Reports suggest that the officials of labour ministry and the finance ministry may soon discuss the issue of allowing EmployeesÂ’ Provident Fund Organisation to invest in infrastructure debt funds (IDF). Presently, EPFO is not allowed to invest a part of its Rs 5 lakh crore corpus in the IDF. It is learnt that the organisation, through the labour ministry, has already begu
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Model agreement to protect investors’ interest
The model tripartite agreement (TA), cleared by the government for financing of infrastructure projects would secure the interest of investors, experts argue. In October 2012, the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure cleared the model tripartite agreement whic
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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
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 's IDF
Having received approval from the Sebi for setting up an infra debt fund (IDF) through the mutual fund route, Srei Infrastructure Finance would begin the process now and hopes to launch it in January 2013. The Kolkata-based NBFC said that this would be finalised later. IDF is required as the country is set to invest huge amounts into the infra
sector and banks are close to hit their infra exposure limit.
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Srei Infrastructure sees IDF in 2 months
Having received approval from the Sebi for setting up an infra debt fund (IDF) through the mutual fund route, Srei Infrastructure Finance would begin the process now and hopes to launch it in January 2013. This information was given by Hemant Kanoria, Chairman and Managing Director of Srei to a leading media agency
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ICICI with BoB, Citi to set up first IDF
ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda and Citi Financial have joiÂned hands to form a nonbanking financial company (NBFC) in order to float the country’s first infrastructure development fund (IDF).While ICICI Bank and BoB will pick up 30 percent stake each, Citi Financial will have close to 30 percent.
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Infra Debt Funds: Creating new wealth
IDFs come as a new solution to debt finance to long-term, high-value infrastructure sectors. Eligibility norms for IDFs are rather stringent but justified given the risks and quantums-typical of infrastructure investment-involved.