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Fixed Income & Money Markets Business

Fixed Income & Money Markets Business. May 11th, 2000. Products. Securities Government Bonds Commercial Paper DFI Bonds and CDs Corporate bonds. Funding & Gapping FX Re/$ Swaps. Interest Rate Derivatives. Overview of the Money Markets. Structure of Short-term rates.

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Fixed Income & Money Markets Business

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  1. Fixed Income & Money Markets Business May 11th, 2000

  2. Products • Securities • Government Bonds • Commercial Paper • DFI Bonds and CDs • Corporate bonds • Funding & Gapping • FX Re/$ Swaps • Interest Rate Derivatives

  3. Overview of the Money Markets

  4. Structure of Short-term rates • Repo Rate Floating Rate Rate at which Central Bank drains liquidity • Bank Rate 7% (Level I) Rate at which the Central Bank lends money to PDs / banks • Reverse Repo Floating Rate Daily Auction of Money where RBI injects money into the system at a variable rate (Liquidity Adjustment Facility) determined on the basis of bids received from the market. • RBI targets a corridor for overnight rates • Increased reliance on Open Market Operations for monetary management • Short term money markets (3-6mth) not developed

  5. Instruments, Yields and Market Size Instruments Present Yield Size ( $ MM) Participants Call 8.50% - 9.00% 3000 / day Banks / PDs. DFIs & MFs - only to lend Term (91 days) 10.00% - 10.50% 450 o/s Banks / PDs DFIs - borrow 3 months + Repo (14d) 9.25% - 9.75% 350 o/s Banks / PDs / DFIs / MFs CPs (90d) 9.80% 1200 o/s All CDs (3m) 9.90% - 10.25% 1600 o/s Banks and DFIs Tbills (3m) 9.25% Auction Calendar No restrictions 14-D, 3m, 6m, 1y

  6. Overview of the Debt Markets

  7. The Government is the Largest Issuer Feb-2000 Govt.. of India $ 69 MMM Public Sector Bonds $ 9 MMM State Governments $ 8 MMM T-bills $ 4 MMM DFIs/ Banks $ 7 MMM Corporate Bonds $ 3 MMM Total $100MMM

  8. Trading on the National Stock Exchange The NSE is the primary exchange where corporate and government debt is traded

  9. Secondary Market Trading Volumes Increase in number and type of participants, along with falling interest rates, has led to increased trading volumes

  10. 0.90% Yield Curve - Government of India bonds Yields have declined steadily driven by poor credit off-take, rate cuts and falling inflation

  11. 1.9% Yield Curve - AAA Corporate Bonds AAA corporate yields have declined faster, driven by mutual fund demand and flight to quality

  12. New Developments

  13. New Developments . . . . . . . . . Interest Rate Derivatives • Guidelines issued in July 1999 • Currently, Notional Outstanding in IRS over USD 400 MM • Overnight rates - are the only reliable benchmark for all swaps • Limited inter-bank deals • ISDA documentation • Not represented fully by all foreign banks & Primary Dealers • Absence of nationalised banks • Other derivatives have not taken off • IRD scope widened to include Mutual Funds

  14. New Developments . . . . . . . . . Mutual Fund Growth • New Mutual Fund Policy • Dividends Tax free in the hands of the investor • Debt Fund to pay 20% tax on dividend distributed ( 0% for Equity) • Ability for investor to enhance post-tax return by Dividend stripping • Impact • Compression of spread between GOI and corporate yield • Sharp increase in funds mobilised by MFs • Pressure on Banking spreads • Statutory Reserves (35% on deposits) • Differential Tax treatment (30% on Interest income) • Capital Adequacy Requirements

  15. Going forward - What is required • Permission to short securities for increasing liquidity • Develop the market for strips / When issued market in GOI securities • Securitization market - Need for legal framework & investor awareness • Corporate Debt • Extension of repo market - participants & eligible securities • Dematerialisation of corporate bonds • Align stamp duty on all debt contracts to that applicable to Govt.. Securities • Removal of withholding tax for FIIs on debt securities • Development of retail interest in Corporate & Govt.. Debt

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