Bond Swap

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  How Much Greece Owes to International Creditors

  Private investors hold 38.7 billion euros of Greek government bonds following a major write-down and debt swap in 2012 that reduced the Greek debt stock by 107 billion euros and the value of private holdings by an estimated 75 percent.

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  RBI Panel Discusses Steps to Encourage Retailers in Government Securities

  The Reserve Bank of India's technical advisory committee on Tuesday discussed introduction of interest rate options, credit default swaps and repo in corporate bonds with a view to encourage retail participation and deepen financial markets.

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  Dow Rallies 196 Points on Greek Deal Hopes; Energy Gains

  Greece's new government has proposed ending a standoff with its international creditors by swapping its outstanding debt for new growth-linked bonds, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was quoted as saying on Monday.

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  Debt Markets Start Pricing in Early 2015 Rate Cut; Rally Seen to Continue

  Traders said they expect the debt and swap market rally to continue in the near-term, though the pace of the rally may slow until there is more clarity on the timing of the rate move.

• IFC Launches $2.5 Billion Rupee-Denominated Bonds for Infra Projects

  Under the programme, IFC will use a combination of rupee-denominated bonds and swaps to raise local-currency financing of up to $2.5 billion, or Rs 15,000 crore, over the next five years," the statement said.

• Government likely to implement debt swap soon: report

  Under the planned debt switch, the government will buy short dated debt maturing in fiscal years 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 and in turn sell longer-dated bonds to markets.

• Bonds extend gains, track rupee

  Traders also sitting light, some punting on the central bank easing liquidity post end-November when the concessional swap facility for non-resident Indians closes.

• India may implement Rs 50,000 cr debt swap in February: report

  India was expected to hold off on its first debt swap because the current period of volatility in bond markets could make it less successful, the officials said.

• Government bond futures: Product design key to success, say bankers

  Even as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is working on launching a futures instrument in government bonds, market players are having reservations over the design of the proposed product, citing poor experience in the past with such derivative instruments.

• RBI's short-term rate cut spurs bond market rally

  Benchmark 10-year bond yields dropped as much as 23 basis points at one point, while overnight index swap rates also plunged. The rupee closed largely unchanged.

• Mutual funds allowed to participate in Credit Default Swap transactions

  Market regulator Sebi today allowed mutual funds to participate in Credit Default Swap (CDS) transactions, which allow business entities to hedge risks associated with the bonds market.

• RBI panel for increasing investment limit for FIIs in government bonds

  The investment limit for FIIs in G-Sec is at present capped at $ 15 billion.

• Asia stocks down as Fed action deemed too little

  At the end of a two-day policy meeting Wednesday, the Fed said it was extending a program called Operation Twist, under which the Fed swaps short-term bonds for longer-term ones to help keep long-term interest rates low. But analysts said the program's extension might not provide much benefit. Businesses and consumers who aren't borrowing now aren'...

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  Daniel Craig drinks beer "every morning"

  The actor is currently filming Skyfall, where Bond will swap his Vodka Martini for a glass of beer, admits its also his drink of choice.

• James Bond to swap Vodka martinis for beer

  James Bond will swap his trademark Vodka Martini for a beer in the next movie Skyfall.