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PAPER ON CORPORATE BONDS What Its is ???

A corporate bond is a bond issued by a corporation. The term is usually applied to longer-term debt instruments, generally with a maturity date falling at least a year after their issue date. (The term "commercial paper" is sometimes used for instruments with a shorter maturity)

Types
Corporate debt falls into several broad categories: o secured debt vs unsecured debt o senior debt vs subordinated debt Generally, the higher one's position in the company's capital structure, the stronger one's claims to the company's assets in the event of a default.

Risk Analysis
Compared to government bonds, corporate bonds generally have a higher risk of default Risk depends, of course, upon the o Particular corporation issuing the bond, o Current market conditions and o Governments to which the bond issuer is being compared and o Rating of the company

AAA and AA: High credit-quality investment grade AA and BBB: Medium credit-quality investment grade BB, B, CCC, CC, C: Low credit-quality (non-investment grade), or "junk bonds" D: Bonds in default for non-payment of principal and/or interest There are three major players in the industry.

Moodys, or Moodys Investors Service, is probably the best known of the bond rating agencies. Moodys, founded in 1900, ranks debt and provides risk analysis from offices around the globe. The company also offers a slew of reports, services and training, but costs are generally prohibitive for average investors. S&P, or Standard & Poors, also offers a ranking service, but uses a slightly different letter code than does Moodys. S&P also provides reports and services for investors. But of particular interest to smaller investors are the free Webcasts featuring S&P analysts.

Fitch, or Fitch Ratings, is probably the least-well-known of the major players. But thats more likely a function of poor marketing rather than anything else. Fitch offers the same sorts of services as Moodys and S&P. And for smaller investors, Fitch offers a free RSS feed of its news releases. The second tier of bond-rating agencies consists of A. M. Best, Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd., Ratings and Investment Information, Inc. and Dominion Bond Rating Service. The scores and the scorecards

The highest ranking accorded to any bond is AAA. The three major credit ratings agencies all use that three-letter code to denote that a bond is as safe as any bond can be.

A chart of the codes used by the three major agencies can be found here.

Moodys ranks bonds with the following codes: Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C. Fitch and S&P use these codes: AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, C, D.

The three major agencies also sometimes use intermediate scores such as BBB or BBB-.

4.10 Exposure in respect of bonds guaranteed by Public Financial Institutions (PFIs) 1. The investments made by the banks in the bonds and debentures of corporates which are guaranteed by a PFI listed in the Annex 2, will be treated as an exposure of the bank on the PFI and not on the corporate. Guarantees issued by a PFI to the bonds of the corporates will be treated as an exposure of the PFI to the corporate whereas the exposure of the bank on the PFI guaranteeing the corporate bond will be to the extent of 100 per cent of the banks investment. Initially, such exposures of the PFI to the corporate were required to be reckoned to the extent of 50 per cent of the value of such guarantees, being nonfunded exposure, but with effect from April 1, 2003, such exposure are also required to be reckoned at 100 per cent of the value of such guarantees.

Eligibility Criteria for Listing of Debt Securities Issuer Public Sector Undertaking: Min. 51% holding by Central Govt, and/or State Govts. and/or Govt. Company.

Eligibility Criteria for Listing Public Issue Private Placement As applicable to As applicable to corporates corporates As applicable to corporates As applicable to PSUs As applicable to corporates Eligible As applicable to corporates As applicable to corporates As applicable to corporates Credit rating

Less than 51% shareholding

Statutory Corporation under Special Act of Parliament/State Legislature, Local bodies / authorities: Min. 51% holding by Central Govt and/or State Govts. And/or Govt.Company
Less than 51% shareholding Financial Institutions u/s 4A of Companies Act. , 1956 including Industrial Development Corporations: SLR Bonds Non-SLR Bonds Banks: Scheduled banks, and Networth of Rs. 50 cr or above Corporates : Paid up capital of Rs. 10 crore ,or Market capitalization of Rs. 25 crore. (Networth in case of unlisted companies) Infrastructure Companies: Tax exemption & recognition as Infrastructure Company under related statues/regulation. Mutual Fund Units: Any SEBI registered Mutual Fund/ Scheme: Investment objective to invest predominantly in debt or Scheme is traded in secondary market as Debt instrument.

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