Tata Realty and Infrastructure has invested in SEZs, but its CEO Sanjay Ubale tells Shashidhar Nanjundaiah why SEZs no longer offer a lucrative platform for investors.
Category: Infrastructure Finance
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More on Board
The Board of Directors of Larsen & Toubro announced that R Shankar Raman will be appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company on 6 September 2011, and will subsequently be elevated to the Board on 1 October 2011.
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FSDC for urgent steps to set up infra debt funds
The Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, has decided to initiate steps for a more vibrant corporate bond market to enable industry to raise debt funds for infrastructure.
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Kerala to spend Rs 1 tn on infra projects
In the next few years, the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) will be working on several mega projects worth Rs 100,000 crore.
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New financing tool to boost infra funding
The government is likely to clear a new financing tool, which would help infrastructure project developers access funds at a cheaper rate based on a guarantee and also free funds for banks to lend to industry and retail borrowers.
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Next Railways Budget may not feature new projects
Burdened with Rs 2.5 lakh crore of projects stuck due to paucity of funds and other reaÂsons, the Indian Railways plans to give itself a 'plan holiday' in announcing new projects in 2012-13.
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Banks can up infra lending by Rs 1 lakh cr: CRISIL
Banks can increase their funding capaÂcity to the infrastructure sector by Rs 100,000 crore over the next four years, rating agency CRISIL said.
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Lock-in period of infra bonds to be halved
Aiming at creating greater interest among foreign investors, the Finance Ministry has decided to halve the lock-in period for foreign portfolio investments in infrastructure boÂnds to on-and-a-half years.
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MFs with 5-yr record can float infra debt funds
With regard to the infrastructure debt funds (IDFs), the SEBI board has approved the framework for setting up of the IDF by any existing mutual fund house that has been in the infrastructure financing business for at least five years.
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$40-50 bn PE is needed in five years
M K Sinha, President and CEO, IDFC Project Equity Company, explains why private equity will rally through a period of concern about infrastructure. Although the projects are finanÂceable, execution delays can render proÂjects unprofitable.