Shares of HDFC Bank hit a 52-week low of Rs 1,363.45, down 2%, falling below its previous low of Rs 1,382.40 touched on January 24.
Largest private sector lender HDFC Bank on Wednesday said it has raised USD 300 million in its maiden sustainable finance bond issue. The money raised is part of the USD 750 million bond-raise which was announced on Tuesday, a statement said, adding that the papers will be listed on the GIFT City. The USD 300 million sustainable finance bonds have been raised for a tenure of three years at a spread of 0.95 per cent over the US treasury, while the remaining USD 450 million will be repaid in five years at 1.08 per cent over the US Treasury, the statement said. The spreads are the tightest by an Indian issuer, it said. The bank said proceeds of the sustainable finance bond will be utilised for funding green and social loans in accordance with the sustainable finance, while the rest will be deployed for financing general banking activities. HDFC group head for treasury Arup Rakshit elaborated that the sustainable finance bonds funds will be prioritised for lending towards electric ...
Private lender mops up $300 mn via maiden sustainable finance bond
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The group will also acquire stakes in Axis Bank, YES Bank Suryoday Small Finance Bank, IndusInd Bank, and Bandhan Bank
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on January 31 stopped Paytm Payments Bank from accepting fresh deposits and carrying out transactions from February 29, 2024
RBI's approval is valid for one year from the date of RBI's letter, i.e., till February 4, 2025
Paytm has been in talks with JFSL since November last year and it reached out to HDFC Bank just before the RBI barred its Payments Bank from accepting more deposits from February 29
HDFC Bank's Regulation-S notes will be rated Baa3 by Moody's and BBB- by S&P
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This is due to a relatively poor showing by top banking stocks on the exchanges in recent months. Analysts attribute this to the prospects of their muted earnings growth in the next few quarters
But moderates sequentially due to pressure on interest income
RIL and HDFC Bank contributed to over half of these gains
LIC has been advised by RBI to acquire the aforesaid major shareholding in the bank within a period of one year that is by January 24, 2025
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The combined market valuation of seven of the top-10 most-valued firms eroded by Rs 1.16 lakh crore last week, with HDFC Bank emerging as the biggest laggard. In the holiday-shortened week, the BSE benchmark fell by 982.56 points or 1.37 per cent. Of the top-10 most-valued firms, Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), HDFC Bank, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Hindustan Unilever, ITC and State Bank of India were the laggards, ICICI Bank, Infosys and Bharti Airtel emerged as the gainers. The market valuation of HDFC Bank fell by Rs 32,661.45 crore to Rs 10,90,001.31 crore. LIC's valuation tumbled by Rs 20,682.74 crore to Rs 5,71,337.04 crore. The market valuation of TCS eroded by Rs 19,173.43 crore to Rs 13,93,439.94 crore and that of State Bank of India plunged by Rs 16,599.77 crore to Rs 5,46,989.47 crore. ITC's valuation diminished by Rs 15,908.1 crore to Rs 5,68,262.28 crore and that of Hindustan Unilever declined by Rs 9,210.4 crore to Rs 5,70,974.17
HDFC Bank further said LIC has been advised by RBI to acquire the aforesaid major shareholding in the bank within a period of one year, i.e., by January 24, 2025
The lender's quarterly earnings last week prompted a sharp 15% decline in the stock, even as its profit beat expectations, as analysts raised concerns about lending margins
Before the merger, the bank's return on equity was above 17 per cent, but it has since declined to 15.8 per cent as of December-end