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Stressed funds set to make beeline for India on spike in Covid-driven NPAs

Bankers expect bad debt worth $35 bn to be up for grabs, in addition to $110 bn already in the system; Blackrock, SBI Cap, Brookfield eyeing stressed assets

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The industry is expecting increased bad debt from hospitality, hotels, travel, tourism and airlines.

Dev Chatterjee Mumbai
With bad debt expected to surge — especially from firms in the medium to small segment — in the coming months because of the pandemic, bankers are expecting several stressed funds to set up shop in India.

Bankers are expecting an additional bad debt worth up to $35 billion which will be up for grabs, in addition to the $110 billion of non-performing assets (NPAs) already in the banking system. “Cash flows of several Indian firms have been impacted, hence the companies will be restructuring their books. This is an opportunity for the stressed funds to set up shop in India,”

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