The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved SBI Mutual Fund, along with other SBI group companies, to hold a 9.99% stake in ICICI Bank – the country’s second largest lender.
“(ICICI) Bank has today received a copy of RBI letter dated March 23, 2022 addressed to SBIFML [SBI Mutual Fund] that it has accorded its approval to SBIFML together with all other group entities of SBI group for acquiring upto 9.99% of the paid-up equity capital of the Bank,” ICICI Bank said in a communication to the exchanges.
At the end of the December quarter, SBI Mutual Fund had