Tag: Debt Finance
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India Plans to Tap into Green Bonds
[The following guest post is contributed by Arundhuthi Bose, who is an Executive at Vinod Kothari & Co.] Introduction Issuing bonds to raise funds from investors is not a novel concept. A bond, in common parlance, is an instrument evidencing indebtedness of the bond issuer to the bondholders. Here, a debt instrument is issued by the issuer
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Improving the Regulatory Framework Governing Masala Bonds
[The following post is contributed by Dhanush. M, a 5th year student at the Jindal Global Law School] “Masala bonds” refers to rupee denominated bonds issued in offshore capital markets which would be offered and settled in US dollars to raise Indian rupees from international investors for infrastructure financing in India. Masala bonds could prove
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Stamp Duty on Mortgages in Syndicated Lending Transactions
Background Syndicated loans are quite common in lending transactions. In large loans, a single bank may not be in a position to provide the loan by itself. Hence, the loan is syndicated such that “two or more banks agree to make loans to a borrower on common terms governed by a single agreement between all
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Revitalising Distressed Assets Through the Joint Lenders Forum
[The following post is contributed by Dhanush. M, a 4th year studnent at the Jindal Global law School] The rapid growth of non-performing assets (NPAs), especially with regard to public sector banks (PSBs) is a major hurdle to the sustenance of the banking system. This prompted the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to issue a
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Subordinated debentures – A Capital Supporting Instrument
[The following guest post is contributed by Vinita Nair of Vinod Kothari & Co. The author may be contacted at vinita@vinodkothari.com] Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) in India are always seeking sources of raising funds. Capital is costly and therefore NBFCs rely more on public funds. Public funds as defined under the Systemically Important Non-Banking
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US Court Rules on the AIG Rescue
During the global financial crisis that was triggered by subprime mortgages, the US Government engaged in rescuing several banks and financial companies. Through nationalization, the Government even acquired ownership and control over several of them.[1] One such was AIG. In that case however, a large shareholder of AIG mounted a legal challenge to the terms
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Lenders Empowered to Take Control over Distressed Firms
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) yesterday conferred a significant power to banks to acquire control of borrower companies which fail to achieve prescribed milestones as part of their restructuring. Under this arrangement, the Joint Lenders’ Forum (or JLF, formed for the purpose of addressing distressed assets) may “convert the whole or part of the
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SEBI Board Decisions
SEBI announced a slew of decisions taken at its board meeting yesterday, which are excpected to have an impact on the capital markets, both primary and secondary. International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs) SEBI’s board has approved the SEBI (International Financial Services Centres) Guidelines, 2015, which will help establish IFSCs such as the proposed Gujarat International
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Constitutionality of the Amended Definition of “Non-Performing Asset” Upheld
[The following post is contributed by Prachi Narayan of Vinod Kothari & Company. She can be contacted at prachi@vinodkothari.com.] The Supreme Court in its judgment dated January 28, 2015 in Keshavlal Khemchand & Sons Pvt Ltd & Ors v. Union of India disposed off seventy petitions challenging the validity of the amended definition of Non
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Guest Post: The Changing Definition of Debentures
[The following post is contributed by Nidhi Bothra of Vinod Kothari & Co. She can be contacted at nidhi@vinodkothari.com] The new Companies Act, 2013 has changed the regulatory face of the corporate India; “raising the bar on Corporate Governance.” The new regulatory changes including need for CSR activities, increased investor protection, greater transparency in business
