While there's a total $13.30 trillion of negative-yielding assets in the world, the phenomenon had been unheard of in an emerging market like India where the benchmark 10-year note trades at above 6%
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Yields of perpetual bonds issued by State Bank of India and Bank of Baroda, for instance, have gone up by as much as 80-90 basis points (bps), and top recommendation lists of most managers
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If you take the trouble to collect the whole set of things that have been done - you need go no further than the finance ministry website - you will realise how pathetic the discourse has been
Sebi's new rules around mutual fund (MF) investments in these bonds have kicked up a storm
A sudden change in the metrics will be disruptive
Renewables company will use its Mauritius SPV, subscribe to Indian rupee-denominated external commercial borrowing
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the government has no plans to introduce diaspora bonds
Dealers said the PSU may have tied up with investors before launching the issue. There may be some anchor investors.
In a notification on its website, the central bank said it would buy Rs 20,000 crore of bonds from the secondary market, and sell Rs 15,000 crore of bonds
Analysts put the bond markets' volatility down to positions taken by some traders betting on the possibility of the US Fed tightening monetary policy
Investors closely monitored the bond market as well as progress on the next round of fiscal stimulus
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A rout in global bond markets weighed on investor sentiments
A rise in commodity prices has fanned inflation risks, pushing bond yields higher. That apart, the US launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, which further dented global mood
This growth will have three drivers: investments, primarily for infrastructure; NBFCs and HFCs
The selloff has even engulfed Europe
A rise in sovereign bond yields means a rise in the interest rate in the economy
Dealers say RBI is behaving unreasonably by expecting them to accept low yields; experts say market turning greedy