{"id":30453,"date":"2025-03-01T11:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T06:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30453"},"modified":"2025-04-10T10:58:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T05:28:56","slug":"bond-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bond-central\/","title":{"rendered":"Bond Central"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bond Central Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Markets regulator Sebi recently launched a centralized database portal for corporate bonds, Bond Central.<\/p>\n<h2>About Bond Central<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>centralized database<\/strong> portal <strong>for corporate bonds<\/strong> in India.<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>launched by <\/strong>the Securities and Exchange Board of India (<strong>SEBI<\/strong>) in a bid <strong>to create a single, authentic source <\/strong>of information on such securities.<\/li>\n<li>It has been <strong>developed by the Online Bond Platform Providers Association <\/strong>(OBPP Association) in collaboration <strong>with Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs) <\/strong>comprising stock exchanges and depositories.<\/li>\n<li>It is intended as an information repository for the public at large and is <strong>accessible free of cost.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This database is expected to <strong>enhance transparency<\/strong> and facilitate informed decision-making amongst investors and other market participants .<\/li>\n<li>It will be <strong>operated by the OBPP Association,<\/strong> which is a not-for-profit entity w<strong>ith support from MIIs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bond Central Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Listings<\/strong>: A <strong>unified view of corporate bonds across exchange<\/strong>s <strong>and issuers, <\/strong>ensuring transparency and comparison.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Price Comparison:<\/strong> Investors can <strong>compare corporate bond priceswith <\/strong>Government Securities<strong> (G-Secs) <\/strong>and other fixed-income indices for better decision-making.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Investor-Centric Information<\/strong>: <strong>Access to detailed risk assessments,<\/strong> corporate <strong>bond documents, and disclosure<\/strong>s, enabling investors to evaluate opportunities effectively.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enhanced Transparency: The <\/strong>platform <strong>standardizes corporate bond-related data<\/strong>, reducing information asymmetry and thereby improving trust in the market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bond Central FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is bond market?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. A bond market is a marketplace for debt securities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the difference between stocks and bonds?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Stocks give you ownership in a company, while bonds let you loan money to a company or government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is a zero coupon bond?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. A zero-coupon bond is an investment in debt that does not pay interest but instead trades at a deep discount.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/finance\/news\/sebi-launches-centralised-database-portal-bond-central-for-corporate-bonds-125022800672_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bond Central is India&#8217;s centralized database portal for corporate bonds, offering easy access to bond information, market data, and investment insights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}