Infrastructure Development Finance Company

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Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited
IndustryBanking, Financial services
Founded1997;27 years ago (1997) (Chennai)
Headquarters,
Area served
India
ServicesInfrastructure Advisory and Finance
Investment banking
Asset Management
AUM Increase2.svg 115,000 crore (US$14 billion) (2022) [1]
Owner Government of India
Subsidiaries IDFC Project Equity
IDFC First Bank
IDFC Securities
IDFC Pension Fund Management
IDFC Foundation
IDFC Institute
Website www.idfc.com

Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited, more commonly known as IDFC, is a development finance institution based in India under the Department of Financial Services, Government of India. [2] It provides finance and advisory services for infrastructure projects, as well as asset management and investment banking. [3]

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Company history

IDFC was incorporated on 30 January 1997 by Government of India, with its registered office in Chennai, and started operations on 9 June 1997. In 1998 the company registered with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC). In the year 1999 the company was notified as Public Financial Institution. [4]

In August 2005, the company's equity shares were listed on the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) after an initial public offering (IPO). [5] Government of India cut down its ownership from 100% to 34.91% through the IPO, despite that it still retains majority ownership. [6]

In May 2008, the company entered into asset management by acquiring the AMC business of Standard Chartered Bank in India, namely Standard Chartered Asset Management Company Pvt Ltd and Standard Chartered Trustee Company Pvt Ltd; the acquired companies were re-branded as IDFC Asset Management Company Pvt Ltd and IDFC AMC Trustee Company Pvt Ltd respectively. [7]

In 2008–09, the company acquired 100% of the share capital of IDFC Capital (Singapore) Pvt Ltd. In the same year, the company established IDFC Foundation to focus on capacity building, policy advisory and sustainability initiatives. [8]

IDFC Bank started operating banking services on 1 October 2015. [9]

IDFC Ltd. is set to complete a merger with IDFC First Bank by March-end, leading to full privatization of IDFC Bank. [10]

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