Banks ride RBI swap wave to raise $12 billion via overseas debt
This week was the busiest for forex debt issuance by Indian lenders. ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IDFC First Bank, HDFC Bank and Bank of Baroda together raised a massive $4.4 billion, and the bulk of the proceeds may be used to help fund the leverage for foreign currency non-resident (bank) [FCNR (B)] deposits.
We haven't written up this one. The Economic Times - Top News has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
