Liquidity cover for NBFCs not affected much in April, May: Crisil

18 Jun 2020 Evaluate

Rating agency Crisil in its latest report has stated that the liquidity cover for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) has not been affected much in April and May, as they managed partial collections and on lack of fresh disbursements. However, the NBFC sector continues to find challenges in fundraising due to risk-averse sentiment from investors amid lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic.

The report further stated that despite cash outflow owing to debt repayments, a combination of partial collections, incremental funding, and negligible disbursements has supported the liquidity levels of NBFC. It noted that in its base-case scenario, where collections in the next few months will be similar to April May levels without any moratorium on liabilities, the proportion of NBFCs with liquidity cover of less than one time will be 8 percent during the three months through August.

According to the agency, in a stress case, where collections are nil and there is no moratorium on liabilities, the proportion of companies with low liquidity could go up to 25 per cent. It said in an alternative case, where NBFCs get benefit of moratorium on their bank loans but there being no collections, the proportion of NBFCs with low liquidity cover is likely to be reduced to 5 percent.

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