Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan informed Lok Sabha that some ports in the country received muted response for their tax-free bond issues mainly on account of weak market sentiments and low coupon rates. While Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) wanted to raise Rs 2,000 crore through issue of tax-free bonds, the actual subs
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Muted response to bond issues attributed to weak mkt condition
Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan informed Lok Sabha that some ports in the country received muted response for their tax-free bond issues mainly on account of weak market sentiments and low coupon rates. While Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) wanted to raise Rs 2,000 crore through issue of tax-free bonds, the actual subs
Infrastructure sector faces funding constraints
Industry players complain that most sources of funding like private equity, capital market, bond issue, bank credit for infrastructure companies have dried up because of high risk perception in the sector. According to Suneet Maheshwari, MD & CEO, L&T Infrastructure Finance, private equity has been scarce and the capital market does not favour infrastructure comp
DCI issues tax-free bonds worth Rs 5 bn
Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) is issuing tax-free bonds worth Rs 500 crore and has offered a coupon rate of 6.47 per cent for qualified institutional investors, domestic companies and high net worth individuals. The coupon rate is 7.47 per cent for retail investors. The bonds are of 10-year tenure and 40 per cent of the issue is earmarked for retail investors
Institutions struggle to raise funds via tax-free bonds
Reports indicate that institutions that are allowed to raise tax-free bonds in 2012-13 could mop up only Rs 25,000 crore as against the permission to raise Rs 60,000 crore. It is learnt that investors are not showing much interest in the tax-free bonds as interest rates are expected to fall further in the coming months. Yield on tax-free bonds are set below the yield of the 10-year ben

