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Budget 2026 brings Total Return Swaps to corporate bonds: What this means for India's market

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- The government laid out a fresh set of initiatives in the budget aimed at deepening India's corporate bond market, with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposing the introduct... Read More


All eyes on bonds as budget springs a borrowing surprise

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Higher yields may greet traders as the government bond market opens on Monday, as a higher-than expected gross market borrowing programme and an elevated capital expenditure plan ... Read More


Multi-pronged push to help sustain FDI: Survey

MUMBAI, Jan. 30 -- India will need a multi-pronged strategy to sustain foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows as global economic volatility intensifies, the Economic Survey for FY26 said, underscorin... Read More


Economic Survey calls for multi-pronged push to sustain FDI amid global volatility

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- India will need a multi-pronged strategy to sustain foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows as global economic volatility intensifies, the Economic Survey for fiscal year 2025-26 (F... Read More


Corporate bond issues slip 6% so far in 2025 as high yields turn borrowers cautious

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Companies in India reduced borrowings through corporate bonds in the current financial year, as significant changes in global trade and stubborn domestic yields mostly blunted th... Read More


Axis keeps all options open for infusing capital in non-bank arm Axis Finance

New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- Axis Bank Ltd is still evaluating multiple options to infuse capital into its consumer lending subsidiary Axis Finance, with the process "very much ongoing", according to a top e... Read More


Bank of Baroda plans to tap offshore market with $500 million bond sale

New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- Bank of Baroda, India's second-largest public sector lender, is preparing to raise about $500 million through an issue of US dollar bonds as part of its $4 billion medium-term no... Read More


IndusInd Bank bets on small loans and retail deposits for recovery

Mumbai, Jan. 23 -- IndusInd Bank is banking on its commercial vehicle (CV) and microfinance portfolios to regain lost ground, as the lender attempts to move past accounting issues and leadership trans... Read More


Market bats for continued OMOs, currency swaps to RBI as liquidity pinches

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- In a pre-policy interaction with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), economists and market participants broadly converged on one message: the central bank should focus on easing liq... Read More


What does the market want from RBI? Hint: It's not a rate cut

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- In a pre-policy interaction with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), economists and market participants broadly converged on one message: the central bank should focus on easing liq... Read More