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Sundaram to buy out BNP’s stake

 Sundaram Finance Group Will Buy Out BNP Paribas' 49.90% In Mutual Fund JV


   CHENNAI-BASED Sundaram Finance Group is set to buy French bank BNP Paribas' 49.90% stake in their domestic mutual fund joint venture, Sundram BNP Paribas Asset Management. The decision comes after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) earlier this year asked BNP, which also owns Fortis Mutual Fund here, to limit its exposure to the Indian mutual fund industry through a single entity.


   BNP Paribas had bought a stake in Sundaram Finance's mutual fund in 2005. But, last year, Fortis Mutual Fund came under the French bank's umbrella after it acquired Belgium-based Fortis Bank's various international operations, including the domestic mutual fund business.


   As rules do not allow one firm to own stakes in more than one Indian asset management companies, market regulator Sebi set a deadline of March 31 for BNP to decide on how it wanted to operate in India's 36 member-strong mutual fund industry. While conveying to Sebi the decision to sell its stake in Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management, BNP has sought approval to conclude the deal by June, said a person close to the matter.


      BNP had the option of selling its stake in Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management or push for the merger of Fortis Mutual Fund with the mutual fund joint venture, said another person in the know. Sundaram BNP Paribas' merger with Fortis Mutual Fund would have resulted in Sundaram Finance owning a lower stake in the new entity, unless it wanted to pump in more money.


   Fortis Mutual Fund managed assets worth Rs7,889 crore, as on March 31. Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management managed assets worth Rs 13, 877 crore as on March 31. The mutual fund industry had assets under management worth about Rs 7.5 lakh crore in the period.


   Industry officials said Sundaram Finance would probably look to grow its equity assets under management and look for a partner later at higher valuations.


   Roping in a bank with a wider reach as partner would be a good strategy at a later stage to grow this business (mutual fund)

 

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