Capital markets regulator Sebi has approved the change in control of IDFC Asset Management Company from IDFC Ltd to Bandhan Financial Holdings (BFHL), the holding company of Bandhan Bank.
In a stock exchange filing on Tuesday, IDFC Ltd informed that the Securities and Exchange Board of India, in a letter addressed to its subsidiary IDFC AMC, approved the change in control.
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Notably, a consortium, led by BFHL, in April this year had acquired IDFC AMC for Rs 4,500 crore.
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The BFHL consortium includes Lathe Investment Pte, an affiliate of Singapore’s GIC, and Tangerine Investments and Infinity Partners, affiliates of ChrysCapital. While BFHL will hold around 60% in the AMC, Lathe and Tangerine will hold 20% and 18.52%, respectively. The proposed transaction was subject to requisite regulatory and other approvals