Mutual Fund News : Change in the Mutual Fund Scheme Names as Groww Acquired Indiabulls MF

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In March 2023, the board of directors of Indiabulls AMC had approved a sponsorship shift from Indiabulls Housing Finance to Nextbillion Technologies (NBT), the promoter of online investment platform Groww.

In accordance with the company's asset-light strategy, Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. had previously announced its decision to sell its mutual fund division in order to consolidate capital and concentrate on growing its real estate asset management business through Alternate Investment Fund. 

Recently, Groww, a Fintech unicorn acquires mutual fund business of Indiabulls Housing Finance for Rs 175.62 crore. According to Indiabulls stock exchange filing, the closure of the transaction occurs almost two years after Groww and IBHFL's subsidiaries Indiabulls Asset Management Co (IAMCL) and Indiabulls Trustee Co (the trustee of IAMCL) signed a definitive agreement in May 2021 to acquire the mutual fund business.

However, Indiabulls Housing Finance has demerged and retained the Alternate Investment Fund (AIF), which was also held under IAMCL. The mutual fund portion of the company is the only element of Indiabulls AMC that is being sold.

Now since the acquisition has been completed, Indiabulls Mutual Fund will be renamed as 'Groww Mutual Fund'. Investors are therefore notified that SEBI approved the change in Indiabulls Mutual Fund's scheme names, effective May 30, 2023, as a result of Groww's acquisition of the company.

The schemes of Indiabulls Mutual Fund will be renamed as follows:

Mutual Fund Category Existing Scheme Name New Scheme Name
Large Cap Fund Indiabulls Blue Chip Fund Groww Large Cap Fund
Short Duration Fund Indiabulls Short Term Fund Groww Short Duration Fund
ELSS Indiabulls Tax Savings Fund Groww ELSS Tax Saver Fund
Aggressive Hybrid Fund Indiabulls Equity Hybrid Fund Groww Aggressive Hybrid Fund
Arbitrage Fund Indiabulls Arbitrage Fund Groww Arbitrage Fund
Dynamic Bond Fund Indiabulls Dynamic Bond Fund Groww Dynamic Bond Fund
Liquid Fund Indiabulls Liquid Fund Groww Liquid Fund
Overnight Fund Indiabulls Overnight Fund Groww Overnight Fund
Value Fund Indiabulls Value Fund Groww Value Fund
Index Fund/ ETFs Indiabulls NIFTY50 Exchange Traded Fund Groww NIFTY50 Exchange Traded Fund
(Source: Indiabulls AMC letter to unitholders)

 

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