Chinese government bank bought stake in ICICI Bank among 'Boycott China'

 

There is tension in the country about China. Amid the boycott of Chinese goods and the anti-China environment, the news is that People's Bank of China has bought a stake in ICICI. However, experts say that this does not pose any threat to the national interest.

 

In March last year, China's central bank increased its investment in HDFC to over 1 per cent. Then there was a lot of ruckus on it. People's Bank of China is among the 357 institutional investors including mutual funds, insurance companies who have recently invested Rs 15,000 crore in ICICI Bank's Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) offer. ICICI Bank tried to raise money from institutional investors to raise capital and its target was met only last week.

 

People's Bank of China has invested just Rs 15 crore in ICICI and this investment has come through qualified institutional placements. Other foreign investors include the Government of Singapore, Morgan Investment, Societe Generale, etc. Experts say that banking is a very regulated business in India, which is under the strict supervision of the Reserve Bank, so it cannot pose any threat to the national interest. Earlier, People's Bank of China had a lot of uproars last year on investment in housing loan company HDFC Limited.