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SBI Mutual Fund, the biggest fund house, has initiated the process for the appointment of merchant bankers and other service providers to facilitate an initial public offering (IPO). The boards of respective shareholders, like SBI and Amundi, and the board of SBI Funds Management Ltd (SBIFML) have approved a timeline of 12 months, SBI Chairman C S Setty told PTI in an interview. "We are very seriously working on that, and in this timeline we should hit the market...we have started the process of identifying the merchant bankers and other service providers," Setty, who is also chairman of SBIFML, said. SBIFML is a joint venture between State Bank of India and Paris-based Amundi, with 61.98 per cent and 36.40 per cent stake, respectively. The fund house managed assets of around Rs 12 lakh crore as of September 2025. The company's two promoters plan to sell a combined 10 per cent stake through the public offering. Last month, SBI approved the offloading of 3,20,60,000 equity shares,
The National Securities Depository Ltd. (NSDL) mobilised over Rs 1,201 crore from institutional investors on Tuesday, a day before its initial share-sale opening for public subscription. This anchor portion witnessed participation from domestic and foreign institutional investors, including Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Smallcap World Fund Inc, SBI Mutual Fund (MF), Fidelity Funds and Nippon India MF, according to a circular uploaded on the BSE's website. SBI Life Insurance Company and HDFC Life Insurance Company, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Ashoka WhiteOak India Opportunities Fund, ICICI Prudential MF and HDFC MF are also among the investors. Of these, LIC was the largest investor, picking up nearly 18 lakh shares, amounting to 11.99 per cent of the total anchor book, for Rs 144 crore. According to the circular, NSDL has allotted over 1.5 crore equity shares to 61 funds at Rs 800 apiece. This aggregates the transaction size to Rs 1,201.4 crore. The Rs 4,011-crore
Aditya Infotech, which offers video security and surveillance products under 'CP Plus' brand, on Monday raised over Rs 582 crore from anchor investors a day before its initial share-sale opening for public subscription. This anchor portion witnessed participation from domestic and foreign institutional investors, including Government of Singapore, Monetary Authority of Singapore, HDFC Mutual Fund, SBI Mutual Fund, Goldman Sachs, Nomura, Ashoka Whiteoak India Opportunities Fund, and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, according to a circular uploaded on the BSE website. As per the circular, Aditya Infotech has allotted 86.26 lakh equity shares to 54 funds at Rs 675 apiece. This aggregates the transaction size to Rs 582.3 crore. The Rs 1,300-crore initial public offering (IPO) will open for subscription on July 29 and conclude on July 31. The price band has been set at Rs 640-675 per share. The company's IPO is a combination of a fresh issue of equity shares worth Rs 500 crore and an
SBI MF, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, among others, on Friday cumulatively bought a 1.8 per cent stake in Bajaj Finserv for Rs 5,506 crore from promoter entities. Besides, JP Morgan India, Citigroup Global, Societe Generale, SBI Life, BofA Securities and Barclays Merchant Bank (Singapore) were also among the buyers, as per block deal data on the NSE. These entities bought 2.86 crore shares or 1.8 per cent stake in Bajaj Finserv at an average price of Rs 1,925.20 apiece, taking the combined transaction value to Rs 5,506.07 crore, as per the data. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finserv's promoters entities Bajaj Holdings and Investment and Jamnalal Sons offloaded an equal number of shares at the same price. After the stake sale, the promoters' holding of Bajaj Finserv dipped to 58.84 per cent from 60.64 per cent earlier. Shares of Bajaj Finserv rose 2.30 per cent to close at Rs 1,988.70 apiece on the NSE. In a separate block deal on the NSE, Wabco Asia Pvt Ltd, promoter of ZF Commercial Vehi