India's largest asset management company is heading to the stock market with strong institutional backing. SBI Funds Management, the asset management arm of State Bank of India (SBI), has raised Rs 1,655 crore through a pre-IPO placement, selling 2.88 crore equity shares to 30 marquee investors ahead of its much-anticipated Rs 11,692.91-crore initial public offering (IPO).
PI Opportunities Fund-II, Akash Manek Bhanshali, and 3P India Equity Fund I, led by veteran investor Prashant Jain, emerged as the top investors in the pre-IPO share sale.