The Indian corporate bond market has remained small in size despite a long history, several committee recommendations, and continuous reforms. It is besieged by several problems ranging from illiquid secondary market, narrow investor base, lack of diversity of instruments, crowding out by large public issuance, high costs of borrowing, information asymmetry, regulatory restrictions on demand, unavailability of repo options, to absence of well-functioning derivatives market and credit enhancement facilities that could absorb interest and default risks.
