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TopicBond sales

Topic: Bond sales

Battered Indian bonds get some relief after RBI cancels debt sale

The reprieve may be short-lived as traders are worried about the unprecedented bond sales of about Rs 15 lakh crore for the fiscal year starting April amid dwindling demand.

Gautam Adani seeks to raise $1 billion in bonds to refinance Mumbai Airport debt

Barclays, JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank are among banks arranging the bond sale to raise the funds. The proceeds will be used to refinance a rupee loan taken earlier this year.

RBI needs to take unconventional steps as rate cuts aren’t helping economy: Bond manager

RBI should pull down long-term yields by selling short-tenor bonds and reinvesting in longer-term ones, says IDFC AMC’s Suyash Choudhary.

Modi govt’s flip-flop on foreign bond sale leaves traders on tenterhooks

Bonds dropped Thursday after an official told reporters that the Modi govt hasn’t decided on the offshore bond sale yet.

Risks flagged by economists, RBI to review Modi govt’s foreign bond sale plan

The Reserve Bank of India’s board will meet next month to discuss, among others, the nation’s proposed maiden offshore bond sale plan, said sources.

India’s plan to raise $10 billion comes at a time when world is desperate for yield

The deal will give global funds more access to Indian sovereign bonds, and may also let the country’s other issuers adjust debt sale prices.

Ex-RBI chief, deputies oppose Modi govt’s proposal for overseas bond sale

An ex-governor and two deputies of the RBI have argued that the time is not ideal for such an issuance because India runs quite a large budget deficit.

King of Indian bond sales warns of biggest crisis since Lehman

Axis Bank's Shashikant Rathi says the bond market is in 'complete chaos' since the shock defaults last year by IL&FS.

Airtel and Jio prepare for a Rs 36,500 crore final telecom battle

Mittal-controlled Bharti Airtel and Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Infocomm bond sale may finally end India's steep telecom price pain.

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India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?