SBI on Friday launched India's first bond index series for overseas investors at the lSE . The FTSE SBI Bond Index Series, launched by India's largest commercial bank along with global index and data provider FTSE Russell, is positioned as a first-of-its-kind transparent benchmark for investors in international markets to analyse India's Govt bond market. “In respect of it , we didn't have any international indices on which the international investors could take a call. With the launch alongside FTSE Russell, our intention is to give people a benchmark based on which they can make investment calls,” SBI Chief Arundhati Bhattacharya said.