Certificate of Deposit in India

CDs are negotiable money market instrument issued in demat form or as a Usance Promissory Notes. CDs issued by banks should not have the maturity less than seven days and not more than one year. Financial Institutions are allowed to issue CDs for a period between 1 year and up to 3 years. CDs are like bank term deposits but unlike traditional time deposits these are freely negotiable and are often referred to as Negotiable Certificates of Deposit. CDs normally…
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Money Market in India

What is Money Market? The money market provides investment avenues of short term tenor. Money market transactions are generally used for funding the transactions in other markets including Government securities market and meeting short term liquidity mismatches. By definition, money market is for a maximum tenor of up to one year. Within the one year, depending upon the tenors, money market is classified into: i. Overnight market -  The tenor of transactions is one working day. ii. Notice money market…
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