The global ratings firm had also downgraded the bank's local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to B1 from Ba2
The IDBI Bank employees went on two-day strike in October demanding revision of wages
With capital infusion from the government and a turnaround plan in place, IDBI Bank expects stability to return to its balance sheet by March 2019.The government-owned bank, in the red due to large provisioning for loans gone bad, posted a net loss of Rs 198 crore in the quarter ended September (Q2), from a profit of Rs 56 crore in the same period of 2017. The net loss for the June quarter (Q1) was Rs 858 crore.However, operating profit rose by 81.7 per cent to Rs 2,798 crore in Q2 from a year before (it was Rs 877 crore in Q1). M K Jain, managing director, said the growth in operating profit was expected to be 20-22 per cent for the financial year ending March 2018.In September, the bank hired The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to accelerate its turnaround plan and improve financial performance. IDBI is supposed to focus on four areas -- revenue enhancement, cost control & reduction, asset productivity and overall programme management, in consultation with BCG.Executives said the
IDBI shares were trading 4.3 per cent lower at the stock exchange
Strike to be held on October 24 and 25 with AIBEA calling upon all its unions to support the agitation by demonstrating in front of IDBI Bank branches
NSDL is promoted by IDBI, the NSE, and the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India
The government earlier had 73.98 per cent stake in IDBI bank
Public sector lender IDBI Bank has hired The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to accelerate a turnaround programme and improve its financial performance.M K Jain, the bank's managing director, said: "BCG will assist us to identify areas for cost containment and revenue maximisation." IDBI has had mounting losses and due to the size of its non-performing loans, is under the Reserve Bank of India's Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) plan.The bank expects to identify and address existing gaps, capitalise on core strengths and improve products and processes with BCG's help, it said on Tuesday. The focus will be on four areas -- revenue enhancement, cost control and reduction, asset productivity and overall programme management.BCG had advised IDBI in 2001, when the latter was a development finance institution, on transiting to become a universal bank.IDBI has also decided, said an executive, to appoint a human resource advisor and information technology experts, to improve its systems.It has ...
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IPO delay may force lender to sell its 1.5% stake, valued at Rs 700 crore, privately
IDBI Bank's gross NPAs soared to Rs 50,173 crore in the Q1 of 2017-18
With gross bad loan ratio already over 21%, analysts say situation can't get worse
So far, IDBI Bank has set up 208 dairies in UP by financing various allied schemes
The bank will put the proposal for raising equity capital before shareholders at its AGM on July 18
Bank will use NCLT platform for medium sized enterprises where it has the maximum exposure
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MOODYS-IDBI-DOWNGRADEThe rating actions reflect the significant deterioration in IDBI's financial profile, driven by asset quality issues and the heightened risk to its solvency position, the ratings agency said in a statement.The local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings has been downgraded to 'Ba2/Not Prime' from 'Baa3/Prime-3', Moody's said, adding the ratings are under review for further downgrade.Separately, IDBI Bank said the government, which has infused Rs 1,900 crore in the lender this year, continues to support it.The bank added it plans to raise capital through sale of non-core assets and churning of corporate loan book.Moody's said over the next 12-18 months, asset quality issues of IDBI bank are likely to persist, which will put pressure on the bank's profitability and limit its ability to generate internal capital.At the end of March 2017, IDBI's impaired loans (non- performing loans plus standard restructured loans) ratio rose to 29 per cent versus 19 per cent a ..
In the year ended March 31, 2017, the bank posted a net loss of Rs 5,158 crore
The government's plan for infusing capital in ailing public sector lender IDBI Bank are on, despite the Reserve Bank (RBI) putting it under Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) and the rating downgrade after the Mumbai-based lender posted a net loss for 2016-17.Senior IDBI Bank officials said it was in discussion with the government, the majority owner, for a turnaround plan. That would mean agreed-on milestones and commitments from the bank in areas like cost control, reorganisation of structure and improving the financial profile. This would form the basis for a capital infusion, for meeting capital adequacy norms and business growth. IDBI's stock has taken beating after it reported a net loss for a second year. It closed 6.4 per cent down at Rs 61 on the BSE exchange. The government held 73.98 per cent of the bank's equity at end-March. The bank is also readying an agenda for monetising of stake in some subsidiaries and strategic investments, an executive said. On Tuesday, rating ...