Reliance Home Finance Ltd (RHFL) on Friday said it is in discussion with several investors for equity infusion, amid tight financial conditions plaguing the industry for the past few months. Since the IL&FS episode, all categories of lenders in India, including banks, mutual funds have put an almost complete freeze on additional lending to home finance companies (HFCs) and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), and have instead only been insisting upon reduction of existing borrowings, it said in a release. Over this entire period, lenders have been willing to only securitise existing asset polls of HFCs and NBFCs to provide resources for meeting debt servicing obligations, it said. These unprecedented actions lasting for more than 6 months have severely impacted the financial flexibility of almost all HFCs and NBFCs in the country including RHFL. The company has been affected by a timing mismatch with regard to the ongoing further securitisation or monetisation proposals with ..
Reliance Home Finance is also looking to wind down its book and focus on the retail segment, which is valued at about Rs 4,000 crore
The two troubled subsidiaries of Reliance Capital have over Rs 20,000 crore debt of both the companies
Reliance AMC extends maturity date
In view of the continuing severe liquidity crisis in the sector, the maturity of certain NCDs of Rs 400 crore has been extended till October 31
Rashna Hoshang Khan has been appointed as an independent director on the board of the company for five years.
Shares of the company were trading at Rs 24.70
There can be no certainty at this stage that any transaction will succeed
The home financier also improved on its asset quality with gross non-performing assets (NPAs) reducing to 0.8 per cent of the gross advances at the end of December 2017
While the company has ambitious growth plans, its ability to scale up while keeping costs down and asset quality strong will be key
The listing will also unlock substantial value for all stakeholders
On the National Stock Exchange, the stock has frozen at maximum upper limit of 5% at Rs 107 after listing at Rs 102.
Reliance Home Finance provides a wide range of loan solutions
The company plans to raise Rs 1,000 crore as base issue size by offering NCDs at Rs 1,000 per bond
NCDs cannot be converted into stock and usually offer higher interest rates than convertible debentures