Japan’s Nippon Life Insurance Co plans to invest about 20 billion yen (around$261 mn) in Reliance Capital Asset Management, the fund management unit of Reliance Capital , the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday.
Nippon Life has agreed to buy a 26 percent stake in the Reliance Capital subsidiary and the Japanese company will announce the investment later in the day, the paper said, citing unnamed sources.
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A Reliance Capital spokesman in Mumbai did not respond to phone calls by Reuters seeking comment.
Reliance Capital, controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, agreed in March last year to sell a 26 percent stake in its life insurance business to Nippon Life for $680 million, valuing the business at $2.6 billion.
Reuters


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