In a candid interview, finance veteran Arun Purwar, Chairman of IndiaVenture Advisors Pvt Ltd & PHL Finance, suggests that since the bond market is deep enough to take care of funding requirements of infrastructure projects, the government must encourage infrastructure fund raising through the bonds.
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Reliance raises Jaypee funds
Reliance Power has initia¡ted discussions with the Singapore government-owned investment firm, Temasek Holdings, to raise up to $500 million and tie up funding for the three Jaypee Group hydroelectric power assets that it is acquiring
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The new alternative
Despite sluggishness in the infrastructure sector, Alternate Investment Funds managed to attract the maximum amount of investments during the year,
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Reform agenda: Hoping for relief
Hindsight: The rising interest rate is a grave concern for infrastructure companies. The beleaguered funding situation have seen a number of projects already been put on hold in the planning stage itself.
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India Infoline to issue Rs 10.5 bn worth debentures
India Infoline Finance would issue non-convertible debentures worth Rs 525 crore with an option to retain over-subscription of a similar amount. In other words, the non-banking finance arm of India Infoline would mop up a maximum of Rs 1,050 crore through this issuanc
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PFC to issue tax free bonds
State-run Power Finance Corp is in the process of issuing around Rs 150 crore ($23 million) worth of tax-free bonds across different maturities. While the firm would issue 10-year tax-free bonds at 8.04 percent, 15-year bonds at 8.41 percent, and 20-year bonds at 8.40
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Srei Infra hikes base lending rate to 18%
Considering the rise in the cost of funds for the infrastructure sector, Srei Infrastructure Finance raised benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points. Thus, the new benchmark rate stands at 18 percent per annum effective from Sept. 1, 2013 compared to the earlier rate of 17.50 percent
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Govt may hold capital infusion until market stabilises
Unconfirmed reports indicate that the government may wait for the stock market to stabilise before infusing capital into state-run banks. The government feels that the chances of losing huge amount of money is lower once the stock prices reach a stable
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Financial strength ratings of banks downgraded
International ratings agency Moody's downgraded the bank financial strength ratings or BFSRs and the issuer ratings of some state-run banks viz. Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank and Union Bank. Moody's also downgraded by one notch their local currency deposit ratings. While it affirmed the ratings of Union Bank of India, it changed the outlook on its BFSR to n
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Firms look to raise funds from abroad
Media reports indicate that several companies, including Reliance Industries (RIL) are taking efforts to raise debt in dollar. Other firms who want to raise dollar funds include Essar Steel, Adani Enterprises and JSW Steel, reports indic