INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
MUMBAI: Debt-laden Infrastructure Leasing Financial Services (ILFS) is still awaiting payment of around Rupee 1,500 crore from IndusInd
Bank, three months after announcing a deal to sell its ILFS Securities Services Ltd (ISSL) unit to the bank.
The proposal has yet to get the
clearance from the Securities and Exchange Board of India, two people in the know of the matter said
It has the approval of banking regulator Reserve Bank of India.
ILFS has put as many as 25 projects on block to raise funds and pare down
debt.
In June, IndusInd Bank signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the ILFS subsidiary that specialises in the capital
No financial terms were announced.
ISSL, incorporated in 2007, reported revenue of Rupee 324.5 crore in the financial year ended March 2018,
down from Rupee 342.65 crore in fiscal 2017.
The company has more than 1,000 broker client accounts, foreign portfolio investors and foreign
institutional investors and completes 3 million transactions every day on the stock exchanges.
