"On KKR, we have been in dialogue. It has come to a very formal stage now. Any such involvement needs (approval of) their shareholders, other stakeholders and FIPB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board)," IARC Managing Director and Chief Executive Birendra Kumar told reporters here.
He said it will take up to three more months before the deal announced last December fructifies and IARC gets the new investor in form of KKR.
IARC will soon be approaching the FIPB and the RBI for their nods on the investment, he said.
Media reports last December had said KKR will buy a controlling stake in the company, dealing with stressed assets, in a multi-stage transaction starting with an infusion of Rs 300 crore.
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Kumar today said even though the investment is yet to come in, the company has already started working with the leading private equity fund. "We have been working together looking at assets, how we can really workout even without a formal investment taking place."
It has over 500 assets with Rs 1,500 crore under management, he said.
Around 50 per cent of the first fund of Rs 240 crore has already been deployed, while for the second fund, it has invested Rs 100 crore of the Rs 180 crore that was raised, he added.
Commenting on the recoveries, Kumar said getting money from the smaller accounts is easier and the company faces "mighty challenges" while dealing with bigger accounts.