11/08/2017
02-AUG-2017
145% PROFIT ON EQUITY BETS IN Q1! HOW LIC MADE ITS MONEY
Rahul Oberoi,
The country’s largest insurer, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), registered an eye-popping 145 per cent surge in profit on its equity portfolio in June quarter of FY18.
LIC increased stake in 40 companies during the quarter gone by. Among the biggies, L&T saw LIC holding go up from 16 per cent in Q4 of FY17 to 17.97 per cent in Q1 of FY18. In Nalco, it went up from 10.57 per cent to 14.46 per cent, Bank of India from 13.87 per cent to 14.25 per cent and and Dena Bank from 12.23 per cent to 12.29 per cent.
LIC also increased stake further in Orissa Minerals from 1.54 per cent to over 15 per cent. Bank of India sold 3.35 crore shares equivalent to over 3.12 per cent holding to LIC through an open market purchase on a preference allotment basis on June 28, 2017.
Calculated on the weighted average price (WAP) of Rs 134.59 apiece on June 28, the valuation of the deal comes to over Rs 450.87 crore.
During the quarter, LIC purchased shares worth over Rs 5,800 crore in banking major State Bank of India’s Rs 15,000 crore qualified institutional placement (QIP). The insurance firm bought 38.67 per cent of the shares put on the block via the QIP issue.
Following the investment, LIC’s shareholding in SBI increased to nearly 10.60 per cent from 8.60 per cent.
Source: Economic Times
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