Yes Bank Ltd.’s decision to defer an announcement on new shareholders has heightened concerns about the quality of the offers it has received to bolster its capital ratios.
The Mumbai-based lender said its board failed to reach a final decision on potential investors at a meeting on Tuesday, though it favored a $500 million offer from Citax Holdings Ltd. Yes Bank is still reviewing another $1.5 billion of bids from parties including Canadian businessman Erwin Singh Braich, the bank said in a filing to exchanges on Tuesday.
“The delay is indicating that either there are regulatory issues or maybe the