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The 3.55% cutoff was closer to the top of the RBI’s interest-rate corridor of 3.35%-4%, raising suspicions that the bank may aim to tighten policy sooner than expected. (MINT_PRINT)

Bond turmoil on India’s cash drain shows market fragility

1 min read . 18 Jan 2021

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. (REUTERS)

Jerome Powell dims Fed bond-taper talk, says now ‘not the time’ to exit

3 min read . 15 Jan 2021

Vedanta Resources’s offer comes a month after it allayed investor concerns over its funding by raising $1 billion from a note sale, albeit at one of the highest yields for a dollar bond in Asia last year.

Vedanta Resources bonds rise after open offer for its India unit

1 min read . 11 Jan 2021

World’s negative-yield debt pile at $18 trillion for first time

1 min read . 11 Dec 2020

The company priced the January 2024 bond on Wednesday at a yield of 13.875%.

Vedanta Resources passes key funding test with sale of bond

2 min read . 10 Dec 2020

The Reserve Bank of India surprised bond traders on Friday when it didn’t take steps to pare back on the cash glut that caused short-term rates to collapse.

RBI’s liquidity pledge revs up demand for short-end India bonds

1 min read . 09 Dec 2020

Today, more money is being raised by corporates through bond issuances than through bank loans (REUTERS)

Bonds overtake banks in funding for corporates

3 min read . 01 Dec 2020

Zerodha, the largest stock broker in the country, has launched a new facility to allow gifting stocks, exchange traded funds (ETFs), and gold bonds online through their portal. Photo: iStockphoto

How to gift stocks, ETFs, gold bonds to friends and family online?

1 min read . 20 Nov 2020

S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings forecast India’s combined deficit -- federal and state governments -- will widen to about 12% of GDP in the year through March. (Mint)

RBI emboldens funds to venture into India’s long bonds

2 min read . 26 Oct 2020

The RMO allows BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), the world’s first blockchain-based bond exchange, to trade globally a wide range of fixed-income securities to the mass markets (Photo: iStock)

Bond trade platform 'BondEvalue' set for New Year launch in India

2 min read . 18 Oct 2020

Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

RBI to purchase state government bonds through auction next week

1 min read . 16 Oct 2020

The American Flag hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in New York. Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street, putting the market on track for its third straight loss this week. The S&P 500 gave up 0.9% in early trading Thursday. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) (AP)

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Cash isn’t trash compared to stocks and bonds

2 min read . 16 Oct 2020

Bonds also received a boost after the RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the monetary authority sees the recent surge in inflation as transient and that the central bank will keep its stance accommodative at least through the current financial year and into the next year to revive growth. (Mint )

RBI’s liquidity bonanza turns the tide for bonds

2 min read . 14 Oct 2020

The central bank’s decision to conduct OMOs for state bonds comes against the backdrop of the tussle over goods and services tax (GST) compensation between the central and state governments. Mint

States see borrowing cost drop after RBI measures

2 min read . 14 Oct 2020

In a bid to clean up election funding, the government had in January introduced electoral bonds that can be bought from specified branches of State Bank of India and used to donate money to political parties. Photo: iStockphoto

How much tax do you pay on your bond investments?

1 min read . 13 Oct 2020

Bonds winning over loans in race for rate cut transmission

2 min read . 12 Oct 2020

Next week onwards, the size of the open market operations (OMO) to buy government bonds will be increased to ₹20,000 crore. ((ANI Photo))

With slew of measures, RBI’s Das becomes the bond whisperer

2 min read . 09 Oct 2020

RBI also rapped the bond market for demanding a higher return on sovereign papers which led to the devolvement of recent government auctions (Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint)

RBI to purchase state government bonds through OMO

2 min read . 09 Oct 2020

In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange traders gather at a post on the NYSE trading floor during the direct listing of Asana, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Wall Street is rallying Wednesday with rising hope that Washington may break through its partisanship to deliver more aid for the economy. (Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange via AP) (AP)

Investor nerves on show as shocks trigger stock, bond swings

3 min read . 08 Oct 2020

Excess cash with banks averaged Rs39,700 crore ($6.2 billion) last week, compared to a peak of more than 5 trillion rupees in March, according to Bloomberg Intelligence India Banking Liquidity Index. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Surging bond issuance by states adds to PM Modi’s challenges

1 min read . 07 Oct 2020

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