India's Shriram Finance mulling yen-denominated fundraise to diversify borrowing, CEO says
Indian non-banking finance company
Shriram Finance
is mulling raising funds denominated in
Japanese yen
to diversify its borrowing profile, with talks still in preliminary stages, its CEO said on Monday.
"Our team is exploring a possibility if we can borrow from the Japanese (
currency
)," YS Chakravarti told Reuters in an interview. "This could be either from a bank or an international bond issue, which corporates can subscribe to."
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Shriram Finance
is "still exploring the market", Chakravarti said, without divulging the target or timing of the fundraise.
External commercial borrowing loans made up nearly 15% of Shriram's total borrowing profile as of March-end, while overseas bonds comprised about 6.8%.
In December, the
NBFC
raised $1.28 billion in a multi-currency social
loan
split across the dollar, euro and dirham, with a tenor of up to five years.
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On Friday, Shriram Finance reported a smaller-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as high finance costs pressured its bottom line. The company's shares fell as much as 9% on Monday.
Shriram Finance is targeting
AUM
growth of around 17%-18% for 2025-26, higher than its earlier guidance of 15%, Chakravarti said.
As of March-end, Shriram Finance's
assets under management
(AUM) increased by 17% year-on-year and stood at 2.63 trillion rupees ($30.96 billion).
The NBFC is looking to bank on its passenger vehicle and small and medium enterprise
loan portfolios
to drive its AUM growth, the CEO said, while also exploring new products, such as unsecured
business loans
and supply chain financing.
Shriram Finance is also looking to deploy the excess liquidity of about 300 billion rupees on its balance sheet, which will help drive net interest margins in the 8.50%-8.80% range for the current financial year, compared with 8.25% in January-March, Chakravarti added.
"Since we are sitting on excess liquidity we will be in a position to actually bargain for an attractive rate. We see our cost of borrowings to trend lower from current levels," he added.
($1 = 84.9550 Indian rupees)
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