The companies will also establish an Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) comprising renewable power assets of Mahindra Susten with an operation capacity of 1.54 GWp
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has transferred Rs 5,150 crore earlier this week to its warehouse InvIT infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) entity. "Reliance Retail completed the transfer of assets to warehouse InvIT entity for a total consideration of Rs 5,150 crore on 25th October 2023," said the earning statement from Reliance Retail on Friday. The asset value is now reflected in the 'Other Financial Assets' segment, as of September 30, 2023, it added. RIL has set up an InvIT, under which the group can monetise the backend warehousing and logistics assets of its retail business. Reliance Retail, which operates the retail business of the billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, registered the trust with the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in February this year. The funds raised by the InvIT will be used for the acquisition of warehousing and logistics-related assets through a special-purpose vehicle. Reliance Retail, which is aggressiv
Evaluating 10 more operating roads; to expand capital by Rs 330 cr
Cube Highways Trust (Cube InvIT) has posted a consolidated income of Rs 781.5 crore for the quarter ended on June 30, 2023. Earning before interest tax depreciation and amortisation was Rs 422.89 crore during the period under review, Cube InvIT said. These are its first quarterly earnings as the investment trust was listed in India in April 2023. The Board of the Investment Manager has also declared a distribution per unit (DPU) of Rs 2.15 to ordinary unitholders for the first quarter of FY 2023-24. The record date for the distribution is August 11, 2023, and the distribution payment will be made on or before August 25, 2023, he said. Cube Highways Trust has a diversified portfolio of 18 toll and annuity road assets with an aggregate length of 1,423.60 kilometres. These road assets are located across 11 states in India. The Trust is engaged in implementing the public-private partnership (PPP) model in the country's highways sector to operate and manage highway projects in associa
Reliance Industries Ltd has already begun setting the framework for the potential infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) of its warehouse assets
Private trust becomes first to get listed on NSE post SEBI guidelines
Aided by regulatory guardrails and structural benefits, infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) in the road sector have enhanced the credit quality of around Rs 46,000 crore debt till now, credit rating agency Crisil said on Tuesday. According to Crisil, since 2016, 19 InvITs have been registered in India and these include 11 from the roads sector of which nine have been floated or are set to be launched soon. These nine comprise 94 road assets valued over Rs 1.1 lakh crore, it said, adding that toll roads account for 70 per cent of this while annuity, annuity plus toll and hybrid annuity models comprise 13 per cent, 11 per cent and 6 per cent, respectively. Historically, Crisil said credit profiles of toll roads had seen challenges, such as high leverage, long delays in construction and lower-than-expected traffic. InvITs have addressed many of these problems, it added.
AnZen Trust has acquired two operating inter-state transmission assets, located in the states of Punjab, Haryana and Bihar
To retire debt of seven road projects that it will acquire
Next InvIT issuance will have higher reservation for retail investors, says MoRTH Secretary Upadhyaya
Talks underway with Sebi to make private-listed InvIT into public
Last year, the InvIT saw investments from CPP Investments and Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund at an enterprise value of Rs 8011 crore
The group will receive approximately Rs 1,300 crore ($165 million) as a result of this transaction
Its InvITs have a combined value of $3.8 billion and cover 33 assets in 22 states
To fund acquisition of three projects from NHAI, with which it will sign a concession agreement for 20 years
Both the finance ministry and Union cabinet have recently come down heavily on railways and asked it to expedite its monetisation efforts
NHAI chairperson Alka Upadhyaya said with the success of NHAI InvIT, the state-owned agency has continued to deliver on its commitments under the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP)
Existing loans pertain to 17 projects; firm proposes to 18 toll road assets and one annuity road asset from the sponsor Singapore-based Cube Highways group
IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd, in a stock exchange filing, said the company has received the final consideration in the form of 59.04 million units of Rs 100 each issued by the InvIT
The decisions will mean EPFO is diversifying its investments into asset classes that will enhance the yield on investments, but also carry fair amount of risks