New Delhi, July 26:Â State Bank of India raised $1.25 billion from an overseas-dollar-denominated bond sale on Thursday. This is the largest single-tranche offering by a public sector bank from India.
The bank̢۪s London branch issued 4.125 per cent five-year-notes due in July 2017 at 375 basis points, spread over five-year US Treasuries. The notes offer the lowest ever coupon achieved for an Indian issuer in the US dollar bond market in the five-year tenure, said a banker close to the development. The notes, a debt instrument, are rated Baa2 by Moody̢۪s and BBB- by Standard & Poor̢۪s.
This is also the first public sector bank US dollar bond issuance out of India since May 2011. The last dollar-denominated bond offering by an Indian company was in February when Axis Bank raised $500 million (in the form of five-year medium-term notes) at 440 basis points spread over five-year Treasuries. SBI had hired six global giants — Citigroup, Barclays, Bank of...
The bank̢۪s London branch issued 4.125 per cent five-year-notes due in July 2017 at 375 basis points, spread over five-year US Treasuries. The notes offer the lowest ever coupon achieved for an Indian issuer in the US dollar bond market in the five-year tenure, said a banker close to the development. The notes, a debt instrument, are rated Baa2 by Moody̢۪s and BBB- by Standard & Poor̢۪s.
This is also the first public sector bank US dollar bond issuance out of India since May 2011. The last dollar-denominated bond offering by an Indian company was in February when Axis Bank raised $500 million (in the form of five-year medium-term notes) at 440 basis points spread over five-year Treasuries. SBI had hired six global giants — Citigroup, Barclays, Bank of...
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