Who can issue fixed income securities?

Fixed income securities are issued either by the central government and state government, known as government securities or the G-Sec markets, or by the big corporate houses, also known as non G-sec market or other entity to finance and expand their operations.

The government bonds are issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the behalf of the government whereas the corporate bond market (also known as the non-Gsec market) consists of financial institutions (FI) bonds, public sector units (PSU) bonds, and corporate bonds/debentures.

Fixed-income securities provide investors a return in the form of fixed periodic payments and eventual return of principal at maturity.

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