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HSBC joins PEs in race for Nuvama Wealth

By Sohail Khan 1 September 2026, 5:30 am

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HSBC joins PEs in race for Nuvama Wealth
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Asia-Pacific-focused private equity firm PAG, current owners of the listed financial services company, has revived attempts to sell the business after a year’s gap. Non-binding bids also in from 6 funds for 54% worth $1.8 billion. Two more strategics expected to join.

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Mumbai: Europe’s largest lender HSBC is competing with global private equity buyout groups to acquire Nuvama Wealth and Investment Ltd, said people in the know.

Asia-Pacific-focused private equity firm PAG, current owners of the listed financial services company, has revived attempts to sell the business after a year’s gap. HSBC is competing with at least half a dozen PE competitors including Brookfield, Warburg Pincus, EQT, CVC Capital, Permira, Chrys Capital and General Atlantic (GA) for the asset, said the people cited above.

Investors are queuing up to tap into India’s growing appetite for investment and spending, joining an increasingly competitive field.

Volatility in Scrip

This involved Jane Street, one of its key clients in the capital markets custodian business, and the regulatory cloud eventually tripped up the sale process.

PAG relaunched the divestment of Nuvama, formerly Edelweiss Wealth Management, last month, reappointing advisors Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan. At its current market value of Rs 32,116 crore, PAG’s 53.98% stake–held via Pagac Ecstasy Pte Ltd (53.12%) and Asia Pragati Strategic Investment Fund–is worth Rs 17,336 crore ($1.8 billion). The transaction will also trigger an open offer for an additional 26% of the company.

Wealth Effect

“So far, most of the candidates are common from last time except a few,” said an executive whose company is in the fray. “But it’s an expensive buy even after its stock split. Since last September, the stock price is up 37.21%. Even though the Jane Street issue has been dealt with and the company has derisked client concentration, the hypercompetitive landscape of wealth management will weigh in.”

Nuvama’s wealth management segment has become its mainstay with client assets growing to Rs 5.36 lakh crore as of June 30. The group largely caters to affluent and high-networth individuals (HNIs), ultra HNIs (UHNIs), family offices and institutional clients, with products covering investment advisory and management, estate planning, lending and broking services. The asset services business, the second largest portfolio for the group at 30%, was pegged at Rs 1.59 lakh crore as of June 30. Three-fourths of these were assets under custody with the rest under clearing.

It is also a prominent player in the institutional equities and investment banking businesses with a leading position in public debt issuances. However, the asset management business is at a relatively nascent stage, comprising alternate investment funds (AIFs) and portfolio management schemes (PMS). This business had an AUM of about Rs 13,261 crore as of June 30–up 12% from a year ago.

Robust Growth

“The wealth management business continues to see robust flows in the recurring revenue-earning segment,” said Prayesh Jain, analyst at Motilal Oswal, earlier this month, following first-quarter results.

India represents a significant long-term opportunity for wealth managers as rapid economic growth, rising incomes, entrepreneurship and financialisation of savings create a larger pool of investable wealth. Long seen as the number one player in Hong Kong, HSBC is keen to project its private banking brand into mainland China and neighbouring Asian countries to attract young entrepreneurs and wealthy clients.

Most bulge-bracket PE funds—Blackstone, Bain, Carlyle, Advent, and KKR—have written large cheques to back companies in this space. General Atlantic was a major investor in 360 One WAM Ltd (formerly IIFL Wealth Management), a key competitor of Nuvama Wealth, owning a minority 21.6% stake before exiting in 2023. Last year, 360 One acquired UBS’s onshore Indian wealth management business in a deal that also saw the Swiss financial giant take a minority 5% stake in the firm.

According to a recent PwC report, India’s asset and wealth management industry is projected to reach $1.7 trillion in assets under management by 2030, implying a compound annual growth rate of 11.6% since 2024.

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