The lemder raise funds from global markets on a regular basis for lending operations and to repay financial instruments maturing during the year
AT1 bonds are hybrid instruments and pay a slightly higher rate of interest compared to similar non-perpetual bonds.
Central bank does huge OMO silently to control domestic bond yields
Such switches happen to enable the government repay the loans at a later date to ease the strain on the exchequer in the immediate term.
Economic slowdown hits activity, adding fuel to the fire
The technology company raised $8.5 billion by selling four different bonds with maturities ranging from three years to 30 years
According to the latest available figures, the Reserve Bank of India had about Rs 9 trillion worth of bonds on its books
Elaborating on the fiscal situation, the former finance secretary said that indirect taxes, GST, excise duty on petroleum products and customs will under-perform
The 25% tumble in the index has meant that stocks currently offer an earnings yield of about 5.25%, compared with the domestic benchmark 10-year yield of about 6.50%
The government provided Rs 16,091 crore to PNB and Rs 1,666 crore to United Bank of India in September for enhancing the capital base of these two lenders
According to ICRA's estimates, Rs 93,669 crore of AT-I bonds are outstanding as of now
Investors include armed force veterans, govt employees, IT sector staff
The bonds were subscribed by investors from across the globe
First government company to issue bonds with more than 10 years tenure
While there are tentative signs of recovery in certain areas of the shadow bank sector, a funding squeeze has kept borrowing costs high
The base size of the issue is Rs 200 crore with an option to retain oversubscription aggregating up to Rs 1,000 crore
The lender has issued 15,000 redeemable Basel III compliant Tier II bonds in the nature of debenture of Rs 10 lakh each, it said
Piramal Enterprises said the money can be raised in one or more tranches from time to time.
Both three-year and ten-year series received bids in excess of the base issue size
If the central bank made it a one-off exercise, then the yields should climb back, the bond dealers said