Indian Oil out for $300m at jaw-dropping pricing

A new $300m loan for Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has made market participants sit up and take notice, as the 68bp margin on offer is the lowest for a five year syndicated Indian deal in nearly a decade. While bankers are keen to see the size and sources of demand for the benchmark setting trade, there is wide expectation that the borrower will get away with it. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.