LIC buys over 2% stake in Bharat Petroleum for nearly Rs 1,598 crore
NEW DELHI: LIC has acquired over a 2 per cent stake in state-owned refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) for nearly Rs 1,598 crore since December last year. The state-owned life insurance behemoth in a regulatory filing on Tuesday said its shareholding in BPCL has increased from 15,25,08,269 to 19,61,15,164 equity shares, increasing its shareholding […]
DPIIT to come out with revised FDI policy to facilitate LIC disinvestment
NEW DELHI: India’s commerce and industry ministry is making changes in the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy to facilitate disinvestment of the country’s largest insurer LIC, after taking views from the finance ministry, a top government official said on Thursday. Anurag Jain, secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), said […]
Finance Ministry invites bids from actuarial firms for valuing LIC ahead of IPO
NEW DELHI: The finance ministry on Monday invited bids from actuarial firms for arriving at the embedded value of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) ahead of its stake sale. The government plans to sell minority stake in the insurance behemoth and list it on the bourses. It has already appointed Deloitte and SBI Caps as pre-IPO […]
LIC offers Rs 1.25 lakh crore line of credit by 2024 to fund highway projects: Nitin Gadkari
By Namita Tewari NEW DELHI: As part of innovative modes of financing to meet India’s huge infrastructure appetite, insurance giant LIC has agreed to offer Rs 1.25 lakh crore line of credit by 2024, to fund highway projects, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. Keen on timely execution of the Rs 8.41 lakh crore ambitious Bharatmala […]
LIC completes the acquisition of 51% controlling stake in IDBI Bank
NEW DELHI: IDBI Bank on Monday said insurance behemoth LIC has completed acquisition of 51 per cent controlling stake in the bank, making it the lender’s majority shareholder. “The deal, conceptualised in June 2018, is envisaged as a win-win situation for both IDBI Bank and LIC with an opportunity to create enormous value for shareholders, […]
LIC, GIC show interest in buying Air India building in Mumbai
MUMBAI: Even as the government is yet to take a call on putting the 23-storeyed Air India building in the tony Nariman Point business hub of south Mumbai on the block, many PSUs such as LIC and GIC have evinced interest in the prime property, a senior airline official said on Friday. It can be […]
LIC’s open offer for 26% stake in IDBI Bank to begin from 3 December
NEW DELHI: LIC’s open offer to purchase shares from the minority shareholders of IDBI Bank will kick-start from 3 December, IDBI Bank said on Thursday. The open offer, at Rs 61.73 per equity share, will close on 14 December. LIC has offered to acquire 2,04,15,12,929 equity shares, representing 26% of the fully paid-up equity capital […]
LIC, SBI, and Orix to subscribe to Rs 4500 crore IL&FS rights issue
NEW DELHI: In a major breather to debt-laden Infrastructure Leasing & Finance Services (IL&FS), its largest shareholders Life Insurance Corp (LIC) and Orix Corp, and State Bank of India (SBI), on Saturday announced they would subscribe to the proposed Rs 4,500 crore rights issue of the company. The announcement came during the company’s annual general […]