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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has lifted the long-term investment limit of Rs 2.5 lakh crore under the Voluntary Retention Route (VRR) to deepen the debt market by providing more flexibility to foreign portfolio investors (FPIs). Yet, overall investment limits remain in place, ensuring adequate regulatory controls on foreign ownership of Indian debt. The […]
When the Union Budget is presented on February 1, 2026, the bond market will not be looking for spectacle. It will listen for reassurance. With global interest rate cycles still uneven and India’s entry into global bond indices no longer an immediate catalyst, the budget is once again becoming the key domestic anchor for yields, […]
The move reflects rising volatility in India’s bond market and highlights how the state-backed lender is preparing for interest rate swings as infrastructure lending accelerates. India’s top lender is encouraging the use of derivatives as falling interest rates squeeze margins, according to people familiar with the matter. The National Bank for the Financing of Infrastructure […]
Indian government bonds fell on the first trading day of 2026, bogged down by supply concerns ahead of Friday’s debt sale and expectations of a big government borrowing calendar for the January-March quarter. The benchmark 10-year yield stood at 6.6146% at 10:20 am IST. On Wednesday it ended at 6.5881%. Bond yields rise when prices […]
The Indian bond market witnessed a nuanced shift in October, with yields falling across most maturities, even as the longer end of the curve remained under pressure. According to Puneet Pal, head of fixed income at PGIM India Mutual Fund, the Reserve Bank of India’s unexpectedly dovish tone at the October 1 MPC meeting played […]
India’s government bond hit a two-week high on Wednesday as belief grew that the central bank will cut interest rates at its policy meeting next week.Bonds have risen three times in a row after Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra told local media that recent macroeconomic data has not limited the scope for a […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed money market participants to pledge municipal bonds for borrowing in the overnight market under repo operations (Repo), the regulator said on Tuesday.Unlisted companies holding government securities will also be considered eligible participants for repo transactions, the RBI said. “Eligible participants include all unlisted companies having special securities […]
The Indian bond market remained largely within the range through September 2025, with 10-year government bond yields rising marginally by four basis points to 6.57%. In contrast, US Treasury yields fell, with the 10-year yield ending the month at 4.15%, following the US Federal Reserve’s 25 basis point rate cut – the first since December […]
