Litigation may delay housing financier's resolution plan
The restructuring plan submitted by DHFL includes the founder's family reducing its stake and restructuring of loans, said one of the sources aware of details of the plan
Plans to resume lending business from monthly EMI collections
Total Income grew by 40 per cent year-on-year, though profitability of life and general insurances business dragged the overall show
Promoters of the company, the Wadhawans, are ready to dilute their stake, which is currently at 39.2%, so that strategic investors get joint or majority control
Flagging concerns over financial numbers of housing finance company DHFL, auditors of the debt-ridden firm said there were irregularities in granting of certain loans as well. The auditors had raised several red flags around the audited numbers of the fourth quarter ended March 2019. While stating that they were unable to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to provide a basis for an audit opinion, the auditors put out several qualifications and disclaimers. "We were not able to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to provide a basis for an audit opinion on the statement," said DHFL's auditors Deloitte Haskin & Sells and Chaturvedi & Shah said. The auditors had made the remarks in their independent report which is part of the filing submitted to the exchanges on Monday. Both auditors pointed that there were significant deficiencies in the grant and rollover of unsecured borrowings at DHFL and that there had also been other irregularities in the granting of ...
DHFL said the company is in the process of submitting a resolution plan to the lenders and the lenders are expected to give an in-principle approval to the plan by end of July 2019.
Sources say that insurance companies have already held preliminary talks with Irdai on the matter
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Says it's in talks for only retail loan portfolio
Analysts say the firm may struggle to find buyers for the businesses it wants to sell or attract other investors to raise up to Rs 7,000 crore
Asset destruction should be minimised
On July 13, the debt-ridden firm had posted its biggest-ever quarterly loss of Rs 2,224 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31
In January this year, there were allegations against the company's management and promoters over end use of certain funds loaned
The audit committee of DHFL in its board meeting on July 13 asked the management to provide the audited financial results of the company by July 22
A meeting is now scheduled between banks and MFs to find a path that can secure the interests of both sets of players
The statement comes after the shadow bank warned on Saturday it might not survive as a going concern and reported a net loss of Rs 22.23 billion ($324.19 million) for the March quarter
As tight liquidity squeezed the housing financier's business, FY19 is the first year of loss in its recent history
Appoints Alvarez & Marsal to monitor cash flows
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