A few months ago, SEBI reduced the face value of private NCD placements from ₹1 lakh to ₹10,000. The main reason behind this move was to encourage retail participation in the debt market. At the time, my concern was whether companies would lower the face value of their own NCDs. Since SEBI implemented this reduction, there have been many private placements; however, no company has introduced bonds with a ₹10,000 face value in the market. It seems companies might also want to keep retail investors away from the private NCD market. If we talk about listed and public NCD rounds, only a handful of companies raise debt from the public regularly; otherwise, most companies prefer private placements. As for retail investors, their primary option for investing in debt remains government bonds. Alternatively, they have to invest through mutual funds, which involves paying a small management fee.
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