
Foreign investors to get more access to rupee debt market
Highlights of the Report
- Non-resident investors bring volume and liquidity to the financial markets as there is a large corpus of savings available overseas, forever in search of yields.
- There has been a gradual effort to remove the barriers to entry for non-resident investors in the debt segment.
- The gradual process is motivated by the possibility of sudden reversals causing turbulence in the interest rates.
- RBI would also work towards enhancing the overall liquidity in government securities market in terms of availability of two-way quotes in less liquid maturities through targeted market making schemes.
- Further, measures towards activation of a securities lending and borrowing programme, inter-operability of depositories for smooth transfer of ownership in securities will receive attention.
Source
Indian Express.
Source
The Hindu