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RBI rejects Muthoot Finance's plan to buy IDBI AMC over lack of consonance

The kerala-based gold loan NBFC had signed a deal to acquire IDBI Asset Management Ltd and IDBI MF Trustee Company Ltd in November 2019, for about Rs 215 cr

The company is now valued at $7 billion, a size that may spur MSCI to include the stock in its gauge at the quarterly review due in August
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Consequently, Muthoot informed Sebi that it is unable to proceed with the proposed transaction

T E Narasimhan Chennai
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has rejected Kerala-based Muthoot Finance's proposal to acquire IDBI Asset Management Company (AMC).
 
In a notification to the exchanges on Tuesday, Muthoot Finance said its request for a no-objection certificate was not acceded to by the RBI on the ground that, “the activity of sponsoring a mutual fund (MF) or owning an AMC was not in consonance with the activity of operating a non-banking financial company (NBFC)".
 
Consequently, Muthoot informed the Securities and Exchange Board of India that it was unable to proceed with the proposed transaction.
 
The Kerala-based gold loan