Floating Rate Bonds

These bonds usually perform well in a rising rate environment, say mkt players

Investors should opt for them when rates are expected to climb, not now when they are largely over

Currently, a floating-rate loan appears a better bet than a fixed-rate peer

Banks expressed reservations about floating rate bonds in next year's borrowing

RBI's floating rate bond is a safe and long-duration product you may enter into at present

The Indian firms are slowly leaning towards floating rate bonds, instead of issuing plain vanilla fixed rate papers to meet their funding needs

The fleecing of borrowers is so widespread and egregious that Moneylife Foundation filed a PIL (public interest litigation) petition, leading to an order by SC asking the RBI, to respond in six weeks

With respect to micro and small enterprises, floating rate loans are already linked with external benchmarks

Rating agency Moody's Investor Services has already warned that the move would be credit negative for banks, causing volatility in net interest margins

For 15 years and above, insurance firms are ready buyers and any maturity below 10 years has big demand