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Gulf SWF-backed<\/strong> Reliance Jio Infocomm is expected to file for its long-awaited IPO within days<\/strong>, kick-starting India’s closely watched listing this year. The telecom operator is reportedly targeting a USD 4 bn offering and could submit its prospectus ahead of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s annual shareholder address this Friday, the Financial Times<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

Better late than never:<\/strong> Ambani had pledged to list India’s largest telecom operator in 1H 2026. However, the company is set to miss that timeline after a bruising year for parent firm Reliance Industries, which saw its shares slide 15% this year and quarterly income decline 13%<\/a> amid energy shocks to its refining business caused by the Gulf war.<\/p>\n

Why it matters for MENA:<\/strong> Reliance previously abandoned plans for an offer-for-sale structure that would have provided a lucrative exit for its early Gulf backers<\/a>, including PIF, Adia, and Mubadala, collectively holding a stake worth bns of USD in the telecom giant. The Gulf SWFs are now staring down a forced, long-term hold in a volatile macroeconomic environment.<\/p>\n

Why it matters for India:<\/strong> The filing arrives as the Nifty index has shed roughly 8% this year, and India’s IPO market faces one of its weakest stretches on record. This year, total IPO proceeds fell 39% y-o-y to INR 198 bn (USD 2.1 bn). Foreign investors have pulled a record USD 30.7 bn from Indian equities YTD, and the worsening selloff may not fetch an adequate valuation for Jio.<\/a><\/p>\n

What comes next:<\/strong> A successful, well-priced debut would indicate that the market is beginning to normalize, potentially reopening the door for other high-profile, stalled listings like Walmart-backed PhonePe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Backed by Gulf investors, Jio\u2019s IPO will be closely watched as a barometer of India\u2019s capital markets and of Reliance\u2019s digital ambitions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":90627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2420],"tags":[2419,2689,2564],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-90626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipo-watch","tag-ipo-watch","tag-jio-platforms","tag-reliance-industries","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"full_issue_title":"Gulf SWF-backed Jio inches toward blockbuster IPO filing","teaser":"Backed by Gulf investors, Jio\u2019s IPO will be closely watched as a barometer of India\u2019s capital markets and of Reliance\u2019s digital ambitions","mongo_id":"b55c0f75597afae3d9883b0e","order":"3","related_issue":[90619],"story_type":"1"},"yoast_head":"\nGulf SWF-backed Jio inches toward blockbuster IPO filing - 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