Page 11 - Interest Rates

Reliance raises Rs 20K cr at 7.79%, largest issue by non-financial firm

Reliance Industries has raised Rs 20,000 crore in the largest bond issue by a non-financial Indian firm, paying 7.79 per cent interest rate, the company said on Friday. The coupon rate is 40 basis points more than the government's borrowing cost. The company's 10-year bonds were sold at a coupon rate of 7.79 per cent, the firm said in a stock exchange filing. "We wish to inform that the company has today allotted 20,00,000 secured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures (NCDs) of the face value of Rs 1,00,000 each, issued on private placement basis," it said. The base issue size was Rs 10,000 crore, with an option to retain oversubscription (green shoe option) of up to Rs 10,000 crore. The company's bond issue earlier this week received bids worth Rs 27,115 crore, with major interest from insurance companies. Of this, it retained Rs 20,000 crore. The debentures will be secured by "all moveable plant and machinery (both present and future) of the company, located at Hazira and Dah

UBS is underweight on Indian equities within EM/Asia: Sunil Tirumalai

Valuations in India, he said in this interview, are pricing a lot more 'sentiment' premium than what fundamentals of the stocks can explain

BoE keeps main UK interest rate unchanged at 15-year high of 5.25%

The Bank of England has kept its main interest rate unchanged at the 15-year high of 5.25 per cent, as inflation across the UK is expected to fall further over the coming months. In a statement on Thursday, the bank's nine-member Monetary Policy Committee indicated that inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, is set to fall toward a 2 per cent target rate over the coming year. In the year to September, inflation stood at 6.7 per cent. Most economists expect a sizable decline over coming months as domestic energy bills fall. The bank in September ended a nearly two-year run of interest rate rises.

US Fed leaves rates unchanged at 5.25%-5.50%, says economy is strong

''Economic activity expanded at a strong pace in the third quarter," the U.S. central bank said in a policy statement after a two-day meeting

High interest rates causing surge in company insolvencies in England

Official figures Tuesday showed the number of company insolvencies in England and Wales jumped 10% year-on-year to 6,208 in the third quarter

Banks offering up to 9 per cent interest: Top fixed deposit rates right now

Unity Small Finance Bank offers 9.5 per cent interest rate on senior citizens fixed deposit for 1001 days tenure as of October 25, 2023

European Central Bank holds rates after 10 hikes in a row to tame inflation

This sharp policy tightening is leaving a mark on the economy, with data earlier this week showing weak credit creation and economic activity

Invest in US Treasury debt fund for currency hedge: What is on offer?

There could be losses in these funds if interest rates rise or the rupee appreciates

Prolonged Israel-Hamas war means higher interest rates for longer: IMF

Inflation is still high and that requires interest rates to remain high, throwing more cold water on growth, said IMF

4% inflation focus may not signal 'higher for longer' rates: MPC members

"The focus, therefore, naturally shifts to the next stage of bringing the inflation to the target level," said Varma, adding that there is no ambiguity in the eventual inflation goal of 4%

At or near peak for interest rate target: US Federal Reserve's Mester

Mester noted Fed forecasts released at the September meeting eyed another increase in what is currently a federal funds target rate range of between 5.25% and 5.5% by the end of the year

World's higher-for-longer rate era stokes worry among finance officials

Debt levels are at record high levels at the same time that we're in this higher-for-longer interest-rate environment, said Gita Gopinath, No 2 official at IMF

Major US banks report rising profits, cautious on economic outlook

JPMorgan's profit jumped 35 per cent on the year-ago quarter, while Wells Fargo profit surged 60 per cent. Citigroup reported a more modest year-on-year 2 per cent gain

China's CLSA ups India exposure on supportive macroeconomic outlook

Brokerage goes 303 bps overweight on domestic markets in MSCI Asia Pac ex-Japan portfolio

Higher-for-longer rates will keep constricting global economy: World Bank

Both Ajay Banga, the institution's president, and Chief Economist Indermit Gill warned that the fallout from the sudden shift to an era of elevated borrowing costs may be tough

Safeguarding 'safe' US govt bonds

Prices of government bonds can fall massively due to interest rate risk. But a fresh policy can change this

Weekend Bites: RBI kills one bird with one stone, future of 50-over cricket

In which we munch over the week's platter of news and views

RBI policy hawkish, expect rate cut only in Apr-Jun 2024: Analysts

The Reserve Bank's status quo in policy rates and the accompanying commentary was termed as a "hawkish" pause by analysts on Friday. Many professional watchers said the fourth consecutive pause pushes their expectations of a rate cut further, with some saying it can happen only in the April-June quarter of 2024. After announcing the rate panel decision, Governor Shaktikanta Das said the RBI will be "actively disinflationary" and "emphatically reiterated". The panel also stuck to the stance of "withdrawal of accommodation", and Das later hinted that a relook at it is not possible till inflation cools down. "We foresee a rate cut only in the first quarter of next fiscal, assuming normalising inflation and slowing growth," ratings agency Crisil said, adding uneven distribution of rainfall during the monsoon season, rising crude oil prices and tight global food supplies as upside risks to inflation this fiscal. Foreign brokerage Goldman Sachs termed it as a "hawkish hold" from the RBI

Rate-sensitive sectors lead rise in stock market on RBI's repo rate pause

The NSE Nifty 50 index closed 0.55% higher at 19,653.50 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.55% to 65,995.63. Both the benchmarks logged weekly gains, snapping a two-week losing streak

Unabated FPI selling pulls indices to 1-month low; now eyes on Q2 results

Benchmark indices hit one-month lows on intraday basis