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...
31 May, 2023, 06.19 AM IST
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...
24 Mar, 2023, 12.42 AM IST
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...
02 Feb, 2022, 10.31 PM IST
Banks face mark-to-market risk in bond holdings: RBIBanks may mitigate such risk through the Government Securities Acquisition Programme (GSAP), a central bank’s dedicated bond buying window.
01 Jul, 2021, 08.31 PM IST
RBI MPC meet: Normalising CRR won’t crunch cashThe Reserve Bank of India on Friday promised abundant liquidity to calm market nerves, after yields surged past 6% amid apprehension of ext...
06 Feb, 2021, 07.42 AM IST
RBI extends deadline for meeting last tranche of capital conservation buffer by 6 monthsThe capital conservation buffer ensures that banks have an additional layer of usable capital that can be drawn down when losses are incurr...
05 Feb, 2021, 03.18 PM IST
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...
31 Aug, 2020, 06.09 PM IST
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...
10 Dec, 2015, 11.00 PM IST
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...
30 Sep, 2014, 11.34 PM IST
Two reasons markets cheered RBI policy before closing the day on a flat noteThe market had surged 250 points after the policy meeting; led by gains in rate sensitive sectors such as capital goods, banks, auto and re...
30 Sep, 2014, 03.33 PM IST
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...
05 Aug, 2014, 04.52 PM IST
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.
03 May, 2013, 04.22 PM IST
- Cutting HTM limit will improve liquidity, treasury income: Bank's treasury head
The proposal to reduce the share of held-to-maturity bonds in the SLR portfolio of banks is likely to increase liquidity in the interest ra...
04 Nov, 2012, 12.55 PM IST
- 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.
26 Oct, 2009, 03.08 AM IST
- 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...
16 Sep, 2009, 01.26 AM IST
- Bankers may seek changes in bond portfolio valuation
RBI governor D Subbarao will meet CEOs of large commercial banks later this week to get their views on liquidity, demand for credit and gro...
15 Sep, 2009, 01.26 AM IST
- Banks’ investment valuation to change
The RBI has released a set of revised draft guidelines for evaluating bank's investments in listed subs.
13 Jul, 2006, 12.00 AM IST