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MONEY MARKET AND CAPITAL MARKET. Money Market. Money market is the market for lending and borrowing of short term funds. It deals with the financial assets having a maturity period less than 1 year.
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Money Market • Money market is the market for lending and borrowing of short term funds. • It deals with the financial assets having a maturity period less than 1 year. • It deals with only those assets which can be converted into cash readily and with minimum transaction cost.
Money Market Instruments • Call money Market • Treasury Bills • Certificates of Deposit • Commercial Papers • Repo Instruments
Call money Market • Market for extremely short period loans- 1 day to 14 days. • Loans are repayable at demand at the option of either the lender or the borrower.
Commercial Papers • Issuers: All Pvt sector companies, Public sector units and non banking companies. • Investors: Individuals, Banks, Corporates, NRI’s • Features: • Instrument comprising promissory note with fixed maturity. • Issued at a discount to face value basis but can also be issued in interest bearing form. • No pledging of asset. • Can be issued directly by the company or through banks
Treasury Bills • Issued to the public and other financial institutions for meeting the short term financial requirements of the central government. • On the basis of periodicity, TB’s can be classified into- • 91 Days TB’s (issued at a fixed discount of 4%) • 182 Days TB’s • 364 Days TB’s (do not carry any fixed rate. The discount rate is quoted in the auction by the participants and accepted by the authorities)
Certificates of Deposit • Issuers: Commercial Banks, Financial Institutions. • Subscribers: Individuals, Corporations, Trusts, associations and NRI’s • Features: • Freely negotiable • Issued at discount to face value. • Repayable at fixed date.
Primary Market • Also known as new issue market • The services of Primary market are entirely taken up by banks, brokers and underwriters • It deals with the new securities which are issued for the first time for the public subscription. • It is also a Platform for expansion, diversification and modernization of existing units.
Functions • Origination • Underwriter • Distribution