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Debt markets are tricky for retail investors. Blame complexities and the lack of a uniform platform.

Debt markets are tricky for retail investors. Blame complexities and the lack of a uniform platform.
Debt markets are tricky for retail investors. Blame complexities and the lack of a uniform platform.
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Institutional participation in the retail-debt market, essential for liquidity, faces significant hurdles. As a result, even the retail government-securities segments are plagued by extreme illiquidity. The primary reason is the lacklustre participation by banks. The third part of a series on the state of debt markets in India.

Numerous initiatives have been taken over the years to increase participation in the debt market. However, they have failed to find success. While the earlier stories in this series discussed the underlying cause of the recent events and the primary reasons for the lack of liquidity in the debt market, this part will look at the challenges that confront institutions wanting to participate in wholesale debt markets. One of them is the wide array
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