Page 9 - Bond Market

Shares and bonds markets worldwide nervy as rate-hike week looms

Stock markets worldwide halted their January rally on Monday, pausing for breath at the start of an agenda-setting week of central bank rate hikes and data releases

Here's why bond veteran sees India's benchmark yield trending downwards

Investors will get a sense of how much more debt India is planning to raise in it's upcoming Feb 1 budget

Centre ready to test green bond market with debut $2 billion sale

India is putting its first sovereign green bond on the radar of some of its biggest domestic asset managers, including state-run insurers and pension funds as well as foreign investors

SBI to consider raising funds via infrastructure bonds worth up to $1.21 bn

SBI, the country's largest lender, said it will consider approval for raising funds through the issue of infrastructure bonds worth up to 100 billion rupees ($1.21 billion) during fiscal year 2023

SBI board approves raising Rs 10,000 crore capital through tier I bonds

State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday said its board has approved Rs 10,000 crore capital raising plan through Tier I bonds. The fund raising through Additional Tier 1 (AT1) capital up to an amount of Rs 10,000 crore is subject to Government of India concurrence, the bank said in a regulatory filing. The Central Board accorded an approval for raising capital by way of issuance of Basel III compliant debt instrument in INR and/or any other convertible currency, up to FY24, it said. The fund would help the bank grow its loan book. Last week, SBI had announced that its personal banking advances, excluding high value home loans, have crossed the Rs 5 lakh crore-mark. The country's largest lender took a year to book the last Rs 1 lakh crore of advances, as against over 15 months for the previous Rs 1 lakh crore and over 30 months for the Rs 1 lakh crore before that.

In a first: Bajaj Allianz set to launch surety bonds on December 19

SBI General Insurance and Tata AIG General Insurance are also said to be looking at launching a surety insurance product soon, said sources

Bank of Maharashtra raises Rs 348 cr from bonds to fund business growth

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Wednesday said it has raised Rs 348 crore from bonds to fund business growth. The lender raised the funds through private placement of Basel-III compliant tier II bonds, BoM said in a regulatory filing. The paper of face value Rs 1 crore each carries a coupon rate of 8 per cent, it added. The bonds will be listed on the Wholesale Debt Market segment of the BSE.

ICICI Bank, Axis Bank likely to raise Rs 5,000 cr each via bond sales

ICICI likely to issue long-term bonds, Axis mulls infra bond sale

Amazon.com Inc kicks off five-part bond sale in second deal of 2022

Proceeds may be used to repay debt as well as funding acquisitions and share buybacks, says source

Technical glitch on NDS-OM holds up trade in govt bonds for over one hour

According to bond traders, the RBI's NDS-OM platform suffered technical issues between 9:05 am and 10:08 am IST, which led to trade almost coming to a halt during that period

Bharti Telecom plans to tap bond market to raise Rs 7,000 crore

The telecom operator, which holds a stake in Bharti Airtel, plans to raise funds in three tranches and has invited bids from investors on Friday

State Bank of India sees 14%-15% corporate credit growth in FY23: executive

'Sectors seeing a pickup range from telecom and power to roads, ports and airports, while lending to non-bank finance companies has also picked up strongly'

Municipal corps should explore land-based models to raise funds: RBI

In a first ever comprehensive analysis of Municipal finances, it said MCs need to adopt sound and transparent accounting practices with proper monitoring

Bond yields track US peers on Federal Reserve interest rate hike

Total trade volumes in the regular secondary bond market were at Rs 21,150 crore on Thursday

Bank of India launches special deposit scheme; raises interest on others

Apart from the special deposit scheme, Bank of India has raised interest rate on its existing 555-days fixed deposit scheme to 6.30 per cent

Rupee, bonds gain on hopes of Federal Reserve slowing rate hikes

At 3:30 pm IST on Thursday, the US dollar index was at 110.09 as against 112.02 at the same time on Tuesday

Average cut-off yield spikes by 12 bps to 7.84% at state bond action

Dealers said Bengal and UP raised amounts via bonds with 15-17 year maturity and cut-off yield above 7.9%; pricing likely to remain under pressure in near term

Three-five-year gilts are attractive in current times, say experts

For tax-efficient exposure, go for target maturity funds maturing in 2026-2028

Bond yields ease as MPC minutes hint at slower interest rate hikes

1-year bond yield logs the sharpest fall in two-and-a-half months

Relief for bond mkt on debt supply as govt prunes H2 borrowing plan

The Rs 10,000 cr cut in govt's mkt borrowing obviates the fear of oversupply of paper that typically builds up around Dec end when govt takes stock of its finances for the year