MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

18.08.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

DEVELOPMENT CREDIT BANK LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

301,Delta Plaza, 414,Veer Savarkar Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai – 400 025, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2011

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

31.05.1995

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-89008

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs.2001.712 Millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L99999MH1995PLC089008

 

 

Legal Form :

A Private Sector Bank. The Banks shares are listed on the stock exchange

 

 

Line of Business :

Investment and Financing Activity

 

 

No. of Employees :

Information declined by the management.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba (49)

 

RATING

STATUS

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an established private sector bank having satisfactory track. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are reported be regular and as per commitments

 

The bank can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

INFORMATION DECLINED BY

 

Name :

Mr. Sridhar Seshadri

Designation :

Finance Controller

Date :

16.08.2011

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office and Corporate Office :

301,Delta Plaza, 414,Veer Savarkar Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai – 400 025, Maharashtra, India

Tel No:

91-22-24387000 / 66187000

Fax No:

91-22-24231520

Website :

http://www.dcbbank.com

 

 

Branch Office :

8 Pariseema Comp. Opp Lal Bunglow, CG Road, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on 31.03.2011

 

Name :

Mr. Naseer Munjee

Designation :

Chairman

 

 

Name :

Mr. Murali M. Natrajan

Designation :

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Name :

Ms. Nasim Devji

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. A. Sabuwala

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. D. E. Udwadia

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Narayan K. Seshadri

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. A. Momin

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Shabir Suleman Kassam

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sushil Nathani

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sukh Dev Nayyar

Designation :

Director

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Bharat Sampat

Designation :

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Name :

Mr. Abhijit Bose

Designation :

Head Retail Assets

 

 

Name :

Mr. Anoop Prabhakar

Designation :

Head Corporate Banking

 

 

Name :

Mr. J. K. Vishwanath

Designation :

Chief Credit Officer

 

 

Name :

Mr. Praveen Kutty

Designation :

Head Retail and SME Banking

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajesh Verma

Designation :

Head Treasury, Correspondent Banking and Trade Finance

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ravi Kumar

Designation :

Chief Internal Auditor

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. Venkattesh

Designation :

Head HR, Technology and  Operations

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sachin Patange

Designation :

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sridhar Seshadri

Designation :

Financial Controller

 

 

Name :

Mr. H V Barve

Designation :

Company Secretary

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 30.06.2011

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Total Shareholding as a % of total No. of Shares

(A) Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

 

 

(1) Indian

 

 

Bodies Corporate

2450182

1.22

Sub Total

2450182

1.22

(2) Foreign

 

 

Bodies Corporate

43750052

21.85

Sub Total

43750052

21.85

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

46200234

23.08

(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

(1) Institutions

 

 

Mutual Funds / UTI

3650533

1.82

Financial Institutions / Banks

206084

0.10

Foreign Institutional Investors

23355172

11.67

Any Others (Specify)

21541

0.01

Trusts

21541

0.01

Sub Total

27233330

13.60

(2) Non-Institutions

 

 

Bodies Corporate

26766296

13.37

Individuals

 

 

Individual shareholders holding nominal share capital up to Rs.0.100 million

62480945

31.21

Individual shareholders holding nominal share capital in excess of Rs.0.100 million

16510829

8.25

Any Others (Specify)

21007475

10.49

Clearing Members

2534706

1.27

Non Resident Indians

5741370

2.87

Foreign Corporate Bodies

12692427

6.34

Directors & their Relatives & Friends

38972

0.02

Sub Total

126765545

63.32

Total Public shareholding (B)

153998875

76.92

Total (A)+(B)

200199109

100.00

(C) Shares held by Custodians and against which Depository Receipts have been issued

-

-

(1) Promoter and Promoter Group

-

-

(2) Public

-

-

Sub Total

-

-

Total (A)+(B)+(C)

200199109

-

 

Shareholding belonging to the category "Promoter and Promoter Group"

 

Sl.
No.

Name of the Shareholder

Total Shares held

No. of Shares

Total Shareholding as a % of total No. of Shares

1

Aga Khan Fund For Economic Development SA

43750052

 21.85 

2

 Platinum Jubilee Investments Ltd

2450182

 1.22 

 

 Total

46200234

 23.08 

 

 

Shareholding belonging to the category "Public" and holding more than 1% of the Total No. of Shares

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Shareholder

No. of Shares

Shares as % of Total No. of Shares

1

 Al Bateen Investment Co L L C

7390527 

3.69 

2

 Tata Capital Limited

6587210 

3.29 

3

 DCB Investments Limited

5301900 

2.65 

4

 The India Fund INC

7175589 

3.58 

5

 Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited

4047926 

2.02 

6

 Satpal Khattar

3242296 

1.62 

7

 Sundaram BNP Paribas Mutual Fund A/c Sundaram BNP Paribas Equity Multiplier Fund

2714293 

1.36 

8

 Royal Bank of Scotland PLC As Depositary of First State Indian Subcontinent Fund A Subfund

2669701 

1.33 

9

 Girdharilal V Lakhi

2467260 

1.23 

10

 Macquarie Bank Limited

2144000 

1.07 

 

 Total

43740702 

21.85 

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Investment and Financing Activity

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Information declined by the management.

 

 

Bankers :

Reserve Bank of India

 

 

Facilities :

Borrowings

As on 31.03.2011

Rs. in millions

As on 31.03.2010

Rs. in millions

I. Borrowings in India

 

 

Reserve Bank of India

1800.000

0.000

Other Banks

3750.000

0.000

Other Institutions and Agencies

1340.016

1964.130

Sub-Ordinated Debts

1010.000

1470.000

Total (I)

7900.016

3434.130

 

 

 

II. Borrowings outside India

707.137

1600.990

 

 

 

Total (I + II)

8607.153

5035.120

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Statutory Auditors :

 

Name :

S R Batliboi and Company

Chartered Accountant

Address :

6th Floor, Express Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400 021, Maharashtra, India

Tel No. :

91-22-66579200

Fax No. :

91-22-22876401

 

 

Associate :

Platinum Jubilee Investments Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 01.06.2011

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

500000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.5000.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

200222334

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.2002.223 Millions

 

As on 31.03.2011

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

500000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.5000.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

200171209

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.2001.712 Millions

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS :

31.03.2011

 

31.03.2010

 

31.03.2009

 

Capital

2001.712

1999.852

1742.989

Employee Stock Options (Grants Outstanding net of deferred cost)

28.133

21.241

26.133

Reserves and Surplus

4185.054

3989.961

4214.238

Deposits

56101.658

47873.288

46468.917

Borrowings

8607.153

5035.120

4455.176

Other Liabilities & Provisions

2799.690

2447.190

2523.043

TOTAL LIABILITIES

73723.400

61366.652

59430.496

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS :

 

 

 

Cash and Balances with Reserve Bank of India

4045.104

2913.641

2868.775

Balances with Banks and money at Call and Short notice

825.991

409.839

3733.407

Investments

22950.448

20179.302

16217.275

Advances

42714.465

34597.101

32740.194

Fixed Assets

1275.045

1357.554

1489.253

Other Assets

1912.347

1909.215

2381.592

TOTAL ASSETS

73723.400

61366.652

59430.496

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

Particulars

31.03.2011

 

31.03.2010

 

31.03.2009

 

INCOME

 

 

 

Interest Earned

5362.624

4589.707

6452.052

Other Income

1120.986

1075.216

1200.637

TOTAL INCOME

6483.610

5664.923

7652.689

 

 

 

 

EXPENDITURE

 

 

 

Interest Expended

3471.241

3174.200

4479.511

Operating Expenses

2151.805

2008.052

2419.807

Provisions and Contingencies

646.273

1267.172

1634.326

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

6269.319

6449.424

8533.644

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/(LOSS)

 

 

 

Net Profit/(Loss) for the Period

214.291

(784.501)

(880.955)

Profit/(Loss) Brought Forward

(3783.745)

(2998.897)

(2062.013)

TOTAL PROFIT/(LOSS)

(3569.454)

(3783.398)

(2942.968)

 

 

 

 

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

Transfer to Statutory Reserve

53.573

0.000

0.000

Transfer to Revaluation Reserve

0.000

0.000

0.000

Transfer to Capital Reserve

21.712

0.000

47.272

Transfer to Investment Reserve

0.704

0.347

8.657

Balance carried over to Balance Sheet

(3645.443)

(3783.745)

(2998.897)

TOTAL

(3569.454)

(3783.398)

(2942.968)

 

 

 

 

Earning per share

 

 

 

Basic

1.07

(4.25)

(5.05)

Diluted

1.06

(4.25)

(5.05)

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

Particulars

30.06.2011

UnAudited

Interest Earned

1616.440

Income On Investments

373.760

Interest On Balances With Rbi Other Inter Bank Funds

14.880

Interest / Discount On Advances / Bills

1227.800

Others

0.000

Other Income

234.440

Total Income

1850.880

Interest Expended

1097.600

Operating Expenses

588.040

Total Expenditure

588.040

Operating Profit Before Provisions and Contingencies

165.240

Exceptional Items

0.000

Provisions and contingencies

76.930

Profit Before Tax

88.310

Tax

0.000

Profit After Tax

88.310

+/- Extraordinary Items

0.000

+/- Prior period items

0.000

Net Profit

88.310

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

BACKGROUND

 

Subject, incorporated in Mumbai, India is a publicly held banking company engaged in providing banking and financial services. Subject is a banking company governed by the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

 

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

 

India faced many challenges during FY 2011. Tackling the problem of high inflation has been a agenda for the Government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The global economy is recovering but still weak and a few countries in Europe continue to be in a precarious financial condition. In India, the year started well with adequate liquidity and low interest rates, however, by the second half the situation was very different. The IIP data was not encouraging and liquidity became tight pushing up interest rates. RBI took special steps to improve the liquidity in the system and banks started offering customers high term deposit interest rates. As cost of funds increased, banks increased the Base Rate for lending. Due to uncertain conditions, the stock markets remained volatile.

 

Globally, towards the end of the year, there has been massive uprising of people in many of the Middle East countries demanding change. This has already pushed up the oil price to a great extent. The situation got worse in March 2011 when Japan was hit by a massive earthquake followed by a devastating tsunami. Japan and the world is still dealing with the fall out of the unprecedented natural disaster. While the Indian economy continues to be resilient and buoyant and is expected to grow at 8.0 to 8.5% per annum, oil price increase and inflation are likely to take some shine off the growth story.

 

Against the above background, in FY 2011, Subject has progressed further towards improving its business and financial performance. Subject returned to profits in the 2nd quarter of FY 2011 and thereafter continued to improve step by step every quarter.

 

In FY 2011, Subject has posted an Operating Profit of Rs.860.600 millions (Previous year: Rs.482.700 millions) and a Net Profit of Rs.214.300 millions (Previous year: Net Loss of Rs.784.500 millions).

 

The Net Interest Margin (NIM) has improved from 2.79% in FY 2010 to 3.13% in FY 2011 and the CASA ratio remains high at 35.2%.

 

Cost to Income Ratio has decreased to 71.4% in FY 2011 from 80.6% in FY 2010.

 

Provisions other than tax has reduced to Rs.568.100 millions in FY 2011 from Rs.1210.100 millions in FY 2010.

 

Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) under Basel II as on 31st March 2011 stood at 13.25%.

 

Total Assets have increased by Rs.12356.700 millions and reached Rs.73723.400 millions as on 31st March 2011. (Rs.61366.700 millions as on 31st March 2010). Customer Deposits have increased by Rs.7216.900 millions and Advances have increased by Rs.8117.400 millions.

 

Gross and Net NPAs have decreased to Rs.2635.700 millions and Rs.412.300 millions respectively as on 31st March 2011 from Rs.3191.800 millions and Rs.1076.200 millions as on 31st March 2010. The overall NPA Provision Coverage Ratio was 87.64% and 100% for unsecured personal loans NPAs.

 

BUSINESS STRATEGY

 

·         Grow Retail Mortgages, MSME, SME and mid Corporate advances. The emphasis will be on creating a diversified and secured portfolio.

·         Focus on CASA and Retail Term Deposits to manage/improve the cost of funds. Retail Banking using branch  banking and outbound sales team will be the key channels for CASA and Retail Term Deposits. Bancassurance and Trade Finance products will be actively cross sold to improve Fee income and customer loyalty.

·         Treasury will be mainly responsible for liquidity and Balance Sheet management and will look for opportunities in FX and SLR trading gains within acceptable risk levels.

·         Productivity across all units to be actively managed with a strong Cost discipline.

·         Continue to strengthen Credit and Operational risks to support Balance Sheet growth.

·         Using sophisticated process improvement techniques, at least 3 key processes to be improved every year which in turn will improve Service Quality.

·         Focus on Training especially in Sales and Service to enhance frontline quality and effectiveness.

·         Improve Human Resource processes to attract and retain talent.

 


MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

RETAIL, MSME AND SME BANKING

 

Retail Banking

 

Subject operates a network of 80 branches across 28 locations with a strong presence in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh. The Bank received 2 branch licenses from RBI in FY 2011. The locations are Netrang in Bharuch and Mandvi in Surat districts of the State of Gujarat. These branches are expected to be operational by June 2011. During the year, the Bank added 24 ATMs taking the tally to 134 ATMs. Subject has tie ups with the Cashnet and Infinet networks. This allows customers to access more than 35,000 ATMs across the country. Subject is a pioneer in providing free ATM access (VISA ATMs) to its customers with no limit on the number of transactions.

 

As per the new strategy, the main task of Retail Banking is to generate CASA balances and Retail Term Deposits through its branches and outbound sales teams. Performance of Retail Banking frontline staff is managed using scorecards that help in improving productivity. Retail CASA grew by 15.5% in FY 2011 helping mange the overall cost of funds and NIM. Similarly, Retail Term Deposits growth was 17.5% reducing the reliance on short term bulk deposits.

 

Subject also distributes life insurance, general insurance and mutual fund products through its tie-ups with insurance companies and mutual fund companies in the country. During the year the Bank tied up with United India Insurance Company Limited for distributing general insurance products and continued its productive partnership with Birla Sun Life Insurance (BSLI) for Bancassurance. Subject continues to rank amongst the top three Bancassurance partners of BSLI. Insurance industry had to deal with major regulatory changes in FY 2011 that had a significant impact on sales of insurance products. However, the Bank took quick actions to adjust to the new environment and bounced back within a short time. The Bank has around 200 IRDA certified Relationship Managers and this helped to reach almost the same level of Fee income from Bancassurance as last year while industry volumes were significantly down.

 

Wealth Management is an integral part of the strategy to grow retail business. Subject as part of its Wealth Management activities introduced free wealth management advisory with no bank charges or service fee for mutual fund investments. Subject has set-up a robust Wealth Management service that covers the full spectrum of financial planning including, risk profiling, asset allocation and portfolio selection. The Bank has tied-up with ICRA Online Limited, enabling subject customers to benefit from the quality research and financials service expertise of its partner. The Bank has around 150 Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI)/National Institute of Securities Market (NISM) certified Relationship Managers who provide personal service especially to High Net Worth customers. Subject also provides Smart Trade, a comprehensive 3-in-1 online share trading convenience. For this state-of-the-art offering, the Bank has tied up with India Infoline Limited and Fullerton Securities and Wealth Advisors. Subject re-launched the Retail Mortgages business in September 2009, continued to build a robust portfolio and achieved substantial growth in FY 2011. This effort was supplemented by purchase of a Retail Mortgages portfolio from a well known NBFC which helped in increasing the scale of business and the customer base.

 

MSME and SME

 

The importance of MSME and SME to India’s economy and subject’s strategy of pursuing this segment has already been mentioned earlier in this discussion. The Bank has created robust sales, underwriting and portfolio monitoring capability for growing the MSME and SME business. Subject offers a wide range of products and personalized services including Cash Management, Trade Finance, Internet Banking and Bancassurance. The MSME and SME business together grew by 70.2% in FY 2011.

 

CORPORATE BANKING

 

Corporate Banking is present across India with Regional Offices in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkatta and Mumbai. Subject has a team of experienced Relationship Managers supported by Product Specialists in Trade Finance, Cash Management Services and Capital and Commodity Markets. The Bank has a strong underwriting and credit administration team to support all its businesses including Corporate Banking. Subject’s strategy is to selectively grow the Corporate Banking portfolio providing complete range of products and services. In FY 2011, Subject rebalanced its Corporate Bank advances replacing short term lending with Working Capital and Term Loans. The team acquired 27 new Corporate customers and deepened relationships with many existing customers.

 

AGRI AND INCLUSIVE BANKING (AIB)

 

India’s agricultural sector offers huge potential for banking opportunities. The sector plays an important role in the overall growth of GDP. In recognition of the crucial role played by agriculture in the Indian economy and in order to ensure meeting Priority Sector Lending (PSL) obligation, DCB has set up a distinct unit called AIB.

 

This unit is also responsible for taking numerous initiatives to ensure meeting of Financial Inclusion agenda of the Bank. As part of its PSL initiatives, Subject provides Agri commodity based finance to farmers, agri enterprises and processors against pledge of stocks mentioned in warehouses. Commodities can be stored in private warehouses, Central Warehousing Corporation and State Warehousing Corporation. The Bank has appointed dedicated Collateral Managers for regular monitoring of the stock movement and operations.

 

Till FY 2010, a significant chunk of sub-targets of Agri and Weaker Section within PSL was met by many private banks by lending to Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs).

 

However, this year, MFI opportunity was very limited as the segment went through turbulent times due to action taken by the Andhra Pradesh (AP) Government to regulate the MFI lending practices. While the regulation was well intended, it gave little time for the industry to adjust to the new realities. The State of AP is a big market for MFIs and the sudden change adversely affected recoveries, fresh disbursals and expansion plans of the entire MFI industry. Banks were reluctant to increase their exposure due to the uncertain conditions, which further led to contraction of the MFI industry. Subject had proactively reduced its exposure to MFIs in the State of AP and therefore the Bank was able to prevent major losses and restructuring. In the later part of the year as the situation started to stabilize, Subject resumed limited lending to MFIs alongside other banks. The Bank plans to continually review developments and take appropriate actions as may be necessary. Despite these challenges, in the FY 2011, AIB unit’s efforts once again ensured meeting of PSL obligations. This was made possible due to focus of attention on alternative products and diversification. Besides participation through MFIs, Subject has a dedicated Microfinance branch at Dediapada in the State of Gujarat and has been successful in growing both credit and savings in that region.

 

TREASURY

 

Treasury actively manages liquidity, Fixed Income Securities Trading, Equity Investment IPOs, FX Trading and Customer Sales. Treasury ensures compliance with regulatory requirements such as CRR and SLR.

 

In FY 2011, ensuring strong economic growth and at the same time containing inflation especially food inflation was the biggest task for the Government and RBI who took monetary actions and hiked rates many times during the year. The Repo rate was hiked from 5.00% to 6.75% during the year and CRR was raised once from 5.75% to 6.00%. Liquidity conditions remained tight from September 2010 onwards and bond prices were under pressure. Subject remained cautious on trading activities as G-sec yields went up from 7.90% to 8.25% before closing at 8.00% in March 2011.

 

Despite adverse liquidity situation in the system, the Bank’s liquidity was generally comfortable throughout the year. Taking advantage of rising yields, Treasury regularly invested in high yielding Government bonds and increased the yield from the previous year. In order to reduce the cost of funds on available excess liquidity created by funds flow mismatch, Subject deployed surplus funds in various money market instruments.

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

 

Information Technology (IT)

 

Subject continues to leverage technology for supporting its business strategy and to improve the level of customer service. The application landscape consists of a blend of packaged products as well as a few internally developed

applications. The IT operations are managed with a judicious mix of ‘in-house’ and ‘outsourced’ resources.

 

The Bank has upgraded its network architecture to MPLS technology to provide a more reliable and expandable connectivity to branches and offices enabling the frontline to provide uninterrupted service to customers.

 

Information security is regularly reviewed both by internal and external expertise. Security controls are being enhanced in order to keep up with the newer challenges that are faced from time to time by the industry.

 

IT will continue to implement appropriate, cost-efficient technologies to support the business growth in the coming financial year.

 

OPERATIONS

 

Operations is the backbone of the Bank’s internal and external service delivery. Operations are centralized at Vikhroli in Mumbai. Operations strives to adopt an empathetic approach to drive efficiencies and best in class customer service. Internal controls are constantly reviewed to ensure that risks are well managed.

 

End to end process reviews are conducted periodically and automation is introduced wherever possible to reduce errors and cycle time.

 

INTERNAL AUDIT (IA)

 

Internal Audit is an independent unit that performs regular audits to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls and overall risk management. The Audit Committee of Board (ACB) provides direction to the audit function and monitors the effectiveness of this function. IA uses a comprehensive risk based approach taking into account the guidelines of RBI and international best practices. IA reviews include snap audits and thematic reviews of key functions or projects. IA also uses experienced audit firms for concurrent audits. As a result of the improvements initiated last year, IA is emerging as a proactive unit providing valuable inputs for improving the overall risk management and controls. During the year, further streamlining of the IA function was completed and the audit policies and procedures were documented in an Audit Manual. The IA methodology was reviewed by an external firm. Audit skill sets were enhanced by hiring subject matter experts in Technology and Credit audits. A Corrective Action Tracker (CAT) was introduced to ensure timely rectification of audit observations. IA continues to use the concept of “Heat Map” for identifying and rectifying DCB wide risks.

 

CUSTOMER SERVICE

 

The Bank believes that customer satisfaction is at the core of its existence and customers must be served proactively beyond their expectations. Subject has a dedicated Service Quality team that is supervised by the MD and CEO along with senior management. This team inter alia is responsible for – identifying problems faced by customers, coordinating speedy rectification of issues, actively looking for process improvement opportunities, scientifically tracking customer satisfaction and facilitating implementation of customer friendly automation.

 

The Bank has installed “Centralised Complaint Management” so that customer queries and complaints are not inadvertently missed out and also to provide uniform quality service. All complaints are tracked rigorously for timely closure and delays if any are escalated to senior management.

 

Subject has Personal and Corporate Internet Banking that is at par with the best in the industry. Subject mobile alerts are considered to be one of the best in the industry. On an ongoing basis more alerts are added to provide convenience that reduces the need for customers to visit a branch.

 

In FY 2011, a specialist process improvement resource was hired to spearhead the efforts in improving the various processes that directly impact the customer experience. A cross functional team with the MD and CEO as the sponsor has been formed to reduce the cycle time of CASA new account opening process. In the coming months, once all the recommendations of the cross functional team are implemented, the CASA new account opening process is likely to be smoother and efficient than the current process.

 

Subject 24 hour Customer Care has been serving customers for a long time. The idea is to eliminate the need for customers to visit the branches for their banking needs. This unit handles approximately 71,000 calls per month.

Incoming calls are monitored to provide regular feedback and training to the phone banking executives so that they can improve the quality of interaction with the customers.

 

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

 

Particulars

As on 31.03.2011

Rs. in millions

As on 31.03.2010

Rs. in millions

I. Claims against the bank not acknowledged as debts

1230.634

1143.900

II. Liability for partly paid investments

--

--

III. Liability on account of outstanding forward exchange and derivative contracts

 

 

(a) Forward Contracts

14925.011

24883.357

(b) Interest Rate Swaps and Currency Swaps

6500.000

6500.000

(c) Foreign Currency Options

--

269.400

IV. Guarantees given on behalf of constituents

 

 

(a) In India

4903.717

4679.719

(b) Outside India

2422.357

466.866

V. Acceptances, Endorsements and other obligations

2941.660

3510.354

VI. Other items for which the bank is contingently liable

--

272.066

Total

32923.379

41725.662

 

WEB DETAILS

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Mr. Nasser Munjee, Chairman

Mr. Nasser Munjee was educated at the Leys School in Cambridge UK and then went on to do his Bachelor and Masters Degrees at the London School of Economics, UK.  He spent a short while at the University of Chicago USA, before returning to India in 1977.  He joined the Chairman of one of India’s development banks – ICICI, Mr. H. T. Parekh, to establish the first housing finance company in India – the first retail institution serving customers directly for their housing needs - HDFC.  Against many odds the HDFC group, as it is known today, grew to be a financial conglomerate with assets over $50billion in banking, insurance, mutual funds as well as its prime business – housing finance.  He rose to be an executive director on the Board with wide responsibilities.

In 1997, the Finance Minister of India requested the Chairman of HDFC to consider setting up an infrastructure finance company as India faced acute challenges in this field.  Nasser was asked to think through this challenge and, as a result, Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) was born.  IDFC charted the course of private investment in infrastructure – a sector that was dominated by the public sector – with great success.  Much of the conditions for private investment in infrastructure in India was created by IDFC between 1997 and 2004.  Nasser left IDFC owing to disagreements with the Government which intended a nationalization of IDFC.

Since 2004, Nasser has been pursuing his own interests in his own way.  He sits on 15 Corporate Boards in India which include HDFC, Tata Motors, Tata Chemicals, CIBA India, Cummins India, ABB India, Ambuja Cements (now part of the HOLCIM group).  He is also Chairman of other Aga Khan institutions in India – Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) and Muniwar-Abad Charitable Trust (MACT).  He was the President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry – the city’s oldest Chamber of Commerce and he has served on numerous Government Task Forces on Housing and Urban Development.

Mr. Murali M. Natrajan , Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Prior to joining subject, Mr. Natrajan served as the Global Head for SME banking in Standard Chartered Bank. He was responsible for providing strategic context and business development capabilities to drive a distinctive and consistent business model across 27 markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Mr. Natrajan joined Standard Chartered Bank, India to head the Mortgage and Auto Business. In November 2004, he was promoted as Head of Consumer Banking for India and Nepal overseeing business that include Mortgages, Wealth Management, Branches, ATMs, Credit Cards, Personal Loans and SME.

A Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Mr. Natrajan started his career with American Express TRS in India where he worked for 5 years in Business Planning, Finance and Operations. In 1989, he joined Citibank where he spent 14 years in various disciplines such as Operations, Credit, Finance, Product Management and Business Management of Consumer Banking. Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank in October 2002, he had successful stints as Cards Business Director in Citibank India, Hong Kong and Indonesia.

DIRECTORS

Ms. Nasim Devji is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (England and Wales) and also a member of the Institute of Taxation, U.K. She has specialised in the fields of banking and small scale industries. Ms. Devji is currently the Managing Director and Group CEO of Diamond Trust Bank in East Africa.

Mr. Shabir Suleman Kassam is a Certified Public Accountant from Australia and also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Accountants, United Kingdom. He is a consultant with more than 10 years’ experience in Chartered Accountancy and 13 years experience in banking. He is also on the Board of Industrial Promotion and Development Company Limited, Bangladesh.

Mr. R. A. Momin holds a B.Com degree and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Mr. Momin has more than 30 years of experience in the field of accounting and audit. He had been on the Board of Directors of the erstwhile Development Co-operative Bank for six years.

Mr. A. A. Sabuwala is a qualified diploma holder in Mechanical Engineering and has specialised in Small Scale Industries. He has set up several small-scale industries over the past 30 years.

Mr. Narayan K. Seshadri holds a B.Sc degree and is a Chartered Accountant. He has specialised in the fields of agriculture, small scale industries, and rural economy. Mr. Seshadri is a corporate consultant and is a board member of a number of companies such as PI Industries Limited, Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited, Magma Shrachi Finance Limited, WABCO-TVS (India) Limited, Indrise Investments - Cayman Islands, DHFL Venture Capital India Private Limited, and Halcyon Resources and Management Consulting Private Limited

Mr. D. E. Udwadia M.A L.L.B. (Hons.) is a solicitor and advocate of the Bombay High Court, and solicitor of the Supreme Court of England. His area of legal practice is corporate law, foreign collaboration, joint venture, and project finance. He is a partner in Udwadia and Udeshi, a firm of solicitors and advocates. He is an independent director on the boards of several corporate entities, both listed and unlisted, including Sundaram Clayton Limited, J.M. Financial Limited, ABB Limited, ADF Foods Limited, Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited, Coromandel Fertilisers Limited, Eureka Forbes Limited, ITD Cementation Limited, Macmillan India Limited, Wyeth Limited, AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited, Mechanalysis (India) Limited, and WABCO – TVS (India) Limited.

Mr. Sukh Dev Nayyar holds an M.Sc. (Physics Hons.) degree. An Associate of the Institute of Bankers, England, he is also an expert in the areas of Risk Management. He has vast experience in banking, having previously worked in various senior positions with Grindlays Bank from 1964 to 1994 and with ING Bank as CEO from 1994 to 1998. His last assignment was as Chairman and Managing Director of the ING Asset Management Company.

Mr. Suhail Nathani is a founder Partner of Economic Laws Practice, a law firm with offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Pune. His areas of specialisation include corporate and commercial matters, private equity and international trade. He has advised on several investments in the manufacturing, services and real estate sector in India. He has also represented the Government of India at the WTO (Panel and Appellate Body), most recently in the Wines and Spirits dispute against the USA. Suhail obtained an M.A. in Law from Cambridge University in England and went on to complete his LLM from Duke University in the US. Besides being enrolled as an advocate in India, he is admitted to the New York State Bar and the US Court of International Trade. He serves as an independent director on the Board of diverse public companies, the Cambridge Society of Bombay and on the India advisory Board of Duke University. He has been widely published and has been speaker at several conferences.

SENIOR MANAGEMENT

 

Mr. Anoop Prabhakar – Head – Corporate Banking

Mr. Prabhakar is an M Sc (Physics) from Delhi University and comes with 33 years of in-depth banking experience in Corporate and Retail Banking, Business Process Re-engineering, Stressed Assets Recovery and International Banking which also includes an international assignment of 3 years in the UK. In his last role, he was working as General Manager – Local Head Office (Chennai) at State Bank of India and was responsible for management of an extensive network of branches across Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.

Mr. Bharat Sampat – Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant alongwith a Post Graduate Degree in Law, Mr. Sampat has over 25 years of experience in senior positions with reputed organizations such as ABN Amro Bank, ANZ Grindlays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Hoechst India and Larsen and Toubro. He has worked in diverse industries such as manufacturing, banking, finance and shared services with oversight for financial accounting, financial control and reporting, and management accounting both in India and abroad.

Mr. Praveen Kutty – Head – Retail and SME Banking

Mr. Kutty brings with him around 19 years of banking experience. He has worked with Citibank’s Indian and international operations where he successfully managed multiple consumer banking businesses including Credit Cards, Personal Loans, Home Loans, Branch Banking and Wealth Management. As Area Director for Bangalore for Consumer Banking, he was instrumental in scaling up the remote banking Suvidha experiment into a highly profitable customer proposition. Prior to joining subject, he was the Area Director for Citibank’s NRI Business in North America. Mr. Kutty holds a B.Com and an MBA degree.

Mr. R. Venkattesh – Head – Operations, Technology and HR

Mr. Venkattesh holds a B.Com. degree and is an MBA in Personnel Management. Prior to joining the Bank, he was with Standard Chartered Bank as Head, Human Resources - Countries. He has over 20 years of experience in the areas of Human Resource Management and Mergers and Acquisitions.

Mr. Rajesh Verma – Head – Treasury

Mr. Verma comes with 31 years of experience within Banking and Investment Banking in State Bank of India. His rich experience spans across the various functions of Treasury, Credit, Loan Syndications, Project Finance, Investment Banking, General Administrations and IT Project Management in India and UK. In his last role, he was working as a Deputy General Manager, Global Market Department for SBI in Mumbai.

Mr. Ravi Kumar - Chief Internal Auditor

Mr. Ravi has over 13 years of rich experience in a career that spans national as well as international roles. Prior to subject, he spent seven years with the Samba Financial Group (previously Citibank) and four year with Ernst and Young at Riyadh. In his last role, he was Chief Financial Officer with Samba Financial Group, Qatar. Ravi is a Chartered accountant and a Certified Information Systems Auditor as well. He has managed and led several audits across various functions and domains. He brings with him an in-depth understanding of the banking domain and its nuances. In this role he is focused on strengthening the audit function in the Bank and taking it to the next level.


 

CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                              None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 


 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.45.37

UK Pound

1

Rs.74.55

Euro

1

Rs.65.33

 

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

5

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

5

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

5

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

5

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

NO

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

49

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

-

NB

                                       New Business

-

 

 

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This report is issued at your request without any risk and responsibility on the part of MIRA INFORM PRIVATE LIMITED (MIPL) or its officials.