Signature (IFC-41206)

Countries
  • India
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Gurgaon, Haryana
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Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
SIGNATURE GLOBAL INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Construction
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Equity
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 30.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 100.00 million
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Mar 11, 2019

Disclosed by Bank Mar 1, 2019

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Project Description
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According to the bank, "the proposed project involves development of affordable housing projects primarily in Gurgaon in the state of Haryana by Signature Global India Private Limited (“Signature” or the “Company”; Website: http://www.signatureglobal.in). The proposed Project is expected to deliver approximately 8,000 units in the next 4-5 years, with a total saleable area of approximately 5 million square feet and is mostly targeted at low to middle income population. Signature is a leading real estate company in India developing only affordable housing projects. It was founded in 2014 and till date has launched approximately 11,000 affordable housing units with a total saleable area of approximately 7.5 million square feet within a span of 5 years, a large chunk of which lies in the National Capital Region.

Investment Description
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Private Actors Description
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According to IFC, 76 percent of the equity shares of the Company are currently held by Mr. Pradeep Aggarwal, Mr. Ravi Aggarwal, Mr. Lalit Aggarwal, Mr. Devender Aggarwal, related Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)) and their family members (collectively the sponsors ) while the balance 24 percent is held by other individual investors. The sponsors have demonstrated their ability to spot a business opportunity and build a focused business at scale in their previous stint at SMC Group, where they were occupying key managerial positions. SMC Group is a diversified financial services company engaged in broking, trading, investment banking, wealth management, research, distribution of financial products and depository and clearing services.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Signature Global (India) Private Limited Client -

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SignatureGlobal (India) Private Limited
Ravi Aggarwal
Managing Director
011-49281700
ravi@signatureglobal.in
1304, 13th Floor, Dr. Gopal Das Bhawan, 28 Barakhamba Road, Connaught Place, New Delhi-110001.
https://www.signatureglobal.in/ 

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