Entries Categorized as 'Bonds'

Bonds and Banking: Fork in the road?

Date July 12, 2009

Last Friday’s bond auction results (one, two) are:

New 10 year bond (6.9%) for 6,000 cr. : fully subscribed
6 year 2015 at 6.55% yield, 5000 cr.: fully subscribed
15 year 2024 bond, 7.45% yield, 2000 cr. : fully subscribed
25 year 2034 bond, 7.98…

15,000 cr. bond auction hits subscription wall at the long end

Date June 29, 2009

After weeks of full subscription to the 15,000 crore weekly bond issuances, last Friday’s bond sale was not fully subscribed. Around 900 cr. could not be sold, and devolved on the primary dealers. (That means, the primary dealers had to pay up because …