Balasubramanian is a part of EARC for almost 5 years and has over four decades of experience in banking, NPA resolution, and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) processes.
The central bank had originally announced the restrictions in May, directing ECL Finance to stop taking any structured transactions in respect of its wholesale exposures, while ordering Edelweiss ARC to pause acquiring financial assets
RBI’s move could increase the number of participants in the resolution process under the bankruptcy code, consequently offering banks better value for stressed assets, say experts
CDPQ entered into a long-term partnership agreement with Edelweiss Group in October 2016 and invested to acquire a 20% equity stake in Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company.
The Rs 1.5-lakh-crore asset reconstruction market comprises over a dozen players led by Edelweiss ARC that controls over 30 per cent of the market, and the soon-to-be operationalised national bad bank.
Country's biggest ARC has also complained to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India about what it has called partisan actions by Mamta Binani
Edelweiss ARC bought almost two-thirds of the NPAs, which were worth Rs 22,000 crore.
After a lull, there may finally be some activity as far as the sale of stressed assets is concerned with banks all set to sign the deal for debt-ridden Adhunik Power. CNBC-TV18'S Ritu Singh gives more details.
The company was put on the block by lenders in a bid to recover Rs 5500 crore. State Bank of India, which heads the 18-member consortium of lenders, was leading the efforts.
A consortium of banks led by State Bank of India have postponed the sale of stake they hold in Adhunik Power and Natural Resources in spite of receiving multiple offers, people aware of the developments told CNBC-TV18.
Axis Bank has sold its entire exposure worth about Rs 1,000 crore in Essar Steel to Edelweiss ARC, according to people privy to the development. With this the bank joins ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank to sell exposure in Essar Steel reports CNBC-TV18‘s Ritu Singh.
According to ET reports, three fund managers from Canada, Scandinavia and Korea are at the negotiation stage with Edelweiss ARC to buy.
ICICI Bank has made the right moves so far -- sold Essar Steel's bad loans to an asset reconstruction company, exited a credit information company, sold stake in its insurance venture. All these measures have to be seen in the context of managing director Chanda Kochhar's larger strategy to make the bank a lean, mean machine.
Country's oldest asset reconstruction company Arcil has blamed an "overheated market" for its slow pace of snapping up bad assets in recent years, but asserted that it will regain its past eminence by focusing on mid-cap deals and undertake a fundraising exercise this fiscal.
Country's largest asset reconstruction company, which already enjoys over 40 percent market with an asset under management of Rs 25,000 crore, has been approached by a few offshore funds to buy into it and is looking at all proposals.
Bharati Shipyard: Debt Takeover
Sources say the company has Rs 3,000-crore exposure to banks. Edelweiss ARC has bought Rs 1,200 crore loan from State Bank of Mysore (SBM), State Bank of Travancore (SBT) and State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH).
"Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company is looking to raise up to USD 100 million (Rs 634 crore) for Bharati Shipyard from foreign investors by April in an effort to infuse liquidity into the cash-strapped shipbuilder," a media report said quoting managing director Vijay Kumar.