Fresh off a cenbank ban, India's IIFL Finance plans $1.2 billion fundraise via bonds, official says
India's IIFL Finance plans to raise 100 billion rupees($1.20 billion) via debt in the next six months and diversify both its borrowing sources and business, a top official said on Tuesday, as the non-bank lender looks to recover from a recent ban. "As business picks up again, we will have to reassess our requirement for funds," Nirmal Jain, founder and managing director, told Reuters in an interview. Besides rupee-denominated debt, IIFL Finance will also explore the dollar-bond route and go for a public issue of bonds "at some point" later this financial year, Jain said.