Bank intends to raise before Mar23 though approval is till 2024
Lender's board to meet on November 4 to consider raising capital in one or more tranches
The bank, which aims to keep capital adequacy at the 16% and above level, has already raised Rs 6,000 cr via these instruments in H1
'Corporate demand is for both working capital and term loans'
Their spread over G-Secs of comparable maturity have also declined compared to historical averages
HNI, insurance demand, better bank performance driving interest in instrument
The AT1 bonds of Yes Bank were entirely written off as a part of a restructuring scheme
State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Wednesday said it has raised Rs 710 crore from bonds to fund business growth. The fund raised via Basel III compliant Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds of Rs 710 crore (including green shoe option of Rs 610 crore) is at a coupon rate of 8.74 per cent, the bank said in a statement. The issue garnered overwhelming response from investors with subscription of 10 times against base issue size of Rs 100 crore. The capital raised through the AT1 bonds will support the business growth of the bank. The AT1 instrument is perpetual in nature; with call option after 5 years.
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The bonds will have a call option from the fifth year onwards and are rated AA+ by CRISIL, CARE and India Ratings, sources said
Non convertible Taxable Perpetual Subordinated Unsecured Basel III compliant Additional Tier 1 Bonds in the nature of debentures of face value Rs 1 Crore each
Four PSU banks have raised Rs 7,800 crore AT-1 bonds so far in FY23 as credit demand booms
The additional tier 1 (AT1) bond issuances are likely to fall sequentially to around Rs 200 billion in FY2023, from an all-time high of nearly Rs 428 billion in FY2022
While SBI may opt for Rs 4,000-crore tier-II bond sale, Bank of Baroda looks to issue AT-1 bonds worth Rs 3,000-4000 crore in tranches
Money to be raised in rupees, dollars or other convertible currency; lender's CAR at 13.83%, with tier-I of 11.42% and Tier-II of 2.41%, March-end
IOB also likely to tap debt capital market, say sources, though quantum of fund-raising being planned isn't clear
Gains from easing bond yields worldwide; better rate comes against indicative yield of 9-9.25%
Stock of IDBI Bank closed 3.05 per cent down at Rs 42.85 apiece on BSE
The AT1 instrument is perpetual in nature with call option after five years, said the lender
Bond market sources said the interest in the paper by the Bengaluru-based lender was strong with a demand book size of 2.7 times