RBI to restore HTM limits for government securitiesThe HTM limits, which were raised to 23% of net demand and time liabilities (NDTL) from 19%, applied to government securities eligible unde...
Banks face losses of up to 10% on long-dated G-Secs as yields rise"As per our analysis, if the losses are fully realised which is unlikely in our view on the held-to-maturity book, the range of impact on n...
Finance Ministry seeks data on state-bank bond portfolios amid global banking turmoilIndia has asked state-owned lenders to submit details of their bond portfolios ahead of a quarterly meeting between the government and bank...
RBI proposes new category for bank investmentsDebt instruments with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturity with the intent of holding till maturity shall be classified under ...
RBI penalises ICICI Bank for violating security salesBanks hold bonds in different categories like HTM or Held-to-Maturity, Available for Sales, Held-for-Trading (HFT).
ICICI Bank on RBI penalty: Compliance of utmost importance to usHTM is the category of securities acquired by banks with an intention to hold them till maturity.
Banks anxious about accounting discom bondsBanks are anxious about the way they will have to account for the mountain of bonds of state-owned power utilities, or discoms.
RBI allows banks to bring down SLR to 20.50 pc by March 2017The Reserve Bank today permitted banks to bring down the statutory liquidity ratio securities under held-to-maturity category by 1.25 per c...
Banks can shift excess bonds from HTM thrice/year from 2015: RBIThe Reserve Bank today said banks can shift their excess bond holdings to trading portfolios from the held-to-maturity (HTM) basket thrice ...
Bond surge: Banks to move RBI to freely switch available-for-sale to held-to-maturity"We want to switch our high yield bonds in the AFS category to the HTM. This is the proposal which banks are now planning to take to RBI," ...
Reduction in HTM to increase liquidity in bond market: ExpertsRBI's decision to reduce the HTM category in the statutory liquidity ratio to 23% is likely to increase liquidity in the bond market.
RBI slashes HTM bond limit in SLR to 23%RBI reduced the requirement of holding HTM (held-to-maturity) category bonds in the SLR portfolio for the banks to 23 per cent.
- RBI plans to trim banks' government bond holdings to ease liquidity
To increase liquidity, the Reserve Bank may reduce the quantum of government securities to be held by banks under the 'held to maturity' (H...
- RBI likely to tighten accounting policy of banks
RBI may tighten the accounting policy of banks’ treasury operations, a move that may reduce profits shown by banks from the treasury divisi...
- Banks may lose HTM cover for bond trade
RBI seeks data on G-Secs sold from held-to-maturity basket.
- Bank HTM cap may stay unchanged
RBI not likely to raise permissible limit on securities in the held-to-maturity (HTM) in its quarterly monetary policy review on Tuesday.
- Heard on the street
Banking shares were in the thick of action on Tuesday on hopes that RBI would raise the held-to-maturity (HTM) limits of government securit...