India’s top-rated private and government-owned companies may be enjoying historic low rates in markets for their short-term money, but the situation has not improved much for lower rated firms, particularly from the financial sector. However, sporadic issuances of bonds have started.
Admittedly, the liquidity scare faced by the non-bank financial companies (NBFC) have eased somewhat, but even there, well rated companies are the beneficiaries, who have started issuing debt papers in larger numbers.
Financial companies are also lining up equity issuances, and some dollar bond issuances are planned as well. In domestic markets, gold loan companies are also getting active in raising