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HDFC MF, Axis MF, MIT Back Kissht Parent In Rs 832 Crore Preferential Issue

HDFC Bank is in focus in a mutual funds development.

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Marquee investors, including Axis Mutual Fund, HDFC Mutual Fund, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, White Oak, 360 One, Groww Mutual Fund, Bandhan Mutual Fund, have participated in the proposed preferential issue.

HDFC Bank reported Rs 832 Crore. Those are the figures as filed — what moves the price is how they sit against what the market already expected, not their absolute size.

Against that, the stock is -1.5% on the day at ₹692.20, and has returned -14.6% over three months. It sits 31% below its 52-week high, which means a good deal of bad news was already in the price. The banks sector has moved -1.7% over the same period, so HDFC Bank is running 12.9 points behind its peers.

For HDFC Bank, the question is how much of this is already reflected in the price and how much re-rates the banks peer set alongside it.

  • Fund flows and NAV moves show where domestic retail conviction is actually going, month after month.
  • The company directly in focus is HDFCBANK.
  • Sector exposure: Banks.