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Moody’s raises concern on IOC’s debt level
Moody's Investors Service warned about the record high level of borrowing of State-run refiner Indian Oil Corp and said its debt partially offset the improvement in margins of the company during October-December 2012 quarter. The company's borrowings at end-2012 increased to Rs 94,900 crore as against Rs 75,400 crore as of March 201
Moody’s raises concern on IOC’s debt level
Moody's Investors Service warned about the record high level of borrowing of State-run refiner Indian Oil Corp and said its debt partially offset the improvement in margins of the company during October-December 2012 quarter. The company's borrowings at end-2012 increased to Rs 94,900 crore as against Rs 75,400 crore as of March 201
Essar Oil set to replace rupee loan with dollar ones
Reports suggest that Essar Oil plans to raise dollar loans in order to repay some of its rupee loans in order to benefit from the interest differential between these two loans. According to media reports, the company plans to swap rupee loans worth $2.2 billion or Rs 11,700 crore with dollar loans
Essar Oil set to replace rupee loan with dollar ones
Reports suggest that Essar Oil plans to raise dollar loans in order to repay some of its rupee loans in order to benefit from the interest differential between these two loans. According to media reports, the company plans to swap rupee loans worth $2.2 billion or Rs 11,700 crore with dollar loans
SKS completes Rs 411 cr worth securitisation deal
So far in 2012-13, SKS Microfinance clinched five securitisation deals aggregating to Rs 411 crore with banks. The fifth one was a Rs 52.62 crore securitization deal that the bank entered into recently with a private sector bank and which is rated A1 {SO). Meanwhile, it may be noted that the company announced a net profit of Rs 1.2 crore during October-December 2012, after suffering losses in seven consecutive qua
SKS completes Rs 411 cr worth securitisation deal
So far in 2012-13, SKS Microfinance clinched five securitisation deals aggregating to Rs 411 crore with banks. The fifth one was a Rs 52.62 crore securitization deal that the bank entered into recently with a private sector bank and which is rated A1 {SO). Meanwhile, it may be noted that the company announced a net profit of Rs 1.2 crore during October-December 2012, after suffering losses in seven consecutive qua
Cabinet to decide on proposed bank holding company
According to government sources, the cabinet would consider the proposal for setting up a bank holding company for state-run banks soon. The holding company is intended to enable state-run banks to raise capital from the market instead of seeking funds
Air India to repay part of debt by raising funds
In order to reduce its interest outgo on the current dues, Air India plans to repay some of its debt that carry high interest rate. As part of this initiative, the airline plans to borrow Rs 900 crore from banks through issue of bonds. The amount would be used to repay a part of its debt. Air India is said to owe around Rs
Govt sticks to revised fiscal deficit target
Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram informed that the government would not overshoot its revised fiscal deficit target of 5.3 percent in 2012-13. Earlier, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said this year fiscal deficit will be 5.3 per cent, instead of the budget estimate of 5.1 percent.

