India’s Samurai Loan Market Is Showing Some Signs of Revival

  • NTPC plans syndication of yen loan on heels of IRFC marketing
  • Access to yen funding would ease offshore redemption burden
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Indian borrowers are seeking to reopen access to a funding channel that has remained dormant since the pandemic erupted.

NTPC Ltd., India’s biggest electricity generator, is planning to raise Bloomberg Terminalthe equivalent of $750 million in a yen-denominated loan targeting a pool of Japanese lenders in general syndication. It’s only the second Indian borrower since January to seek such financing, after Indian Railway Finance Corp. kicked off Bloomberg Terminala deal last week.