Debt market News

According to depositories data, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) infused Rs 16,455 crore in equities during November 1-24, besides, they put in Rs 754 crore in the debt market during the period under review, resulting in an inflow of Rs 17,209 crore (USD 2.65 billion).

Though there's no denying that credit growth continues to decline, the RBI data on sectoral credit growth shows only one side of the story as credit per se has been expanding through non-banking channels, primarily in the debt market, said a report.

Mutual fund managers have pumped in over Rs 27,000 crore in debt market so far this month, primarily on account of participation from corporate and retail investors.

Foreign investors have pulled out nearly Rs 6,000 crore from the Indian debt markets in the first two weeks of this month, after pumping in a staggering amount in September.

Foreign investors have pumped in nearly Rs 6,800 crore (USD 1 billion) into the country's capital markets so far this month, driven by global and domestic factors.

Mutual fund managers pumped in nearly Rs 43,000 crore into the debt market since the beginning of June, taking the total to around Rs 76,000 crore so far in the current fiscal.

Taipei: Apple Inc plans to issue bonds in Taiwan for the first time with the aim of raising $1 billion, sources familiar with the matter said, joining a queue of big global names that have sold billions of dollars on the island`s busy debt market.

A favourite of foreign investors for many years, Indian equities seem to have lost the plot this year as the net inflows of the so-called 'hot money' or foreign portfolio investments dipped below USD 3 billion.  

Mutual fund managers remain bullish on the debt markets and have pumped in more than Rs 2 trillion (Rs 2 lakh crore) in them during the ongoing fiscal so far.

Majority of Indian large-cap equity and debt funds have underperformed their respective benchmark indices over a five-year period ended June 30, 2015, shows data from the SPIVA India scorecard.

Foreign investors have pulled out close to Rs 6,500 crore from stock markets in September amid worries over a global economic slowdown, making it the second consecutive monthly outflow.

Foreign investors have pulled out nearly Rs 6,000 crore from capital markets in this month so far on account of various global and domestic factors.

India's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank Wednesday hit the US dollar debt market with a benchmark issue, under which it plans to raise up to USD 500 million, market sources said.

India Inc raised a staggering over Rs 1.33 lakh crore from markets in the first two months of the current fiscal (2015-16), with debt emerging as the most preferred route.

The fallout of Greece crisis has largely been factored in by markets even though an immediate jolt is not ruled out and India can be impacted with upheavals expected in stocks and debt markets, Assocham has said.

This follows a fund infusion of nearly Rs 6 lakh crore in debt market in the last financial year.

Overseas investors have pulled out more than Rs 14,000 crore from the Indian capital markets in May, making it the first month of net outflows in nearly two years.

Bonds rates are expected to firm up further in anticipation that the US Federal Reserve will raise rates.

Mutual funds pumped in over Rs 40,000 crore in equity markets in 2014-15, making it their first net inflow in six years for an entire fiscal.

IL&FS Transportation Networks, the international arm of infra company IL&FS, has raised 630 million yuan or about USD 100 million from the Chinese debt market offering a coupon of 5.75 percent, say market sources.