London
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has taken a $1.3 billion stake in India’s biggest retailer. The government fund acquired the 2.04 percent stake in Reliance Retail Ventures (RRVL), it said in a statement on Thursday. It is the latest high-profile international deal concluded by the fund that has increased its global profile this year. Reliance Retail operates about 12,000 stores across the country’s strategically important retail sector.—AN