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Bonds
‘Dude, get back to your desk’: The week that roiled bond markets
With a ferocity that caught nearly everyone off guard, one of the most vital numbers in global finance -- the yield on 10-year Treasuries -- spiked back to where it’d been before the pandemic caused markets to go nuts 12 months ago.
RBI G-Sec auction falters fourth time
India’s bond buyers – and the country’s only seller of sovereign debt – don’t seem to be yielding on yields just yet.
Rising bond yields no risk to equity markets, say analysts
The differential between the earnings yield on equities and bond yields has improved since the beginning of the year, and is currently at 3.3% compared to 2.8% on Jan 1.
Sovereign gold bond issue price fixed at Rs 4,662 per gram
Sovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21 (Series XII) will be open for subscription from March 1 to 5, 2021.
Bond sale rescued by India dealers as rout sweeps across globe
Underwriters bought about 20% of the 240 billion rupees ($3.3 billion) of bonds on offer at a weekly sale, the Reserve Bank of India said in a statement Friday.
Anil Agarwal-controlled Vedanta Resources successfully raises $1.2 bn via bonds
“Proceeds of the bonds will be used for acquisition of equity shares of Indian subsidiaries of the company if decided and in accordance with applicable laws,” the company said in a statement on BSE.
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Brace for volatility across asset classes: Lakshmi Iyer
The next couple of weeks are going to be very critical.
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Will ABB India's order book justify its premium valuation?
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IIFL Finance to open public issue of bonds next week to raise Rs 1,000 crore
The public issue of bonds will open on March 3, 2021 for the purpose of business growth and capital augmentation.
Top global investors queue up for Airtel’s $1.25 billion bond issue
The Sunil Mittal-led telco said it priced $750 million worth of senior 10.25-year bonds at a yield of 187.5 basis points for an implied coupon of 3.250%. Network i2i, Airtel’s wholly owned Mauritius arm, in turn, priced $500 million of guaranteed subordinated perpetual 5.25-year bonds at a coupon of 3.975%.
Top investors rush to own Vedanta overseas bonds
FIL Investment (Fidelity), Macquarie, Goldman Sachs, Value Partners, Eastspring Investments, Barings are some of the investors, who bid to own Vedanta papers, market sources told ET. Individual investors could not be contacted immediately.
Benchmark bond yields may jump to 6.4% by March 2022: Report
The yields are likely to rise from 5.82 per cent now to 6 per cent by the end of March this year, the report by Acuité Ratings said on Thursday.
HCL Tech confirms plan to raise $500 mn via maiden offshore bond sale
The company has already appointed select banks including Citi, Standard Chartered, which will help them raise the maiden bonds. A few more could be roped in.
PIMCO, Goldman Sachs, Fidelity, BlackRock subscribe to Airtel's overseas bonds
The Sunil Mittal-led telco said it has priced $750 million worth of senior 10.25-year bonds at a yield of 187.5 basis points for an implied coupon of 3.250%.
View: Why the gulf between RBI and bond market is widening?
Why are bond investors deaf to the chief of the central bank when he asks them to be co-operative and not 'combative' and that investors should 'trust' the central bank to walk the talk?
Vedanta Resources launches overseas bond sale, eyes $1 billion
Moody’s Investor Services graded the issuance with Caa1, a rank lower in the high-yield category. JP Morgan is helping the company raise the funds.
Time to unify G-Sec & corporate bond markets: Sebi chief
“Unification of government bond and corporate bond markets is an idea whose time has come,” Tyagi said while speaking at a bond market seminar.
Innovations in bond market can help raise Rs 7-10 lakh crore: Crisil
“Pooled assets bring scale, diversification benefits and flexibilityto structure the cash flows. This can attract foreign capital and improve the confidence of bond market investors," says Ashu Suyash, MD & CEO, Crisil.
