Kosamattam Finance Secured NCD-April / May-2014
Probably you would not have heard Kosamattam Finance company earlier or if you even heard, you would have heard very little. Kosamattam Finance is offering Secured NCD’s now, which offers interest rates up to 13.43% for general investors and 13.50% for Sr. Citizens. This Non Banking Finance Company is operating from Kerala and has a presence in South India. Can we trust in Kosamattam Finance and invest in Secured NCD? What are the positives and risks involved in Kosamattam Finance Secured NCD?
About Kosamattam Finance Limited
Kosamattam is a one of the gold loan company registered in Kerala. The company is a non deposit taking NBFC primarily engaged in the gold loan business, lending money against the pledge of household Jewellery in the state of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and in the Union Territory of Puducherry.
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Features of Kosamattam Finance Secured NCD-April / May-2014
- Start date: 23-April-2014
- End date: 22-May-2014
- NCD’s are available for 390 days, 18 months, 36 months and 66 month period.
- It offers Non cumulative scheme and cumulative interest option
- Bond face value is ₹ 1,000.
- Minimum investment is for 10 bonds means, you need to invest for a minimum of ₹ 10,000. Beyond this you can invest in multiples of 1 bond.
- These NCD bonds would be listed on BSE. Hence, these are liquid investments.
- NCD’s can be invested through Demat account or Physical form.
- Non-Resident Indians (NRI’s) cannot invest in these NCD’s.
- The issue size is ₹ 75 Crores with an option to retain another 25 Crores aggregating to ₹ 100 Crores.
Below is the Interest rate chart of Kosamattam Finance Secured NCD
How the company is doing in terms of Financials?
Below are the details profit after tax
- Year ended Mar-2010 – ₹ 240 Lakhs
- Year ended Mar-2011 – ₹ 2006 Lakhs
- Year ended Mar-2012 – ₹ 3861 Lakhs
- Year ended Mar-2013 – ₹ 3928 Lakhs
- 9 months ending Dec-2013 – ₹ 2030 Lakhs
Non Performing Assets (NPA) of the company is 0.31% (FY2012-13) Vs 0.17% as on Dec-2013.
Why to invest
- Company is earning good profits in the last 5 years, hence less risk for payment of interest on these NCD’s.
- These NCD’s are secured by movable assets, including book debts, receivables, etc. Means in case of any unforeseen thing happening to companies, investors of NCD would still get the principal. Hence it is safe to invest in such secured NCD’s up to this limit.
- Attractive interest rates of 13.00%. You can double your money in 66 months. Senior Citizens would get additional 0.5% more However, they need complete KYC norms to get additional interest.
- CARE rated these NCD’s as “CARE-BB+”
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Why not to invest?
- It has received RBI circular in Feb-2014 for alleged non compliances which indicated in 2008 circular too. Any negative decision from RBI could impact the performance of the company.
- Two of the promoter directors are subject to legal proceedings and any negative things could impact company performance.
- One of the group company is in similar business and they may have a conflict of interest.
- Company is not able to trace certain records which include equity shares allotted prior to Aug-2004.
- Companies in finance business are little risky. Means the profits indicated now can reduce in future due to increase in interest rate payments. Due to competition, in future, it may need to reduce interest rates charged to customers and this can lower the margins.
- In case of bad performance of the company, there could be a delay in interest payment and repayment of principal invested.
You can download the prospectus Kosamattam Finance NCD here
How to invest?
You can login to your demat account and apply. In case you want to apply in physical form, the process is indicated in the prospectus.
Conclusion: This company was not accepting deposits earlier and hence we would not have heard it. Kosammatam Finance offers good interest rates on these NCD's. Since it offers good interest rates and the NCD's are secured, considering the risks indicated above, one can invest in such NCD’s.
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How much interest I can get monthly if deposit 10 Lakhs Rs fixed
I am a VRS person soly dependent on interest. I am planning to invest Rs.1.5 lacs in NCD. Is it safe to invest in Kosamattam Finance ?
i want to deposit 5,5 lakhs for 36 months, Monthly how much interest i would get ?. Reply soon……..
please send details i allready sumitted my document in kosamattam venikulam branch for 23 lakhs 10 lakhs in 39 month and 8 lakhs in 18 month and 5 lakhs in 18 month please send inteest rate allthe deposits
Hi suresh ,do you know if this is listed yet…I don't see this under the listed ncd for application in my sharekhan account?
Durga, I don’t see this is listed yet. However your NCD should come as it is nothing to do with its shares. Please check IPO/NCD section or consult sharekhan customer care.
Dear Suresh sir,
I want to Invest this NCD.but it is not highlighted in ICICI Direct,IPO Section.
can you provide the alternative way for purchase this NCD in the demat form?
Hi Sagar, Even I have observed that some of them are not featuring in ICICIdirect.com. You may need to open another account like Fundsindia.com or any other demat account where such NCD’s are available. I heard HDFC Securities are offering all IPO’s and NCD’s. You may check.
Hi Suresh,
Have you heard about this company earlier, as i am not. Wondering whether some one will invest in this company.
Kailash, If you see, this was my first statement in the article. Even I have not heard it earlier. But considering financials, Secured NCD and high interest rates, I felt this could be chosen as one of the option to park some money.
Hi Suresh,
Regarding suggesting such investment products, can you please rate them in a scale of 0 – 100, so, depending on the scale, if it is below 50, one can decide not to invest and upon above 50, they can decide whether they can take a risk or not.
Regards,
Vignesh. S
Vignesh, Care already rated. Also it is difficult to rate on the scale what you indicated as it depends on several positives and negatives. If one is ready for risks indicated by me, then they can go and invest
Hope this is secure than Sahara which is even having no rating, I think?
Saju, I keep saying that company fixed deposits are unsecure and carry high risk. Investment in secured NCD can help you to have some kind of security along with high interest. I do not know whether Sahara has issued any secured NCD’s earlier