November Bond Sales Set to Rebound as Issuers Race Ahead of Rate Hike

Dehuti Jani

November 3, 2026 at 11:34 AM IST

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Masterclass with Michael Patra

Operational Realities in Monetary Policy Transmission

Monetary policy transmission begins instantly in money markets, but frictions across rates, bonds and bank credit weaken its speed and strength.

Michael Debabrata Patra

October 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM IST

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September Rush Keeps First-Half Corporate Bond Issuance Near Last Year’s Level

Dehuti Jani

October 1, 2026 at 11:05 AM IST

Tokenisation Can Fix Bond Plumbing. It Cannot Create Liquidity

SEBI's Demat 2.0 pilot can modernise how corporate bonds settle, but deeper markets will depend on broader participation, price discovery and risk-taking capital.

Amit Sinha

September 23, 2026 at 5:00 AM IST

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Heavy Supply Reverses Trend; 15-Year State Bond Yields Rise Above AAA Corporate Bonds

Nishat Anjum

August 31, 2026 at 11:20 AM IST

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India’s Next Banking Leap Lies Beyond What Customers Ever See

India transformed everyday banking through digital infrastructure. Its next challenge is the less visible overhaul of financial markets, risk management and supervision.

Rahul Ghosh

July 15, 2026 at 6:08 AM IST

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Tokenising Corporate Bonds: Can Technology Deepen India’s Debt Market?

The corporate bond market continues to face deep structural challenges—limited market making, concentrated liquidity, a narrow investor base, and relatively low retail awareness. Whether technology can help overcome these challenges is the big question.

Venkatakrishnan Srinivasan

July 2, 2026 at 5:35 AM IST

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India’s Bond Market Debate Needs a Wider Lens

India must shift from bank-led infrastructure finance to deeper bond markets that price risk transparently and recycle long-term savings into new assets.

Arvind Mayaram

May 29, 2026 at 4:00 AM IST

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Yield Volatility Slows Bond Issuances, But Themes for 2026-27 Are Emerging

Yield volatility, crude oil pressures and shifting funding preferences have slowed bond issuances, though the borrowing pipeline across sectors remains structurally strong.

Venkatakrishnan Srinivasan

May 11, 2026 at 8:06 AM IST

Corporate Bond Growth Hasn’t Shifted India’s Bank-Led Financial System

India’s corporate bond market is growing, but it has not fundamentally changed how credit flows through the financial system. Banks remain dominant, with bond market growth adding capacity rather than reshaping the system.

Abhishek Dey

April 17, 2026 at 9:37 AM IST

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India’s Bond Market Puzzle: The Missing Market Makers

India’s bond market lacks depth because trading remains thin. Unless natural players like the banks take a larger role in government and corporate debt, liquidity and benchmarks will remain weak.

Rahul Ghosh

March 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM IST

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Will Total Return Swaps Rescue India’s Corporate Bond Market?

RBI’s TRS framework promises synthetic liquidity in corporate bonds, but without deeper cash markets, derivatives may amplify fragility, not depth.

R. Gurumurthy

February 16, 2026 at 3:25 AM IST

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Bond Market-Making Needs Capital, Not Just Mandates

India wants market makers to revive corporate bond trading. Even gilts never got meaningful liquidity from mandates. Without risk capital, market-making will remain rhetoric.

R. Gurumurthy

February 12, 2026 at 7:22 AM IST

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Why Indians Know More About Crypto Than Corporate Bonds

SEBI finds Indians recognise cryptocurrency over bonds. Why participation beats predictability in markets and what behavioural finance reveals about risk.

Krishnadevan V

February 9, 2026 at 6:40 AM IST

Budget 2026

A Quiet Budget Signal That Could Wake India’s Corporate Bond Market

A low-key Budget proposal on total return swaps could transform India’s corporate bond market if regulators align infrastructure, liquidity and risk appetite in time.

Karan Mehrishi

February 5, 2026 at 8:20 AM IST

Basis Shorts

November 3

NSE Gets a Lift From Some Missing Baggage

Central Banks Are Buying Gold for Security, Not Just Returns

November 2

Midterms May Change US Congress, Not the Global Market Risks

Factories Stockpile at a Record Pace While Few Expect to Produce More

Apollo Micro Moves from Circuits to Charges

RBI’s $239 Billion Forward Dollar Short Position Narrows Its Room to Manoeuvre

The Bureau

Indian Equities Extend Rally for Fourth Session; Rupee Firm

November Bond Sales Set to Rebound as Issuers Race Ahead of Rate Hike

India October Gross GST Revenue Rises 22.9% to ₹2.31 Trillion

Drug Price Control, KG Basin Dispute, Digital Arrest Regulations, Data Protection Law, and more

Bank Credit to Services Sector Surges 28.3% on Year in September

India Services Export Growth Slows to 7.2% on year in September

Finance Ministry Sees India July-September GDP Growth at 7.35%

India's Energy Transition: The Hard Part is Yet to Come