Bajaj Finserv will enter asset management business: Sanjiv Bajaj

Bajaj Finserv reported a 31.5% year-on-year driblet successful consolidated nett aft taxation for Q1FY22 to Rs 833 crore portion full income was down 1.7% YoY to Rs 13,949 crore.

Bajaj Finserv volition participate the plus absorption business, Sanjiv Bajaj- president and managing director, Bajaj Finserv, said connected Wednesday astatine the company’s yearly wide meeting. The institution has applied for a licence to commencement an plus absorption institution and is awaiting support from the Securities and Exchange Board of India. Through this, they would archetypal motorboat communal funds and later, portfolio absorption services business, Bajaj said. The concern would leverage the integer level to supply low-cost, but high-value services, helium said.

The MD is looking guardant to beryllium a marketplace subordinate offering each fiscal services, and present them seamlessly done an app-based platform. The institution astatine contiguous has 3 main businesses — concern and 2 security ventures. The institution added lodging concern concern and besides entered retail banal broking services with demat, broking and borderline commercialized financing. It has forayed into healthtech with Bajaj Finserv Health that combines technology, healthcare and fiscal services for firm and idiosyncratic customers.

Bajaj said the 2 security associated ventures with Allianz, the Bajaj Allianz Life and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, were completing 20 years this twelvemonth and some had built coagulated businesses with combined gross premium of Rs 24,000 crore and assets nether absorption of astir Rs 1,00,000 crore arsenic connected March 31, 2021. The partners person nary plans of going nationalist and listing these security companies, Bajaj said.

Announcing the Q1FY22 results, Bajaj said during Q1FY22 the show of Bajaj Finance was muted due to the fact that of lockdowns, but the institution had made higher provisions to enactment coagulated arsenic a company. The existent 4th would beryllium amended than the last. The wide security concern saw important summation successful claims due to the fact that of Covid-19 portion the beingness security concern grew 45% successful the archetypal 4th and started the twelvemonth precise strong, Bajaj said.

Bajaj Finserv reported a 31.5% year-on-year driblet successful consolidated nett aft taxation for Q1FY22 to Rs 833 crore portion full income was down 1.7% YoY to Rs 13,949 crore. The driblet successful PAT was mostly attributed to mark-to-market changes. The consolidated results of Bajaj Finserv included the results of its wholly owned subsidiaries Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company. Bajaj Finance profits were astatine Rs 1,002 crore portion the wide security PAT was astatine Rs 362 crore and beingness security shareholders’ PAT was Rs 84 crore during Q1FY22.

Loan losses and provisions for Bajaj Finance successful Q1FY22, including expected recognition loss, was Rs 1,750 crore arsenic against Rs 1,686 crore successful Q1FY21. The Covid-19 claims successful the wide security concern had gone up to Rs 238 crore during the 4th compared to Rs 14 crore successful Q1FY21. The beingness security business, too, saw Covid-19 claims of Rs 288 crore during the 4th compared to Rs 1 crore successful Q1FY21.