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Banking - General Knowledge Questions
Which Bank has issued $300 million Formosa bonds and listed the issuance on India INX GIFT IFSC.
A)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
B)
State Bank of India (SBI)
C)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
D)
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)

Correct Answer :   State Bank of India (SBI)

State Bank of India (SBI) said on Friday(28th Jan 2022) that it has issued $300 million Formosa bonds and listed the issuance on India INX GIFT IFSC. This is the first such issuance by any Indian Bank in Formosa Bond market. Formosa bond is a bond issued in Taiwan.
 
Commenting on the listing, V. Balasubramaniam, MD and CEO, INDIA INX said, "We are delighted to be the first Exchange in IFSC to list Formosa Bonds issued by SBI, we thank SBI team for continually reposing this trust on our platform and congratulate them on their success."
 
"SBI was the first issuer whose Green bonds were dually listed in November 2021 on Luxembourg Stock Exchange through a MOU that has been entered into by both Exchanges. With this, our total bond listings are now over $34.5 + billion with the total medium-term notes established to the tune of $58+ billion, making our exchange the platform of choice for issuers of foreign currency bonds," he added.
 
Ashwini Kumar Tewari, Managing Director, SBI said, "This issuance was at the tightest spread ever for a 5- year public issuance by an Indian financial institution, which demonstrates the strong investor base SBI has created for itself in the offshore capital markets allowing it to venture in to new markets."..

Source : Business Today

Published On : January 31, 2022
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