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MUMBAI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - India's Jio Financial Services (JIOF.NS) is in early talks with merchant bankers for its maiden bond issue, four bankers told Reuters on Monday.. The company may look to raise 50 billion rupees ($600.6 million) to 100 billion rupees through the issue and may tap the market in the last quarter of this financial year, the bankers added...
The bankers declined to be identified as they are not authorised to speak to the media, while Jio Financial did not immediately reply to Reuters' email for comment...
The company, which was listed in August, plans to establish itself as a full-service financial services firm in a rapidly growing market, including auto, home loans and other products, competing with the likes of Bajaj Finance.. "Jio Financial has got a strong promoter parentage and it is expected that the company will automatically get AAA credit rating," said Venkatakrishnan Srinivasan, founder and managing partner at Rockfort Fincap...
Earlier this month, Reliance Industries raised 200 billion rupees via 10-year bonds in the largest issue by a non-financial Indian firm, paying 40 basis points more than the government's borrowing cost...
Ahead of the bond issue, bankers have recommended that Jio Financial issue shorter-term commercial papers and put bank borrowing lines in places to establish pricing, said two bankers...
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