RBI's 50 bps rate hike: Should debt mutual fund investors alter investment strategy?
The bond market gave up all their gains after the policy announcement and pushed yields of benchmark 10-year government bonds higher at 7.25%.
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IIFL Finance gets board’s nod to raise Rs 5,000 cr via bonds
IIFL Finance will issue secured redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCDs) worth ₹5,000 crore on a private placement basis
SBI to raise up to $2 bn via bonds in FY23
The public sector lender will raise the long-term funds in single or multiple tranches in U.S. dollar or any other convertible currency.
Risks rising, prefer equities over bonds in 2022: BlackRock
BlackRock has predicted a rough year for bond markets due to rising inflation and advocates for inflation-linked bonds and equities for positive returns.
Fed taper: Why are bond yields moving down?
Any hint of monetary tightening translates into rising bond yields but the counterintuitive move of both 10-year and 2-year yields has left market confused.
RBI Retail Direct Bond Scheme megahit among NRIs. What is the risk?
Fund managers warn if interest rates rise globally or when the rupee depreciates, these factors can take down the “real value” of the higher returns.
The RBI is furious with bond traders. Here’s why
Even as the RBI tries to ensure an orderly evolution of the yield curve, bond vigilantes could hamper a global economic recovery, unsettle markets, and trigger capital outflows from emerging markets.
RBI buys more bonds than it sells in Operation Twist
The central bank bought long-term bonds worth ₹10,000 crore and simultaneously sold short-term papers worth ₹6,825 crore under a special OMO to address liquidity issues.
Markets give a thumbs down to Budget
BSE Sensex slips over 450 points on lack of consumption push.
Borrowing cut of ₹70,000 crore shows govt confidence on fisc
Ministry of Finance expects to make up the difference through reduced buyback of government securities, additional flows from small savings and the introduction of retail-inflation indexed bonds.
