Last month, Omkara ARC beat competitor Asset Reconstruction Company of India (Arcil) with a ₹38 crore cash offer to Chennai-based Indian Bank in a Swiss challenge. Separately, Arcil has emerged as the preferred bidder to take over the ₹113 crore debt owed to Union Bank of India, the lead lender in the case.
Union Bank of India has received bids for four stressed loans worth more than ₹520 crore from ACCIL Corporation, SDB Developers, Jaypee Healthcare and Gammon India, at less than half the value of the loans. It was on a 100% upfront cash basis to ARCIL, CFM ARC, JC Flowers and Omkara ARC.
RBL Bank sold small business loans worth ₹360 crore for ₹20 crore in an all-cash deal at an auction to the ARC, equating to less than 1% recovery. Separately, Bandhan Bank sold a ₹719-crore home loan portfolio for ₹289.6 crore at a Swiss auction, equating to a 40% recovery for the bank. Both transactions closed in the last week of December.
Bandhan Bank is selling its affordable home loan portfolio to Avenue Capital-backed Asset Reconstruction Company India (Arcil) for ₹280 crore in an all-cash deal. The transaction highlights the stress in lower-income groups, where customers are unable to pay ₹10-12 lakh loans taken to buy their homes.
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.