One-time corporate loan restructuring likely to ease liquidity pressure for companies: Crisil

10 Aug 2020 Evaluate

Crisil Ratings in its latest report has said that Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to enable lenders to permit a one-time restructuring of loans is likely to ease liquidity pressure for companies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It noted that several corporates are likely to explore the opportunity to restructure their loans in order to conserve liquidity, especially given the continued weakness in demand amid economic recession. In a major relief to corporate and retail borrowers, the RBI has permitted banks to go for one-time restructuring of loans that are facing stress due to the COVID-19 crisis with a view to mitigating risks to financial stability.

According to the report, the restructuring window will be open only for companies that are under stress due to the pandemic and that were classified as standard, but were not in default for more than 30 days with any lending institution as on March 1, 2020. It said it will factor in the impact of debt restructuring on its rated credits as and when the process is initiated, and its rating action will depend upon the timeliness and terms of the restructuring of debt. The agency will also continue to factor in any structural deterioration in the credit risk profiles of its rated companies amid prolonged business-side pressures, or such other reasons, in the normal course of rating reviews.

Crisil further said its analysis will take into consideration the rated entity's resilience and its expectations on the pace and extent of normalisation of its cash flows. In addition, it said the revised debt repayment terms after restructuring will also play a crucial role. Given that the moratorium announced by the RBI is ending on August 31, and the cash flows across a vast majority of rated entities are taking time to normalise, it noted that timely support from the lenders in terms of approving restructuring plans quickly will be critical to avoid sharp credit cliffs.  

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