New Delhi: Edelweiss Asset Management limited, a Group company of Edelweiss today announced that the Bharat Bond NFO Tranche II has seen resounding success, receiving applications amounting to Rs. 10,992 crores.
The initial NFO issue size of Rs. 15,000 crores (base issue size of INR 3,000 crores with a green shoe option of INR 12,000 crores) was oversubscribed by over 3.7 times. The 2025 maturity date category received applications for Rs. 4,531 crores, an oversubscription of 2.3 times and the 2031 Maturity category received applications for Rs. 6,461 crores an oversubscription of 6.5 times. All the subscription will be retained in both the categories, to accommodate the overwhelming demand Green shoe option in 2031 maturity is being increased from Rs. 5,000 crores to Rs. 6,000 crores.
With approximately 40,000 applications received and considering Covid-19 restrictions on accepting physical applications, Edelweiss Mutual Fund‘s Bharat Bond NFO witnessed wide retail participation with strong support from digital channels.
Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Secretary DIPAM, Ministry of Finance said, “The overwhelming response and over-subscription of the BHARAT Bond ETF tranche II issue shows that the product is well accepted and there is enough demand from investors for CPSE Bonds. The wide participation from investors during current environment is very encouraging. This has helped participating CPSEs in raising long term resources that will aid their capex plans in the current financial year.
