Moody's on Thursday said it has upgraded Yes Bank's rating while changing outlook to 'stable' on the back of its equity capital raise plan announced last week. The global rating agency has upgraded the private sector lender's long-term foreign currency issuer rating and long-term foreign and local currency back deposit ratings to 'Ba3' from 'B2'. It has also changed the outlook on Yes Bank's ratings to 'stable' from 'positive' and also adjusted the Baseline Credit Assessment (BCA) to 'b1' from 'b3'. "The upgrade of Yes Bank's BCA and ratings reflects the bank's planned equity capital raise, which will support its credit profile and strengthen its resilience against potential asset quality risks arising from headwinds such as higher inflation and tighter global financial conditions," Moody's Investors Service said in a release. On July 29, Mumbai-headquartered Yes Bank announced the raising of nearly Rs 8,900 crore (about USD 1.1 billion) through a mix of shares and warrants to be .
The fundraising marked a rare vote of confidence in Yes Bank, which had to be taken over by the Reserve Bank of India in March 2020 after months of deterioration in its financials and allegations of m
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"The bank is well poised to capitalise on the growth opportunities and further enhance its positioning in the India banking space," it added.
On July 29, 2022, the bank announced to raise equity capital of around 1.1 billion (Rs 8,900 crore) from funds affiliated with two global private equity investors - Carlyle and Advent International.
Yes Bank may receive a rating upgrade now that its financial health has improved with the capital raise, but it will need to focus on keeping its bad loans in check, says ICICI Securities
Consequent to the capital infusion, YES bank's CET-1 ratio (based on FY2022) would improve by 380bps to 15.4 per cent and total capital adequacy ratio would improve to 21 per cent
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Yes Bank Ltd said on Friday it will sell up to 10% stake to U.S. private equity firms Carlyle Group Inc and Advent International for $1.1 billion
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The fund-raising plan is subject to shareholder approval at the extraordinary general meeting, to be held on August 24
Yes Bank to cumulatively issue 3.69 billion equity shares at a price of Rs 13.78 per share to both investors; each investor will potentially acquire up to a 10% stake in the lender
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YES Bank's net interest income rose by 32 per cent in Q1FY23 to Rs 1,850 crore from Rs 1,404 crore in Q1FY22
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Carlyle's top executives and Advent's leaders in a series of meetings with Yes Bank and SBI's senior management, and RBI officials this week decided the contours of the investment plan
Former RBI Deputy Governor R Gandhi and professor Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan have ceased to be additional directors on the board of Yes Bank following a new board in place.