Category: Infrastructure Finance

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Srei Infra to launch $500 mn infra debt fund

Srei Infra to launch $500 mn infra debt fund

Hemant Kanoria, Chairman and Managing Director of Srei Infrastructure Finance informed that the firm would raise $500 million through its infrastructure debt fund. Srei would deploy the funds on the sub sectors which provide good regulatory clarity like toll roads, power transmission etc. The company would launch the fund through the MF route

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Srei Infra to launch $500 mn infra debt fund

Srei Infra to launch $500 mn infra debt fund

Hemant Kanoria, Chairman and Managing Director of Srei Infrastructure Finance informed that the firm would raise $500 million through its infrastructure debt fund. Srei would deploy the funds on the sub sectors which provide good regulatory clarity like toll roads, power transmission etc. The company would launch the fund through the MF route

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Bankers to take final call on debt recast for Suzlon

Bankers to take final call on debt recast for Suzlon

Reports indicate that lenders of the debt-ridden Suzlon Energy may meet soon to take a final call on the corporate debt restructuring (CDR) exercise. Suzlon has asked bankers to provide the company with fresh loans of Rs 2,000 crore to meet payment requirements, Rs 3,000 crore as a working capital loan and a

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Bankers to take final call on debt recast for Suzlon

Bankers to take final call on debt recast for Suzlon

Reports indicate that lenders of the debt-ridden Suzlon Energy may meet soon to take a final call on the corporate debt restructuring (CDR) exercise. Suzlon has asked bankers to provide the company with fresh loans of Rs 2,000 crore to meet payment requirements, Rs 3,000 crore as a working capital loan and a

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MBL to tie up funds for Rs 5 bn highway project

MBL to tie up funds for Rs 5 bn highway project

A recent report by CRISIL Research shows that MBL Infrastructures (MBL) may attain financial closure for its over Rs 500 crore Bikaner–Suratgarh highway widening project during Jan-Mar 2013. The company was earlier awarded the project for Developing and Operation of Bikaner–Suratgarh Section of NH–15 in Rajasthan by the state government. The project has been awarded to the consortium led by MBL

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MBL to tie up funds for Rs 5 bn highway project

MBL to tie up funds for Rs 5 bn highway project

A recent report by CRISIL Research shows that MBL Infrastructures (MBL) may attain financial closure for its over Rs 500 crore Bikaner–Suratgarh highway widening project during Jan-Mar 2013. The company was earlier awarded the project for Developing and Operation of Bikaner–Suratgarh Section of NH–15 in Rajasthan by the state government. The project has been awarded to the consortium led by MBL

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Govt to decide on funding for state-run banks

Govt to decide on funding for state-run banks

Financial Services Secretary DK Mittal informed that the government would soon decide on allocation of funding to boost the capital base of public sector banks. He also said that boards of each of the banks that need capital would have to decide whether they want to infuse capital through a rights issue. Leading public sector banks that need capital infusion are
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Govt raises foreign investment limit in bonds

Govt raises foreign investment limit in bonds

Government allowed foreign investors to invest up to $75 billion in Indian bonds compared to the earlier limit of $65 billion. The government raised this limit by allowing foreign investors to deploy an additional $5 billion each in corporate bonds issued by non-infrastructure companies and government bonds. Inves

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Issurers unsure of retail participation in bond issue

Issurers unsure of retail participation in bond issue

Issuers are not sure whether there would be sufficient participation from retail investors for their tax-free infrastructure bond issues in order to meet the regulatory requirement. According to government norms, issuers must raise at least 40 percent of the capital mopped up through public bond issue from retail

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Ramesh finds fault at microfinance model

Ramesh finds fault at microfinance model

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh remarked that it is not possible to alleviate poverty through microfinance institutions (MFIs). In his valedictory address at the recently held Micro finance summit, the minister said one should be somehow more modest in the expectation of micro-finance and micro-finance institutions. To think that we are g