India: NIIF's Strategic Fund acquires IDFC Infrastructure Finance

India: NIIF's Strategic Fund acquires IDFC Infrastructure Finance

Traffic passes a construction site for the Lucknow Metro developed by Lucknow Metro Rail Corp. and operated by Larsen & Toubro Ltd. in the Hazratganj area of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Tuesday, February 14, 2017. Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg

The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) of India on Wednesday said that it had acquired IDFC Infrastructure Finance Limited (IDFC-IFL), a non-banking finance company registered with the Reserve Bank of India as an infrastructure debt fund. IDFC-IFL lends to operating infrastructure projects, and thereby enables the original project financiers to recycle their capital following the commencement of operations. The company has a loan book of more than Rs4,500 crore, strong asset quality and no material repayment obligations for the next two years.

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