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Piramal Group not eligible to acquire Reliance Capital, says Irdai

Group has promoter stake in Pramerica Life Insurance

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RCap’s lenders have extended the deadline to submit bids till June 30 as they received a tepid response from prospective bidders, with only eight of the 54 prospective resolution applicants engaging with them

Subrata PandaDev Chatterjee Mumbai
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irdai) has written to Reliance Capital’s administrator flagging concerns over Piramal Group’s bid for the firm, pointing out that the latter already has a promoter stake in a life insurance firm and cannot pick up a similar stake in another life insurer.

With the acquisition of DHFL last year, Piramal Group has a promoter stake in Pramerica Life Insurance, and if it acquires RCap it would also become the promoter of Reliance Nippon Life Insurance.

In the letter dated May 12, Irdai said: “Since Reliance Capital is the holding company and promoter of Reliance