Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the country’s largest institutional investor with an equity portfolio worth over Rs 16 lakh crore, made bold portfolio moves in the September quarter, trimming its holdings in top private sector lenders—HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, and Kotak Mahindra Bank—while sharply increasing exposure to public sector giant State Bank of India (SBI) and the smaller Yes Bank.

According to data from Prime Database, LIC added 6.41 crore shares of SBI during the quarter, amounting to an investment of roughly Rs 5,285 crore. In a contrarian move, the insurer also quadrupled its stake in Yes Bank—from less than 1% in June to 4% by September—even as several domestic institutional investors reduced their exposure to the stock.

At the same time, LIC sold shares worth an es

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