HSBC placed first rupee bond for daughter of a German group
HSBC has placed for the BMW India Financial Services, an indirectly held wholly owned subsidiary of BMW AG, a multi-tranche loan in Indian rupees (INR). BMW has taken advantage of the current favorable market conditions in India and issued three tranches of two-, three-and five-year maturity with a total of eight billion rupees. All three installments were quickly placed with Indian investors. This makes BMW the first German company that has issued a bond INR. "This is a great step forward in opening up of the Indian capital market," says Ingo Nolden, Director of Debt Capital Markets Corporates at HSBC in Germany. The BMW subsidiary uses debt to finance their growth and to broaden its investor base in India. "We believe that this way of raising capital on the local capital market for many other multinational companies is interesting. For foreign-ups thus have the opportunity, through the highly regulated credit market also relate locally to the necessary capital to finance growth and to attract new investors. "An intake of rupees outside India, and their transfer into the country is not yet possible. For emission in the Indian onshore market has equipped the BMW India Financial Services Private Limited with a so-called "stand-alone rating": CRISIL, the Indian S & PAbleger, was the daughter of the BMW Group, a local "AAA" rating with outlook stable '. The coupon is in the two-year tranche, 9.95%, 10.05%, and the three years of the five years of 10.25%. What sounds like a lot for German standards, is a common interest in the Indian market level - India's inflation rate is 6.9% (July 2012). India is a strong growth country, but still one of the emerging markets. Therefore, the volume of emissions of eight billion rupees (120 million euros) for Indian conditions is remarkable, it is a high demand is for strong multinational brands in the Indian bond markets. "Our already high expectations have been well exceeded the price and the volume still "said Nolden. This allowed the two-and three-year tranches five basis points above the bottom of the drawing range, the five-year be placed even at the lower end. Investors were primarily fund managers, in addition to the five-year tranche at banks. Insurance companies were due to the legal form of "Private Limited" of BMW Financial Services India not involved. HSBC acted as sole arranger, structuring agent and Rating features on this transaction: "The successful placement underscores the ability of HSBC, issuers access to the bond markets of emerging to open markets, "