SBI board raises Rs ____ Cr via second infrastructure bond issuance on 18th Jan 2023.

Banking - General Knowledge Questions

Rs 9,718 Cr

Rs 9,999 Cr

Rs 10,542 Cr

Rs 10,957 Cr

Correct Answer : Rs 9,718 Cr

The country's largest lender SBI has raised Rs 9,718 crore through its second infrastructure bond issuance on Wednesday (18 January 2023) at coupon rate of 7.70%.

* The proceeds of bonds will be utilized in enhancing long term resources for funding infrastructure and affordable housing segment. The tenor of these bonds is 15 years.

* The issue attracted bids of Rs 14,805 crore and was oversubscribed by about 2.96 times against the base issue. The total number of bids received was 118 indicating wider participation.

* The investors were across mutual funds, provident & pension funds & insurance companies. The bank has AAA credit rating from domestic credit rating agencies for these instruments.

* Based on the response, SBI decided to accept Rs 9,718 crore at a coupon rate of 7.70% payable annually for a tenor of 15 years.

* Prior to this bank had raised infrastructure bonds of Rs 10,000 crore on 6 December 2022 at a spread of 17 bps over the corresponding FBIL G-Sec par curve.

* This is the first time any bank in India is issuing a 15 years long term infra bond and it will help the bank in lending long term to infrastructure.

* SBI is banking and financial services statutory body engaged in providing a wide range of products and services to individuals, commercial enterprises, large corporates, public bodies, and institutional customers.

* The bank's net profit jumped 73.9% to Rs 13,624.52 crore on 14.2% rise in total income to Rs 88733.86 crore in Q2 FY23 over Q2 FY22.

* The scrip was down 0.53% to Rs 588.25 on the BSE...

Source : Business Standard

Published On : January 19, 2023

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