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Indian Bond Bankers Urge SEBI for Greater Funding Flexibility

Indian Bond Bankers Urge SEBI for Greater Funding Flexibility

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CNBC TV18•25-02-2026, 18:29

Indian Bond Bankers Urge SEBI for Greater Funding Flexibility

•Indian merchant bankers seek SEBI's permission to borrow funds against bonds to enhance underwriting flexibility.
•Current regulations limit underwriting based on net worth, barring them from using the bond market for this purpose.
•Bankers also requested approval to raise funds via banks, non-banking financiers, and capital markets.
•These changes would help manage unsold bonds and align them with primary dealers in the sovereign bond market.
•The move aims to deepen India's 58-trillion-rupee corporate bond market, facing low liquidity and high transaction costs.

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