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IL&FS is a test case for group resolution, says Uday Kotak

The new board of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) expects to recover close to 50 per cent of the firm's overall debt, which stands at above Rs 94,000 crore

IFIN reports net loss of Rs 13,272 cr in FY19, net revenue down by 87.22%

96% of loans disbursed are non-performing

IL&FS case: Sebi fines ICRA, CARE Rs 2.5 mln each for poor due diligence

Markets regulator Sebi on Thursday imposed a penalty of Rs 25 lakh each on rating agencies ICRA and CARE for failing to exercise "due diligence" while assigning credit rating to the non-convertible debentures of IL&FS. Sebi also said the default by IL&FS occurred due to "lethargic indifference and needless procrastination and laxity" of these rating agencies. The case relates to the default committed by IL&FS and its subsidiary IL&FS Financial Services on their obligations in respect of the commercial paper, inter-corporate deposits (ICDs), as well as on interest payments related to the non-convertible debentures (NCDs). The regulator undertook an examination with respect to the role of the credit rating agencies (CRAs), including CARE Ratings Ltd and ICRA Ltd, in assigning rating to various NCDs of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS). According to Sebi, IL&FS and its group companies' financial parameters, especially short-term borrowings, ...

Infra to banks: What will it take to fix Indian finance after the crisis

Can India in the 2020s try to reinvent its finance-construction model so that it works for everyone and not just for a few thousand financiers in Mumbai?

IL&FS group gets approval to sell stake in Mangalore SEZ at fair value

IL&FS is expected to assess the fair market value of its stake in the JV and execute the sale at an appropriate price

CARE Ratings MD Rajesh Mokashi resigns, TN Arun Kumar to act as interim CEO

CARE Ratings on Friday said its Managing Director Rajesh Mokashi has tendered his resignation. Mokashi was sent on leave by the company in July. The order had said that he would be on leave till the company had examined an anonymous complaint against him sent to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). "While the board of CARE Ratings at today's (Friday) meeting have taken on record the said resignation, the same is without prejudice to the ongoing examination of anonymous complaints forwarded to CARE Ratings Ltd and any action, if required to be taken pursuant thereto," the rating agency said in a regulatory filing. T N Arun Kumar will continue to act as the interim chief executive officer of the company. It was reported that the complaint on ICRA was about interference by the rating firm's top executives in assigning top investment-grade ratings to Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) and its subsidiaries last year. The government had removed ...

IL&FS Group gets court's approval for sale of its education business

The IL&FS Group on Thursday said Justice (Retd) D K Jain, who is overseeing the IL&FS resolution and divestment process, has granted approval for the sale of its education business, Schoolnet India Ltd, to Career Point Publications Pvt Ltd (CPPPL). Jain approved sale of education business on the conditions that IL&FS shall place the proposal before the NCLT for its approval; and the bid amount, so realised, will be kept in an escrow account to be disbursed in accordance with the directions of the NCLT and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). The IL&FS Group has already received approval from the committee of creditors to sell its education business to CPPPL and will now approach the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for final approval to conclude the transaction. This transaction, on completion, would resolve nearly Rs 600-crore debt of IL&FS Group. CPPPL, part of the Career Point Group, had emerged as the highest bidder for acquiring IL&FS' .

Amid falling demand, IL&FS power plant in Tamil Nadu an outlier

With the improvement seen in off-take in the last eight months, the plant generated 690 million units of power in November 2019

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IL&FS posts Rs 22,527 cr net loss in FY19, revenue dips 52.5% to Rs 824 cr

Its assets declined 81.5% to Rs 4,148 crore compared to Rs 23,868 crore in 2017-18

Bangalore Elevated Tollway awarded Rs 492 cr towards claim against NHAI

IL&FS Engineering and Construction said on Thursday that Bangalore Elevated Tollway Pvt Ltd (BETPL) has been awarded an amount of Rs 492 crore towards claim filed by the company against the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Ltd, an IL&FS group company, has 24 per cent stake in BETPL. IL&FS in a statement said it is entitled to about Rs 118 crore from the total claim awarded by the arbitration tribunal. BETPL is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) promoted for the development of four-lane elevated and six-lane road from Silk Board Junction to Attibele in Bengaluru. NHAI had awarded the project to BETPL on a built-operate-transfer (toll) basis in January 2006. The scope of project involved construction of a four-lane elevated highway. "BETPL had filed a claim against the NHAI in the tribunal as per the terms of the contract pertaining to matters related to additional cost incurred due to extension of construction period ..

After long wait, National Financial Reporting Authority gets own address

After camping in make-shift offices, it shifted to a upmarket central Delhi building just a few months ago that was previously the office of the Competition Commission of India

Be present in next IL&FS hearing or face arrest: NCLT to Axis, StanC CEOs

The Mumbai NCLT on Monday issued an ultimatum to the CEOs of Axis Bank and Standard Chartered Bank to be personally present at the next hearing, failing which it will direct the authorities to issue nonbailable warrants against them in a case relating to the IL&FS case. An NCLT bench headed by Bhaskara Pantula Mohan issued the ultimatum while hearing a contempt petition against Amitabh Chaudhry and Zarin Daruwala of Axis Bank and StanChart India, respectively, for not being personally attending the hearings so far. The tribunal has fixed the next date of hearing on December 16 and asked Chaudhry and Daruwala to be present. The bench noted that both these bankers never presented themselves before the bench since the issue surfaced last December. The case relates to these banks allowing ex-head of ILFS Financial Services Ramesh Chandra Bawa and his family withdraw money from their accounts with these banks and also accessing the lockers even after these accounts were ..

NBFC sector moves to get over IL&FS crisis, PE/VC investments up 42%

One of the active investors in the sector is International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's investment arm

IL&FS money laundering case: ED summons Raj Thackeray, Manohar Joshi's son

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned MNS party chief Raj Thackeray in connection with its money laundering probe in the IL&FS alleged payment default crisis case, officials said on Monday. It had also called Unmesh Joshi, son of former state chief minister and Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi, in the same case after which he deposed before the central agency in Mumbai on Monday, they said. Unmesh Joshi's statement has been recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. Officials said the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief has been asked to appear before the investigating officer of the case on August 22 at the agency's zonal office in Mumbai. The MNS dubbed as "political vendetta" the ED move to issue the notice to its cheif to join investigations. "Raj Thackeray created a sensation during the Lok Sabha poll campaign earlier this year. It had a significant impact on people and to avoid a similar challenge ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly ...

Creditors approve sale of IL&FS education business to Career Point

Career Point buys SIL, 78% CoC approves of the plan. Career Point will repay SIL debt and get 80% stake also

Building ethical assets

Managers must learn to teach business ethics and values

After DHFL crisis, centre to issue new rules to bring NBFCs under IBC

DHFL is one of the largest HFCs that ran into trouble last year soon after the collapse of IL&FS

Experts raise alarm bells on talent flight amid crackdown on audit firms

On the other hand, officials at regulatory and enforcement agencies said the audit firms tend to put the blame on individuals after finding themselves in the dock for their alleged role in frauds

Mutual funds beat a retreat from lower-rated papers: Value Research data

Investors have continued to pull out their monies from credit risk funds