HDFC Bank has announced a merger with HDFC Ltd

What does it mean for the banking system and the shareholders of both companies?

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(1/19)

What is happening?

HDFC Bank will take over HDFC Ltd....effectively making a huge bank

25 shares of HDFC ltd will receive 42 shares of HDFC Bank.

(2/19)

Potential to be India's largest Bank?

HDFC Bank+HDFC total size=18 lakh crores
SBI total size=26.5 lakh crores

With steady loan growth over the next 5 years....surely HDFC Bank will become the largest bank

(3/19)

Housing Finance is a big opportunity and the missing puzzle in the HDFC Bank armor:-

Over the past year ICICI scored big time on HDFC Bank due to rapid growth on home loans.
ICICI clocked up about 24% loan growth while HDFC Bank did not have a home loan portfolio.

(4/19)

So why merge now?

The regulatory arbitrage b/w Banks and NBFCs is slipping away:-

The IL&FS crisis hit the economy really hard.

Since then the RBI has taken various steps in NBFCs:-
1. Asset classification norms for NBFCs have been moved at par with that of banks.

(5/19)