Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Should Corporate Bonds Count as SLR?

....The main objective of SLR bonds is to generate liquidity whenever needed. This can be done either through repo market or through outright sale. Gsecs are well-accepted collateral in a deep and liquid repo market and are also eligible for availing refinance from RBI. The g-sec secondary market is also reasonably liquid and can generate cash on T+1 basis. The repo market in case of corporate bonds is yet to take off and the secondary market is illiquid and lacks market infrastructure similar to g-secs. SLR instruments, issued by the RBI through a transparent auction mechanism, are easily accessible to all classes of investors......



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