4. investment returns The team manning the PMS Section consists of highly experienced officers of State Bank of India, who have the required depth of knowledge to handle large investment portfolios and address the concern of large investors. The capabilities of the team range from Investment Management and Custody to Information Reporting. <br />MUMBAI: India’s largest bank — State Bank of India — is foraying into the international market to raise close to $1 billion, riding on the back of improved sentiment for Indian paper.<br />SBI plans to raise between $700 million and $1 billion through this bond issue, the proceeds of which will be used to fuel the bank’s growth plans. SBI chairman OP Bhatt had recently said his bank, which accounts for one-fifth of the total deposits and credit in the banking sector, hoped to record a credit growth of 20% in 2009-10, although loan growth has been muted so far during the first few months of the current fiscal.<br />MUMBAI (Reuters) - State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, plans to raise 180 billion rupees ($3.8 billion) through bonds by March 2010, the bank said on Tuesday, a day ahead of its 20-billion-rupee bond issue. <br />