In August, CRISIL upgraded the rating on Tier-II bonds (under Basel III) and Infrastructure Bonds of YES Bank to 'CRISIL A-' from 'CRISIL BBB+' and revised its outlook to 'Positive' from 'Stable'
The AT1 bonds of Yes Bank were entirely written off as a part of a restructuring scheme
Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday imposed a penalty of Rs 2 crore on former Yes Bank MD and CEO Rana Kapoor for mis-selling the private sector lender's AT-1 bonds. He has been directed to pay the fine within 45 days, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in its order. The case relates to mis-selling of the bank's AT1 bonds to retail investors by its officials. It was alleged that the bank and certain officials did not inform investors of the risk involved while selling the AT-1 (Additional Tier-1) bonds in the secondary market. The sale of AT1 bonds started in 2016 and continued till 2019. In its 87-page order, the markets regulator found that Kapoor was overseeing the entire activities relating to the secondary sale of AT-1 bonds, taking regular updates from the team and giving them further instructions to increase the sales, thus creating pressure on the officials to ramp up the sales. It further said that he was responsible for acts of suppression of
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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