State Bank of India plans to come out with a medium-term notes ( bonds) issue worth about $1 billion before August.
Talking to media persons on the sidelines of a CSR event at the Bangalore circle office here on Monday, Mr Pratip Chaudhuri, Chairman, SBI, said that the bank has time till August to come out with a medium-term notes issue.
On the size of the issue, he said whenever SBI has gone to the markets in the past, it has been for about $1 billion.
“The issue is for our overseas operations,” he said, adding that preparation for the issue was going on and the bank has time till August. The exact timing of the issue will be decided at a “ strategic moment”, said Mr Chaudhuri.
SBI has a tier-I capital adequacy of 9.67% and its current year profitability is “expected to be good”, he said.
“We are not stressed for capital,” he added.
At 10.54 am, State Bank of India was trading at Rs2117.80, up by 0.83%, with a volume of 0.83 lakh shares on the BSE.
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Talking to media persons on the sidelines of a CSR event at the Bangalore circle office here on Monday, Mr Pratip Chaudhuri, Chairman, SBI, said that the bank has time till August to come out with a medium-term notes issue.
On the size of the issue, he said whenever SBI has gone to the markets in the past, it has been for about $1 billion.
“The issue is for our overseas operations,” he said, adding that preparation for the issue was going on and the bank has time till August. The exact timing of the issue will be decided at a “ strategic moment”, said Mr Chaudhuri.
SBI has a tier-I capital adequacy of 9.67% and its current year profitability is “expected to be good”, he said.
“We are not stressed for capital,” he added.
At 10.54 am, State Bank of India was trading at Rs2117.80, up by 0.83%, with a volume of 0.83 lakh shares on the BSE.
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