AT1 papers come with a five-year call option. Accordingly, the difference with the five-year government bonds came around 59 basis points annualised. The matrix was as much as 159 basis points last time in December, 2021 when SBI had sold perpetual papers yielding 7.55%.
RBI probing banks’ derivatives books amid IndusInd fallout, sources say
India’s central bank is examining derivatives exposures of some private and state-run banks days after IndusInd Bank disclosed lapses in its derivatives accounting, three sources
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