Shriram Transport: Event Update
15-12-2021

Event update: The Shriram Group entities Shriram Transport Finance (STF) and Shriram City Union Finance (SCU) will be merged to become a largest retail lending company, Shriram Finance Ltd.

STF, the largest group company in the group (AUM > 1,20,000 Cr) and overall company will be called Shriram Finance (AUM > 1,50,000 Cr)

Current CEO of STF Mr. Umesh Revankar will be Vice Chairman of Shriram Finance. SCU MD & CEO YS Chakravarti will be MD & CEO of Shriram Finance.

STF is a commercial vehicle lender with > 75% portfolio in commercial vehicles while SCU is a SME lender, largest 2w financier and lends against gold.

Outlook:STF and SCU will be merged and together finance rural and unbanked population. Although both the companies have little overlap in terms of business model (STF is a lender to Commercial vehicles while SCU is retail small ticket loans), together the loan book will become more diversified and stable. Both the firms earn similar ROE, albeit STF has higher earning power than SCU.

The management expects cost of funds to come down post merger and additional cross selling opportunities.

 

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