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Private sector HDFC Bank on Thursday raised the marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) by 5 basis points (0.05 percentage points) on select maturity. The benchmark one-year tenor MCLR, which is used to price most consumer loans like auto and personal, has been retained at 9.45 per cent, according to the HDFC Bank website. However, the overnight MCLR has risen to 9.15 per cent from 9.10 per cent, while the one-month rate has been increased by 5 basis points to 9.20 per cent. Rates on other maturity buckets have been left unchanged, it said. The new rates are effective from November 7, 2024. The rate hike follows the decision of RBI to keep its benchmark lending rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent for the tenth consecutive time.
American multinational Citigroup on Monday offloaded private sector lender HDFC Bank's shares worth Rs 275 crore through an open market transaction. Citigroup, through its arm Citigroup Global Markets Mauritius, sold 15,79,953 shares of HDFC Bank, as per the block deal data available on the BSE. The shares were disposed of at an average price of Rs 1,742.6 apiece, taking the transaction value to Rs 275.32 crore. Ghisallo Master Fund LP acquired the shares of Mumbai-headquartered HDFC Bank at the same price. Shares of HDFC Bank fell 0.48 per cent to close at Rs 1,734.30 per piece on the BSE. On October 19, HDFC Bank reported a 6 per cent increase in the September quarter net profit to Rs 17,825.91 crore on a consolidated basis. On a standalone basis, the largest private sector lender's post-tax net profit grew to Rs 16,820.97 crore during the reporting period against Rs 15,976.11 crore in the year-ago period. The company's core net interest income grew 10 per cent to Rs 30,010 cr
Weaver Services, a non-bank lender formed by former executives of erstwhile home finance major HDFC, on Thursday, announced that it has bagged Rs 800 crore in commitments from private equity funds. Gaja Capital and Lok Capital have made the commitment, which will be utilised for fuelling the company's pan-India plans and also for a Rs 267-crore acquisition of Capital India Home Loans, as per an official statement. "I am happy to see a team of former colleagues and partners unite to establish a housing finance company dedicated to addressing the needs of an under-served segment of society," Keki Mistry, former vice chairman and chief executive of HDFC, said in the statement. After securing necessary regulatory approvals and acquisition completion, Weaver is aiming to launch home loan products for self-employed individuals in the unorganised sector, particularly in Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns, the statement added. HDFC's former head of merger and acquisitions Satrajit Bhattacharya, and .
The company stated that its new offering will provide financial solutions to corporate treasury, ultra high net-worth investors (HNIs), and family offices in the over Rs 50 crore investment segment
HDFC Asset Management Company (AMC) on Tuesday reported a 32 per cent year-on-year growth in profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 576.61 crore for the three months ended September 2024. The HDFC AMC's profit after tax stood at Rs 436.52 crore in the same quarter of the preceding financial year (FY24). Its total income rose 38 per cent to 1,058.19 crore in the July-September quarter from Rs 765.35 crore in the year-ago period, HDFC AMC said in a stock exchange filing. For the half-year ended September 2024, the company logged a PAT of Rs 1,180.37 crore and a total income of Rs 2,007 crore. Shares of HDFC AMC were trading 1.11 per cent higher at Rs 4533 on the BSE around 3 pm.
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