State Bank of India confirmed on Wednesday that its asset management joint venture, SBI Funds Management, has filed a red herring prospectus for an initial public offering. The filing sets out a sale of up to 203.7 million shares, representing roughly 10% of the asset manager's paid-up equity capital.
Under the plan, State Bank of India will offer up to 128.3 million shares, while its joint-venture partner, Amundi India Holding, will divest up to 75.4 million shares. The prospectus states the public subscription window will open on July 14; anchor investors are scheduled to submit bids on July 13, one day earlier. The IPO is currently set to close on July 16, and the price band will be announced separately ahead of the offering.
According to the prospectus, SBI Funds Management reported assets under management of 12.5 trillion rupees at the end of March 2026. The filing also positions the firm's potential valuation alongside existing listed peers, citing market capitalizations of about $12.5 billion for HDFC Asset Management Company and about $17.2 billion for ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company.
The share sale has drawn interest from large sovereign investors, with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and GIC cited as participants in the bidding interest. The company and its backers have described the transaction as the opening of what they expect to be a busy second half of the year for equity offerings, with other sizable sales such as those by Reliance Jio and the National Stock Exchange of India anticipated later in the year.
This filing formalizes the timeline for public participation: anchor allocations on July 13 followed by a retail and institutional subscription period from July 14 through July 16. The prospectus does not yet contain a price band for the shares; that information will be provided separately prior to the opening of subscriptions.
For investors and market participants, the offering will add another sizable entrant to India's asset management universe given the manager's reported rupee-denominated assets and the share volume on offer. The prospectus-based disclosure of AUM and the planned sale proportions supplies market participants data points for comparing relative scale with existing listed asset managers.
Summary
SBI Funds Management has filed for an IPO to sell up to 203.7 million shares, with State Bank of India and Amundi India Holding as selling shareholders. The public offer opens on July 14, anchor bids are on July 13, and the issue is expected to close on July 16. The firm reported 12.5 trillion rupees in assets under management as of March 2026.