Year 2021 was another great year for fund-raising through equities. A total of Rs 1.8 trillion was raised through initial public offerings (IPOs), qualified institutional placements (QIPs), and rights issues, against the Rs 1.7 trillion raised in the previous year. Funds raised through IPOs quadrupled, while those from rights issues and QIPs reduced.
Bharti Infratel is a provider of telecom towers and related infrastructure and on a consolidated basis, is one of the largest in India, "based on the number of towers that Bharti Infratel owns and operates and the number of towers owned or operated by Indus, that are represented by Bharti Infratel's 42 per cent equity interest in Indus," according to the offer document.
On the day of Facebook's market debut, trading glitches by the Nasdaq postponed the start of trading in the company by 30 minutes.
Sebi had last year banned Indiabulls from carrying out trades but the order was kept in abeyance till completion of the inquiry.
"Higher IPO-graded companies typically tend to operate in higher growth industries, have superior management strengths and follow good corporate governance practices," says Chetan Majithia, head, Crisil Equities.
Global IPOs raise a record $246 billion in 2006.
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation will hit the market with an initial public offering by August this year and govt has assured the 'mini-ratna' status to the public sector unit. The IPO, scheduled for last year, got delayed as the company had not appointed non-official directors on time, a condition mandatory for any company to float an IPO. As per the guidelines of market regulator Sebi, 50 per cent of the board must be of non-official directors.
Following the footsteps of its peers, the Kolkata-based UCO Bank has priced its Rs 240 crore initial public offer at an attractive Rs 12 a share to woo retail investors.
Indian Bank plans an initial public offer in July 2004 to raise capital for funding its expansions, its chairman Ranjana Kumar said on Tuesday.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) plans to roll out a new regulatory framework for registrar and transfer agents (RTAs) - the market intermediaries responsible for the record-keeping of bondholders and shareholders after a company offers securities to the public. The markets regulator, sources said, is considering a multifold increase in net-worth requirement, a move that may dissuade companies from having in-house RTAs for record-keeping. At present, the minimum net worth required for RTAs is Rs 50 lakh and Rs 25 lakh in categories I and II, respectively.
While there is inherently nothing wrong with investing in an IPO, the decision to invest in one should be triggered by its ability to fill a gap in the investor's portfolio.
Move aimed at giving more headroom to foreign investors.
Aiming to garner over Rs 15,000 crore (Rs 150 billion) through the largest ever public offering in India, the government on Tuesday decided to price Coal India's IPO in the range of Rs 225-245 a share for divesting its 10 per cent stake.
Kishore Biyani-promoted Future Capital Holdings' initial share sale, which closed its IPO on Wednesday, was subscribed nearly 131 times, as investors shrugged off shaky secondary market sentiment after the benchmark Sensex tumbled nearly 860 points in the last two days.
"It is a reflection of world community in the future of India... Investors seem to be confident in the future of Indian economy," Chidambaram told PTI on IPO that hit the market this morning for mopping upto Rs 11,700 crore (Rs 117 billion). Not only the IPO was fully subscribed within a minute of opening, it generated demand worth over Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) in less than two hours.
Uniparts India and PNC Infratech are the latest companies to file initial public offer papers.
Vodafone's assessment is that the controversy over the spectrum allocation case is not over.
Cairn Energy India's initial public offering of 32.88 crore (328.8 million) shares will open on December 11 and close on December 15 at a price band of Rs 160-190 per share.
Fund mobilisation by companies through equity and debt routes has dropped 20 per cent in 2022 to nearly Rs 11 lakh crore, as exuberance dwindled this year due to expensive credit avenues and volatile markets. The first half of 2023 could continue to remain challenging. The year 2021 was extraordinary for fundraising from the equity and debt routes, while 2022 has seen a slowdown in capital raising owing to elevated volatility provoked by unprecedented inflation globally and the Russia-Ukraine war.
UTI Asset Management Company is planning to come out with an initial public offer by selling 60 per cent of its holding to the public, its chairman M Damodaran said in Kolkata on Monday.
The Western Vidarbha region comprising three districts of Akola, Washim and Buldana recorded bids of over Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) in the IPO that had opened on January 15, according to banking and private money market sources.
The IPO exercise is likely to begin in 2-3 months and will be completed within a year, BSNL said.
Nextbillion Technology (Groww), the venture capital-backed broking platform, has dislodged Zerodha Broking as India's largest brokerage in terms of number of active clients. Groww had 6.63 million active clients at the end of September, as against Zerodha's 6.48 million, ending the latter's long run at the top. AngelOne and RKSV Securities (Upstox) were ranked third and fourth with 4.86 million and 2.19 million active clients, according to data available on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
If you have never been to the great Indian IPO party but want to join in, you need to know that the way you fill up your application form could determine your chances of getting an allotment.
Low cost airline Air Deccan has filed an application with SEBI for entering the capital market.
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Infrastructure company Jaypee Infratech Ltd, a part of Jaypee Group, has planned to go public with a Rs 2,600-crore IPO in the next two months. The company has filed the Draft Red Herring Prospectus with the Security Exchange Board of India. Confirming the development, sources close to the development said, "While the price band is yet to be decided, the IPO size is estimated to be around Rs 2,600 crore."
The Union government's revenue from securities transaction tax (STT) is on track to exceed its Budget projection for the current fiscal year, with the mop-up already surpassing 50 per cent of the annual estimate. Provisional figures reveal that the Centre has collected approximately Rs 14,000 crore in the first half of this fiscal year up to September, according to a government official. This amount exceeds half of the full-year target of Rs 27,625 crore set for FY24.
The much-awaited offer is also seen as a test case for revival of big-ticket sales in the primary market.
Indian Airlines' board has decided in-principle to tap the capital market through a public offer.
India's first liquefied natural gas importer Petronet LNG Ltd will raise Rs 391 crore (Rs 3.91 billion) through the initial public offering of 260 million equity shares with the offer price being fixed at Rs 15 per share.
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd will consider an initial public offering on reaching an overall market share of around 10 per cent even as ICICI Prudential Life Insurance plans to increase its capital base in the current fiscal.