IIFL Samasta Finance, a non-banking microfinance company (NBFC-MFI), plans to raise up to Rs 1,000 crore through public issue of secured bonds for the purpose of capital augmentation and business growth. The bond issue opens on June 3 and closes on June 14, IIFL Samasta Finance said in a statement. IIFL Samasta Finance plans to issue bonds, aggregating to Rs 200 crore, with a green-shoe option to retain over-subscription of up to Rs 800 crore, it said. The IIFL Samasta bonds offer the highest coupon rate of 10.50 per cent per annum for a tenor of 60 months, it claimed. The NCD is available in tenors of 24 months, 36 months and 60 months, it said, adding, the frequency of interest payment is available on monthly and annual basis for each of the series. The company has a strong physical presence through about 1,500 branches and caters to the credit needs of underserved and unserved population, primarily women entrepreneurs from underprivileged background, IIFL Samasta Finance MD an
Q4FY24 company results: IIFL Finance has delayed its earnings announcement beyond May 30, due to a special audit by the RBI
IIFL Finance on Wednesday said it has raised Rs 1,271 crore through a rights issue as part of efforts to raise capital to fund business growth. The decision to raise capital through a rights issue was made following the RBI's ban on March 4, which prohibited the NBFC firm from disbursing gold loans due to supervisory concerns. The rights issue opened on April 30, 2024, and closed today, IIFL Finance said in a regulatory filing. The rights issue offering 4,23,94,270 shares of IIFL Finance has been oversubscribed by 135 per cent (5,72,03,080 shares), as per data available on exchanges. The rights issue was offered to the existing shareholders at Rs 300 per share in the ratio of one share for every nine shares held. Promoters Nirmal Jain and R Venkataraman and family have fully subscribed to their shares since the issue is oversubscribed. Besides, Indian-Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa-backed Fairfax India, which is the largest institutional shareholder has also participated in the
"Banks are neither sanctioning new lines (of credit) nor disbursing from already sanctioned limits," the official at the company, who did not want to be named, said
The RBI said in March that the restrictions will be reviewed after completion of a special audit and the company's rectification of the audit findings
The issue price for the rights offer is Rs 300 per share, which is at a 29% discount to closing price of Rs 421.7 per share on Tuesday
IIFL's gold loans under management stood at 24,692 crore rupees as of December 31
The company has filed a prospectus for IPO, which it is planning to launch in the first half of FY25
Since March 1 or in the past 17 trading days, the stock price of IIFL Finance has tanked 50 per cent after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) barred the NBFC from sanctioning or disbursing gold loans
A retracement of up to 50 per cent of the recent fall, can lead up to 18% rally in shares of IIFL Securities, Geojit and Emkay, show technical charts.
Banking regulator seeks interest from Sebi-empanelled audit firms to conduct the audit
"The move reflects a downside risk to IIFL Finance's franchise, profitability and overall risk profile if regulatory restrictions on new gold-backed lending are prolonged," Fitch said in a note
The company will raise the funds through the issue of shares on rights basis and non-convertible debentures via a private placement, it said in an exchange filing
Flags negative implications; may impact profitability
All concerns raised by the RBI pertain to operational and process-related matters, AK Purwar said
IIFL Finance had said that Fairfax India had agreed to invest up to $200 million of liquidity support on terms to be mutually agreed upon and subject to applicable laws and regulations
Among the frontline NBFCs, Bajaj Finance looks interestingly poised, with the stock attempting to form a bottom following a 17 per cent decline since mid January, suggests technical chart.
IIFL Finance is among India's top two NBFCs in the gold loan business. It has a gold loan portfolio of Rs 24,692 crore, which was 32 per cent of its total loans of Rs 77,444 cr, as at Q3FY24
With Tuesday's 20 per cent fall, IIFL Finance was seen trading below its 20-Month Average for the first time after a gap of 3 years. Chart suggests bias to remain weak below this particular level.
he RBI observed deviations in assaying and certifying purity and net weight of the gold at the time of sanctioning loans and at the time of auction upon default