据《经济时报》报道，加拿大亿万富翁Prem Watsa押注其Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.收购IDBI Bank Ltd.将在印度增长前景下获得回报。
Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa is betting that his Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.’s acquisition of IDBI Bank Ltd. will pay off given India’s growth prospects, the Economic Times reported.
Watsa以价值投资、长期持有具备增长和转型空间的公司而闻名，他在接受该报采访时表示，印度总理将使该国“更具商业友好性”。他说：“我认为未来十年印度将迎来规模非常大的经济繁荣。”
Known for his value-investing approach of taking long-term positions in companies with scope for growth and transformation, Watsa told the newspaper that India’s prime minister is going to make the country “more business friendly.”“You’re going to get an economic boom in India for the next 10 years, I think, of very significant proportions,” he said.
本周早些时候，Fairfax收购IDBI Bank 60.7%股权，凸显了海外投资者对印度金融业日益增长的兴趣，因他们希望在全球增长最快的主要经济体之一中获取增长机会。该交易是印度最大金融行业交易之一。
Fairfax’s buyout of a 60.7% stake in IDBI Bank earlier this week underscores growing interest in India’s financial sector, as overseas investors seek to tap growth in one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies. The transaction is among the country’s biggest financial-sector deals.
此次收购大幅扩大了Fairfax在印度的布局，Fairfax已在印度投资了CSB Bank Ltd.和IIFL Capital Services Ltd. IDBI Bank曾因大量不良贷款负担沉重，经过大规模清理后，在近年来通过资本支持和积极回收大幅削减不良资产，已恢复盈利。
The buyout significantly expands Fairfax’s presence in India, where it already has investments in CSB Bank Ltd. and IIFL Capital Services Ltd. IDBI Bank, once burdened by heavy bad loans, has emerged from a major cleanup, returning to profitability in recent years after capital support and aggressive recoveries helped it cut non-performing assets sharply.
Watsa在接受该报采访时表示，Fairfax关注该银行的潜力，因为其此前因问题未能扩张。他说：“我们将始终保持其财务稳健”，旨在确保银行的财政完整性和员工福祉。
Fairfax focused on the lender’s potential as it has not expanded because of its problems, Watsa told the newspaper. “We’re always going to keep it financially sound,” with an aim to ensure the fiscal integrity of the bank and the welfare of its employees, he said.