For some time now, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been trying to increase retail participation in State Development Loans (SDLs)—debt papers issued by the state governments to raise money from investors.
SDLs pay slightly higher interest than the debt securities issued by the...
ECL Finance (ECLF), a non-banking finance company (NBFC), plans to raise Rs500 crore through the issue of secured non-convertible debentures (NCDs). The proposed NCD issue is the second tranche in a series of borrowings.
Subscriptions to the Tranche-II issue commenced on 4 November...
Not long after the wounds of the shadow banking crisis from the fallout of Infrastructure Leasing & Finance company, Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL) and Yes Bank, a new problem emerged in the fixed-income sector. The cause of the problem is the same—bad loans—but it has now caught even the...
Muthoot Finance plans to raise Rs1,000 crore from the public through the issue of secured non-convertible debentures (NCDs). Subscriptions to the tranche-3 issue of the NCD opened on 27 September 2019 and will end on 25 October 2019, or earlier, at the company’s discretion. The NCDs are...
When investing for the short term or earning a fixed return with highest capital protection, bank fixed deposits (FDs) are a convenient choice for many. However, bank FDs are no longer offering high returns as they did a few years back. Many banks have reduced their term deposit rates to...
