Rating Rationale
September 18, 2017 | Mumbai
GIC Housing Finance Limited
Rated amount enhanced 
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.100 Crore
Long Term Rating CRISIL AA+/Stable (Reaffirmed)
 
Rs.550 Crore Non Convertible Debentures  CRISIL AA+/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Rs.1500 Crore Commercial Paper (Enhanced From Rs.800 Crore)  CRISIL A1+ (Reaffirmed)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has reaffirmed its ratings on the debt instruments and bank facilities of GIC Housing Finance Limited (GIC) at 'CRISIL AA+/Stable/CRISIL A1+'.

The ratings continue to reflect the strong support that the company is expected to receive from its promoter and largest shareholder, General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) Re, and its healthy capitalisation. These strengths are partially offset by the GIC HF's average asset quality and improving yet modest scale of operations.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths
* Expectation of strong support from promoter and largest shareholder, General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC-Re)
GIC Re, together with its erstwhile subsidiaries namely, National Insurance Company Ltd, the New India Assurance Company Ltd, the Oriental Insurance Company Ltd and United India Insurance Company Ltd, own a 42.2% equity stake in GIC HF. All the promoters act in concert with GIC Re for decision-making purposes. GIC HF also derives management, operational, and financial support from GIC Re. Furthermore, GIC Re's ownership in and name sharing with GIC HF increases GIC Re's moral obligation to support GIC HF. GIC Re has also provided a written commitment to ensure that GIC HF will always honour its financial obligations in a timely manner.

* Healthy Capitalisation
GIC HF has healthy capitalisation reflected in its sizeable net worth of Rs 838 crores and Tier I capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of 16.6% as on March 31, 2017 (Rs 720 crores and 17.4%, respectively, as on March 31, 2016). The company is expected to maintain its comfortable capitalisation over the medium term, given the management's stable growth plans. However, the gearing level ratio has remained high over the last few years and was around 9.8 times as on March 31, 2017 (March 2016: 9.6 times. Net-worth/Nnpa ratio was 31.0 as on March 31, 2017. From fiscal 2012 to fiscal 2017 GIC HF used to fully provide for all gross NPAs.

Weakness
* Average asset quality
GIC HF's asset quality is average with gross NPAs of 2.3% as on March 31, 2017 (1.8% as on March 31, 2016). The company primarily lends to salaried individuals (72% of the portfolio), a segment where it has recently witnessed high delinquencies leading to a rise in the NPA number. These NPAs however are partly cyclical in nature and the management expects the numbers to improve in the coming quarters. The LAP book also suffers from asset quality issues (GNPAs of 2.9% as on March 31, 2017) albeit the size of the asset class remains smaller than most of its peers (15% of total loan book). Also, it has steadily downsized its exposure to the self-employed segment (1.2% of total book) where it witnessed relatively higher stress in the past. The higher than peer level of non-performing loans is also partly due to the company's policy of not writing off NPAs. The company's ability to settle its legacy delinquent accounts and improve its asset quality performance will remain a key monitorable over the medium term.

* Modest yet improving scale of operations
GIC HF is a relatively small player in the Indian housing finance industry, with less than 1% market share, and a loan book of Rs 9277 crore as on March 31, 2017 (Rs 7912 crore as on March 31, 2016). The company expects to reach book size of Rs 10,000 crores by September 2017. Bulk of its advances are concentrated in 4-5 states with the state of Maharashtra accounting for 56% of total loan portfolio as on March 31, 2017. The company's loan book grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19% during the past five years. The growth in housing loans has been well supported by the growth in its loans-against-property portfolio over last few years, which stood at Rs 1395 crores and has remained stable at around 15.0% of the total portfolio as on March 31, 2017 (Rs 1272 crores and 16.1% respectively as on March 31, 2016).
Outlook: Stable

CRISIL believes that GIC Re will continue to support GIC HF and that GIC HF will maintain its healthy capitalisation over the medium term. The outlook may be revised to 'Positive' if there is a substantial and sustained improvement in GIC HF's market position along with an improvement in its asset quality over the medium term. Conversely, the outlook may be revised to 'Negative' if there is any weakening in GIC HF's credit risk profile, dilution of GIC Re's ownership in GIC HF, or a decrease in support from by GIC Re.

About the Company

GIC HF was founded in 1989 by GIC Re and its erstwhile subsidiaries namely, National Insurance Company Ltd, The New India Assurance Company Ltd, The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd and United India Insurance Company Ltd together with Unit Trust of India (UTI), Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI), Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI), Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) and State Bank of India (SBI), all of which contributed to the initial share capital. Later on HDFC, SBI, ICICI, UTI and IFCI sold their holding in GIC HF and ceased to be the promoters of the company.

As on March 31, 2017, the promoter group holds a 42.2% stake in the company, with GIC being the largest shareholder.

GIC HF provides individual housing loans to the middle to low income group in Tier II and Tier III cities. The company primarily lends to the salaried segment, which constitutes almost 72% of its total loan portfolio. GIC HF had a network of 65 branches as on March 31, 2017, most of which are concentrated in Maharashtra.

The company reported a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 148 crore on a total income of Rs 1002 crore for fiscal 2017, as against a PAT of Rs 125 crore on a total income of Rs 876 crore for the previous year.

Key Financial Indicators
As On/For The Period Ended March 31 Unit 2017 2016
Total Assets Rs. Cr. 9405  8021 
Total income Rs. Cr. 1002  876 
Profit after tax Rs. Cr.    148   125
Gross NPA   2.3 1.8
Adjusted gearing Times 9.8 9.6
Return on Assets (Annualised) % 1.7 1.7

Any other information: Not applicable

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument:
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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)
ISIN Name of Instrument Date of Allotment Coupon Rate (%) Maturity Date Issue Size (Rs.Cr) Outstanding rating with Outlook
INE289B07024 Debenture 23-Apr-2015 8.6 23-Apr-2018 45 CRISIL AA+/Stable
NA Debenture* NA NA NA 505 CRISIL AA+/Stable
NA Commercial Paper NA NA 7 to 365 Days 1500 CRISIL A1+
NA Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA NA 100 CRISIL AA+/Stable
*Yet to be issued
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2017 (History) 2016  2015  2014  Start of 2014
Instrument Type Quantum Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Commercial Paper  ST  1500  CRISIL A1+    No Rating Change      No Rating Change     No Rating Change     No Rating Change   CRISIL A1+  
Non Convertible Debentures  LT  550  CRISIL AA+/Stable    No Rating Change    No Rating Change    No Rating Change    No Rating Change  CRISIL AA+/Stable 
Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  100  CRISIL AA+/Stable    No Rating Change    No Rating Change    No Rating Change    No Rating Change  CRISIL AA+/Stable 
Table reflects instances where rating is changed or freshly assigned. 'No Rating Change' implies that there was no rating change under the release.
Annexure - Details of various bank facilities
Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 100 CRISIL AA+/Stable Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 100 CRISIL AA+/Stable
Total 100 -- Total 100 --
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
Rating Criteria for Finance Companies
Criteria for Notching up Stand Alone Ratings of Companies based on Parent Support
Criteria for rating Short-Term Debt (including Commercial Paper)

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