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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which bank to sell stressed assets worth Rs 48k cr to JC Flowers ARC, a US-based asset reconstruction company?
A
Yes Bank
B
HDFC Bank
C
ICICI Bank
D
Axis Bank
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Yes Bank on Monday announced the completion of the assignment of its stressed assets loan portfolio to the tune of a whopping ₹48,000 crore to J.C. Flowers Asset Reconstruction (JC Flowers ARC). This is by far the single largest transaction of sale of non-performing assets in the country’s banking system.

Detailed explanation-2: -An Asset Reconstruction Company is a specialized financial institution that buys the NPAs or bad assets from banks and financial institutions so that the latter can clean up their balance sheets.

Detailed explanation-3: -ARCIL top competitors include: Creative Avenue, Express Print & Mail, Alpine WEB, Eagle & Wheeler LLC Who is the CEO of ARCIL?

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s first ARC was a company named ARCIL, which has been a leader and a pioneer in this field, having established industry standards for the rest of the market to follow.

Detailed explanation-5: -ASREC is a securitization company carrying out activities under Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act 2002.

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