India's Jio Finance taps debt market with debut commercial paper issue before bond sale, bankers say
India's Jio Finance, a wholly-owned unit of Jio Financial Services, has tapped the debt market with its maiden commercial paper (CP) issuance, ahead of its debut bond sale later this month, three merchant bankers said on Thursday. The non-banking finance company has issued three-month CPs at a yield of 7.80% and accepted bids worth 10 billion rupees ($114.95 million), the bankers, who have direct knowledge of the matter, told Reuters. "As expected, Jio Finance has started its funding with a shorter-tenor CP issuance, and we are expecting its bond issue in the next 15 days before the close of the financial year (by March-end)," one of the bankers said.