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Key Highlights of RBI Liquidity Support to Mutual Funds due to COVID-19

CSLalit Rajput
Liquidity facility for mutual funds enables banks to on lend via short term repos to relieve MF redemption pressures. A Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds permits eligible banks to obtain central bank repo funding and exclusively use it to on lend to mutual funds or to purchase/undertake repos against investment grade corporate bonds, commercial paper, debentures and certificates of deposit held by mutual funds. The facility follows LAF collateral and haircut norms, uses electronic bidding with pro rata allotment if oversubscribed, and allows the financed assets to be classified as Held To Maturity beyond the normal limit while exempting such exposures from banks' capital market exposure limits. (AI Summary)
  • RBI Announces ₹ 50,000 crore Special Liquidity Facility for

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, vide press release 2019-2020/2276  dated 27th April, 2020 has Announces ₹ 50,000 crore Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds (SLF-MF) In view of the situation arising due to COVID-19 pandemic and extended lockdown period.

Why RBI Announces such Measure:

  • Heightened volatility in capital markets
  • liquidity strains on mutual funds (MFs),
  • redemption pressures related to closure of some debt MFs
  • potential contagious effects
  • to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19 and preserve financial stability

Scheme Applicability:

The scheme is available from today i.e., April 27, 2020 till May 11, 2020 or up to utilization of the allocated amount, whichever is earlier.

Key Highlights:

  • With a view to easing liquidity pressures on MFs, it has been decided to open a special liquidity facility for mutual funds of ₹ 50,000 crore
  • Under the SLF-MF, the RBI shall conduct repo operations of 90 days tenor at the fixed repo rate
  • banks can submit their bids to avail funding on any day from Monday to Friday (excluding holidays).
  • The Reserve Bank will review the timeline and amount, depending upon market conditions.
  • Liquidity support would be eligible to be classified as held to maturity (HTM) even in excess of 25% of total investment permitted to be included in the HTM portfolio.

Note: Support extended to MFs under the SLF-MF shall be exempted from banks’ capital market exposure limits.

Utilization of Funds

Funds availed under the SLF-MF shall be used by banks exclusively for meeting the liquidity requirements of MFs by

(1) extending loans, and

(2) undertaking outright purchase of and/or repos against the collateral of investment grade corporate bonds, commercial papers (CPs), debentures and certificates of Deposit (CDs) held by MFs

How to Avail Benefits:

  • This special repo window will be available to all LAF eligible banks and can be availed only for on-lending to Mutual funds
  • The eligible banks may place their bids electronically on the CBS platform between 9 AM and 12.00 Noon every day
  • The bidding process, settlement and reversal of SLF-MF repo would be similar to the existing system being followed in case of LAF/MSF.
  • In case of over-subscription of the notified amount on any given day, the allotment will be done on pro-rata basis.
  • The minimum bid amount would be Rupees one crore and multiples thereof. The allotment would be in multiples of Rupees one crore.
  • A market participant can place bids of amount less than or equal to the notified amount of the issue announced on a given day.
  • The eligible collateral and the applicable haircuts will remain the same as applicable for LAF.

Note: While banks will decide the tenor of lending to /repo with mutual funds,  the minimum tenor of repo with RBI will be for a period of three months.

 

About Author:

 CS Lalit Rajput 

PARTNER AT Xcede Consultech LLP

reached at  [email protected]  / +91 8802581290

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