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BlackRock, GIC among investors chasing Indian telecom major Jio's IPO as anchor bids top $26 billion

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Jio Platforms' IPO anchor book was oversubscribed over 30 times, with bids totalling $26.3 billion from investors including BlackRock and GIC.

01Summary

  1. 01Jio Platforms aims to raise up to 302 billion rupees ($3.2 billion) in India's largest ever IPO in rupee terms.
  2. 02Anchor investor bids reached 2.5 trillion rupees ($26.3 billion) for the 81.1 billion rupee anchor portion.
  3. 03Jio allocated 72.47 million equity shares to anchor investors at 1,119 rupees per share.
  4. 04Major allocated investors include BlackRock, Capital Group, GIC, Life Insurance Corporation, Fidelity Investments, JPMorgan Asset Management and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
  5. 05The IPO prices Jio Platforms at around $108 billion, down from valuations over $130 billion a year ago.

02Why it matters

The strong oversubscription signals robust institutional demand for India's largest IPO, offering investors a rare chance to buy into a telecom and digital services giant backed by Meta and Google.

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