HDFC Bank to mull units listing only after merger

HDFC Bank Ltd will think about public listings of its brokerage and non-banking monetary firm (NBFC) units only after the completion of a merger with mum or dad HDFC Ltd, mentioned the financial institution’s managing director and chief government, Sashidhar Jagdishan.

This April, the nation’s high personal lender introduced its merger with HDFC to create a monetary behemoth. The deal is anticipated to take 18-24 months to full.

“HDB Financial Services is a monetary funding. With the announcement of the merger, we’re nonetheless awaiting instructions from the regulator as to what’s the standing of holding in these corporations. We might be ready to determine on the longer term plan over a time period as and after we get approval from RBI for the merger, their instructions on the funding,” said Jagdishan at the bank’s annual general meeting on Saturday.

“Large part of HDFC Securities customers are customers of the bank. Brokerage is a product offering of this group. Here we would like to maintain majority holding in this company because it complements our product offering. Whether at current level 95% or monetized to some extent, is something that we will take a decision on as we progress,” he added.

Jagdishan additionally mentioned that the financial institution would think about elevating long-term liabilities after the merger is authorised. The financial institution’s asset-liability committee (ALCO) will take the suitable determination on elevating the maturity profile of its liabilities.