India's soon-to-be-launched bond forwards could see strong demand from insurers as these instruments offer the option of taking delivery of...

The RBI after its Monetary Policy Committee meeting said on Friday that the central bank would include forward contracts in government secu...

Lower interest rates generally push bond prices higher as investors lock in better yields from existing bonds. However, Apurva Sheth, Head ...

Indian corporates, like HSBC and a major IT firm, are adopting bond forward rate agreements to hedge interest rate risks in anticipation of...

Investment in a type of bond derivative called forward rate agreements could likely rise in India as the interest rate cycle turns and the ...

The country's largest insurer - which has a total asset under management (AUM) of ₹53.5 lakh crore including 40% in government bond books -...

Public sector banks are reducing their bond holdings while foreign lenders are increasing theirs, impacting the trading landscape. Factors ...

Global funds and insurers are showing strong demand for Indian government bonds, particularly ahead of their inclusion in a JP Morgan index...

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge pledges to protect tribal rights and land. The party promises to implement the Forest Rights Act, rep...

Introduction of bond forwards, which are derivative contracts between two counterparties to buy and sell a specific security on a future da...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been regularly reviewing the burgeoning bond-derivative trades between banks and insurance companies, a...

While a sharp increase in exposure to longer-dated bonds entailing greater risks could ordinarily be a matter of concern, the regulator isn...

We haven't seen the FPIs getting into debt for a long time. Equity is doing very well. At least the good part is that there's no outflow fr...

The startup-focused bank, SVB, became the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis last week, sending shockwaves across global ...

Analysts say a New Delhi plan to tax high-value insurance policies will reduce demand, leading the industry to cut back on bond investments...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is understood to be weighing a proposal to allow 'bond forwards' --- a deal under which a financial institu...

The report also called for the creation of a framework for “prompt corrective action”, which would apply increasing levels of regulatory ov...