Banks racked up Rs 71,871 crore of notional bond losses in FY23, one-third of profitsIf banks were to mark-to-market all bond portfolios including those they have committed to hold on to till maturity, a chunk of the stellar...
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...
Proposed changes in RBI's investment norms to usher in structural changes in bond market: Report"The proposed inclusion of corporate bonds will catalyse banks’ investment in corporate bonds, especially long-term bonds" said a report by...
Banks stare at major trading losses aheadThe HTM category allows banks to hold bonds until maturities without the obligation to mark-to-market that impacts the profit and loss acco...
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.
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 ...
RBI unveils more measures to deepen trading in bond marketRBI announced it will extend the period that foreign investors can settle their over-the-counter government bonds to two days of their trad...
Analysts see limited impact on banks from SLR reductionThe BSE Banking index managed to bounce back from lows on Tuesday, led by gains in Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, HDFC Bank and Bank...
Banking stocks worst hit by RBI policy; ICICI Bank down over 1%The BSE Banking index pared gains and plunged in deep red after the RBI in its policy meet on Tuesday kept the repo rate unchanged at 8%.
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...