New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- With the Indian bond market expected to remain rangebound in the near term amid expectations of a prolonged rate cut pause by the Reserve Bank of India, Avnish Jain, Head Fixed Income, Canara Robeco Asset Management Company, explained why investors should consider corporate bonds over government papers. Edited excerpts:

While rate easing has again commenced in the US, with the US Federal Reserve cutting rates by 25bps, in India, the situation is different. The RBI Monetary Policy Committee (RBI MPC) has already delivered a 100bps rate in CY2025. In the past two policy meetings, the RBI MPC has maintained the status quo on the policy rate whilst keeping the stance at neutral. The Governor opined that, as per RBI's e...