Rating Rationale
May 10, 2018 | Mumbai
IIFL Holdings Limited
Rating Reaffirmed 
 
Rating Action
Rs.500 Crore Short Term Debt (Including Commercial Paper) CRISIL A1+ (Reaffirmed)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has reaffirmed its rating on the short term debt (including commercial paper) of IIFL Holdings Ltd (IIFLHL) at 'CRISIL A1+'.
 
On February 9, 2018, following the announcement by IIFL group (IIFL Holdings Ltd (IIFLHL) and its subsidiaries) of a reorganisation in its corporate structure, ratings on IIFLHL were reaffirmed. The proposed reorganization will result in listing of three entities ' IIFL Finance (Loans and Mortgages business), IIFL Wealth (Wealth and Asset Management business), and IIFL Securities (Capital Markets and Other businesses). IIFL Holding Ltd., which is currently the holding company of the group, will cease to exist post the reorganisation. The scheme of arrangement will be subject to necessary shareholder, regulatory and other requisite approvals, which are still awaited.
 
The rating continues to reflect IIFL group's diversified presence in the financial services space and comfortable capitalisation. These rating strengths are partially offset by limited seasoning of the group's loan portfolio.

Analytical Approach

For arriving at the ratings of IIFLHL, CRISIL currently combines the business and financial risk profiles of IIFL group, given their strong operational and financial linkages, common promoters and senior management, and a shared brand name.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths
* Diversified presence in the financial services space
IIFL Holdings Ltd is the holding company of the IIFL group and holds majority stakes in various subsidiaries. These subsidiaries operate in the retail and commercial finance; broking: equity, commodity and currency; third-party financial product distribution, and wealth management businesses. The lending business remains the key growth driver for the group. Its assets under management was around Rs 31,133 crore as on March 31, 2018. The portfolio largely consists of homes loans (28%), mortgage (18%), construction finance (14%), commercial vehicle (13%) and gold loans (13%). Small and medium enterprise and micro finance lending are the new focus areas.
 
The group's focus is on retail lending across various asset classes. Within mortgage, the focus is on home loans under 25 lakh and retail loan against property. The larger ticket capital market loans (to high networth individuals) business is incrementally carried out in the group's wealth non-banking financial company (NBFC). This NBFC had a loan book of Rs 6,701 crore as on March 31, 2018.
 
The group continues to have a strong market position in the insurance and other products distribution business, and is one of the leading non-bank life insurance distributor in India. The assets under advisory in the wealth management business were sizeable at Rs 1.3 lakh crore as on March 31, 2018. The group, through its broking arm, IIFL Securities Ltd, is among the large players in the retail broking segment. It also has a presence in the institutional, currency and commodity broking segment.
 
* Comfortable capitalisation
The group's networth was large at Rs 6566 crore and gearing around 5.5 times, as on March 31, 2018 (Rs 5636 crore and 4.8 times, respectively, as on March 31, 2017). Capital of about Rs 1900 crore was raised over fiscals 2015-16. The consolidated net worth and adjusted gearing of India Infoline Finance Ltd (the NBFC arm of the group) were also adequate at Rs 3932 crore and 7.2 times, respectively, as on March 31, 2018. CRISIL believes the group will maintain comfortable capitalisation and a consolidated gearing of less than 6.0 times.
 
Weakness
* Limited seasoning of the loan portfolio
The group's overall loan portfolio has grown at a three-year compound annual rate of around 24%. Given the high growth in recent years and entry into newer segments, the portfolio remains unseasoned and hence the overall asset quality is yet to be tested through cycles. The overall gross non-performing assets (NPAs) were at 1.7% as on March 31, 2018, from 1.82% as on March 31, 2017, and 1.44% as on March 31, 2016. The group transitioned to 90+days past due recognition of NPAs in the first quarter of fiscal 2018. On a one-year lagged basis, gross NPAs stood at 2.4% as on March 31, 2018 (2.4% as on March 31, 2017). While the increasing focus on retail mortgage loans is expected to benefit the inherent asset quality over the medium term, ability to underwrite and maintain strong credit practices across asset classes amid stiff competition from established players remains to be seen.
About the Group

IIFL Holdings Ltd is the holding company of the IIFL group and holds majority stakes in various subsidiaries. IIFL Holdings Ltd. through its main companies, IIFL Securities Ltd, India Infoline Finance Ltd, India Infoline Housing Finance Ltd, IIFL Wealth Management Ltd, offers a wide range of financial products and services, including retail finance, broking, investment banking, and wealth management, and distribution of life insurance.
 
The Canada-based Fairfax group holds 35.5% equity stake in the company.
 
IIFL group's PAT was Rs 1162 crore on total income of Rs 6459 crore for fiscal 2018, against a PAT of Rs 822 crore on total income of Rs 4908 crore for the previous fiscal.

Key Financial Indicators - IIFL Holding Limited (CRISIL adjusted numbers)
As on / for the period ended March 31   2018 2017
Total Assets Rs crore 43703 33736
Total income Rs crore 6459 4908
Profit after tax Rs crore 1162 822
Gross NPA * % 1.7 1.8
Return on assets (annualized) % 3.0 2.9
Adjusted gearing Times 5.5 4.8
*Mar-18 numbers are on 90+dpd and Mar-17 on 120+dpd

Any other information: Not applicable

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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
NA Short Term Debt (Including Commercial Paper) NA NA 7 to 365 days 500.0 CRISIL A1+
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2018 (History) 2017  2016  2015  Start of 2015
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Short Term Debt (Including Commercial Paper)  ST  500.00  CRISIL A1+  09-02-18  CRISIL A1+  29-09-17  CRISIL A1+    --    --  -- 
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
Rating Criteria for Finance Companies
CRISILs Criteria for Consolidation
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt

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