Fund houses and FII cut shareholdings in Yes Bank by half
Mumbai, Ta. 07 Mar 2020, Saturday
Mutual funds and foreign institutional investors have reduced their investment in Yes Bank by almost half in the last two years.
According to the data obtained, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and mutual funds have reduced their stake in Yes Bank from the September quarter to the fifth quarter by fifty percent by the 5th of December.
Mutual fund shareholding, which stood at 5.7 percent in the September 1 quarter, declined to 8.7 percent in the December 1 quarter. FIIs' holdings also fell to 8.5 percent from 8.2 percent in the same period. Thus, with the fall in the price of Yes Bank, institutional investors appear to have withdrawn their investment.
Yes Bank's stock was trading at a high of Rs 5 on August 3, after it was listed in the stock market in the 5th, but then started falling.
After the Reserve Bank took control of Yes Bank, the bank's share price fell by 5% and investors suffered losses of more than Rs 1 crore.
According to the information received, several mutual fund houses have invested heavily in shares, bonds and NCDs of Yes Bank, who have had trouble putting their money under their various schemes.
Money is invested in Yes Bank's NCDs or bonds through four Nippon India schemes. As a result, five fund houses, including Franklin Temple, SBI Mutual Fund, have also invested in Yes Bank's instruments through their various schemes, a research firm said.
Together with the various fund houses, the total amount of Rs 1 crore is stuck in Yes Bank.
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