2022)," the notice had said. Further, it had said the amount planned to be raised shall be within the overall revised borrowing limit, being proposed for approval by the shareholders. The company had also proposed alteration to Objects Clause of Memorandum of Association of the ...

Evergrande bondholders don't expect coupon payment on Thursday: Report

Evergrande is due to pay $83.5 million in interest on a $2 billion offshore bond on Thursday and also has a $47.5 million dollar-bond interest payment next week.

Bank of India to raise up to Rs 1,800 cr in capital via tier-II bonds

Crisil upgrades rating for Tier-I bonds to "AA" reflecting the lender's improved capital ratios and greater ability to make future coupon payments

Federal Reserve seen announcing bond taper in Nov, rate lift-off in 2023

The survey of 52 economists also predicted the US central bank would hold interest rates near zero through 2022 before delivering two quarter-point increases by the end of the following year

JSW Steel raises $1 billion via bonds issuance in overseas market

The company says it is the first in the steel sector globally to issue an SLB in a hard currency

Fund managers sour on stocks have nowhere else to go, says BofA

The outlook for global growth and profits in September slumped to the lowest in more than a year, according to the survey conducted September 3 to September 9

ECB trims Covid-19 pandemic support but insists there's 'no tapering'

The ECB did so by slowing the pace of its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP), which has kept borrowing costs low as governments took on unprecedented amounts of debt

Axis Bank lists $600-mn AT-1 sustainable bonds on IFSC exchanges

Axis Bank has listed its $600 million Additional Tier 1 (AT1) sustainable bonds on IFSC (International Financial Services Centre) exchanges at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT).

Indiabulls Housing Finance books Rs 500 crore of co-lending business

At the start of FY22, the mortgage lender tweaked the business model to incrementally focus on the co-lending space by sharing risks and loan book with other banks or housing finance companies

NTPC seeks shareholders' nod to raise Rs 18,000 crore via bonds

State-owned NTPC will seek shareholders' approval to raise Rs 18,000 crore through the issuance of bonds or debentures in its annual general meeting on September 28.

In its first such move, IndianOil lists foreign currency bonds on IFSC

Securities worth SGD 400 million and $1.4 billion, issued in 2012, 2013 and 2019 respectively are now listed," a statement from IFSC said.

CRISIL upgrades YES Bank's tier II bonds, infrastructure bonds to 'BBB+'

The rating agency also revised the rating for bank's certificates of deposit (CD) from "A2+" to "A1"

Taper may push yields on domestic bonds upwards: Arun Srinivasan

Arun Srinivasan, senior executive vice president and head of fixed income, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance says 10-year G-sec benchmark may inch closer to 6.40-6.45 per cent by 2021 end

Moody's assigns 'Ba3' rating to HDFC Bank's AT1 dollar-denominated bonds

Country's largest lender State Bank of India has already raised capital through AT1 bonds from global markets

L&T gets shareholders' nod to raise up to Rs 4,500 crore through bonds

Larsen and Tourbo (L&T) has received shareholders' nod to raise up to Rs 4,500 crore through issuance of convertible bonds, according to a regulatory filing. The shareholders' approval was given at the company's annual general meeting (AGM) held on Thursday, L&T said in the BSE filing on Friday. A special resolution for raising the funds was approved with requisite majority. "The special resolution as set out in Item No. 13 of the Notice of the AGM...has been passed with requisite majority," the filing said. Item No. 13 of the AGM notice read: "Raise funds through issue of convertible bonds and/or equity shares through depository receipts and including by way of qualified institution placement to qualified institutional buyers for an amount not exceeding Rs 4,500 crore or USD 600 million, if the value is higher.

India rupee, bonds fall for second straight month; RBI policy in focus

Sentiment has been lifted after the Fed did not outline a taper timeline, which is expected to aid local shares and the rupee in the near future.

Sri Lanka repays $1 billion bond, ending default threat: Report

The money was transfered Monday, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, the state minister for money and capital markets, said by phone

Low cut-off yield sees newly-launched 10-yr bond devolve in second auction

Of the Rs 14,000 crore of bonds on offer, RBI made the primary dealers, or the underwriters buy Rs 11,144.145 cr

Stocks bounce, bond prices fall across Europe ahead of key ECB meeting

With a key European Central Bank meeting on Thursday expected to convey a dovish tone and provide a further boost, the benchmark STOXX index of the region's 600 largest shares rose 0.5%.

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