Companies pay more for debt fundraise as liquidity's tightOver the past year-and-a-half, as the Reserve Bank of India has raised interest rates and progressively drained the banking system of exces...
Time's right to buy g-secs with rates near a peakSo, money managers believe conservative investors looking for regular income could lock into some of these bonds, which come in maturities ...
Why credit growth hit a 59-yr low in FY21? AAA-rated papers were 46 bps cheaper than bank ratesAccording to analysis of the corporate bond yields, bank's MCLRs and GSecs between January 2020 and March 2021 by Care Ratings, AAA-rated c...
DAS' STRAIGHT TALK: Op Twist to lower corporate bond yieldsOperation Twist is an instrument used to ensure better monetary policy transmission.
NSE facilitates primary subscription for retail investors in State Development Loan auctionsThe interest on SDL is received at half-yearly intervals and the principal is repaid on the maturity date.
Adani kin buys out Air Deccan, picks up 60% in Air OdishaSignificantly, GSEC Aviation is owned by Rakesh Ramanlal Shah, who is married to Prity, the sister of the USD 11-billion Adani Group chairm...
Bond market off to volatile start in new FY amid pricing concernsFIMMDA has given a revised Gsec valuation for Friday at Rs 102.15 on the benchmark government bond versus Rs 101.91, the actual closing pri...
Government receives proposals for setting up new airlinesIn its civil aviation policy, announced last June, the government had introduced a new category of airline, Scheduled Commuter Airline.
Small savings schemes are currently offering better returns than bank FDsThe interest rate on PPF is almost 60 basis points higher than it should be and the Senior Citizen Savings Scheme offers 8.5%, instead of 8...
RBI extends time to settle GSec for FPIs to two days from April 6It said all sale and purchase transactions in government securities, where at least one of the parties is an FPI, will be settled only on T...
NTPC signs coal-swapping agreement with Gujarat State Electricity CorporationState-run National Thermal Power Corporation signed a coal-swapping agreement with GSECat Gandhinagar to swap 10 lakh metric tonnes of coal.
SLR cut by RBI may not translate into lower rates soonRBI on Tuesday reduced statutory liquidity ratio, or SLR — mandated investments in government securities (GSec) — to 22.5% from 23%.
- GSEC's poor plant load factor may fuel power tariff in Gujarat
The CERS has raised issue of poor performance of state generating utility GSEC. During Aug 2012, plant load factor of GSEC dropped to 39.15...
- Consumer forum wants Gujarat government to penalise BHEL
Consumer Education Research Society want government of Gujarat to penalise BHEL for poor performance of its equipments supplied .
- FIIs steer clear of GSecs, stock up on corporate bonds
Foreign investors refrained from buying longer-tenor government debt, though they aggressively bid for corporate papers for the attractive ...
- CDS will take some time to have a significant impact: Crisil Ratings
In an interview with ET Now, Ramraj Pai, Director, Crisil Ratings, talks about the potential of CDS. Excerpts:
- Gujarat govt sells GSEC stake
The Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government has finally kicked off the disinvestment process by offloading its 56.7% equity in the state owned...