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...
30 Jun, 2023, 01.22 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
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...
23 Mar, 2023, 12.04 PM IST
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 ...
14 Jan, 2022, 07.45 PM IST
RBI announces Rs 50,000 crore liquidity support to mutual fundsAlong with Rs 50,000 crore booster, RBI to conduct repo ops of 90 days tenor.
27 Apr, 2020, 03.47 PM IST
Banks load up on state development loansEven the fixed-maturity plans of mutual funds are loading up on this despite their illiquidity.
28 Jun, 2019, 08.16 AM IST
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).
29 Mar, 2018, 08.57 PM IST
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.
29 Mar, 2018, 04.55 PM IST
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.
02 Feb, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
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 ...
07 Oct, 2014, 10.14 PM IST
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.
05 May, 2013, 11.07 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
- 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...
31 Mar, 2010, 02.40 AM IST
- Banks may lose HTM cover for bond trade
RBI seeks data on G-Secs sold from held-to-maturity basket.
12 Feb, 2010, 03.05 AM 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