Around twelve investors, including Asset Reconstruction Company India (Arcil), Aditya Birla ARC, Invent ARC, Omkara ARC, ASREC, UV ARC, Alchemist ARC, Phoenix ARC, and Prudent ARC, have shown preliminary interest in acquiring IDBI Bank s bad loans amounting to ₹8,842 crore. These distressed assets span 12 accounts, including VOVL, Jaiprakash Associates, and Wind World India.
"About 25% of our book is retail loans within which there is now a potentially growing book for micro finance loans. In the last three quarters we have acquired about ₹470 crore of micro finance loans where the recovery has been even better than our projections. We expect this pace to continue," Manhas said.