Reliance Communications, whose board on Tuesday approved the proposal for Reliance Infratel IPO, would also consider fund raising through qualified institutional placement basis at an appropriate time.
According to sources, Reliance Infratel would offer 10 per cent equity to the public valued at Rs 5,000-6,000 crore (Rs 50-60 billion). Reliance Infratel is the telecom infrastructure division of Reliance Communications Ltd.
Over 10 Indian start-ups with total valuations of $84 billion (some are planning fresh fund-raising) are bracing to launch initial public offerings (IPOs) in the next 36 months. While the size of their IPOs is under discussion, estimates are that they would together raise a minimum of over $8-10 billion during the initial listing.
Our focus around technology, cost efficiency, persistency and effective distribution channel will continue, says the ICICI Bank MD and CEO.
The beleaguered Deutsche Bank announced major overhaul of its business, which included discontinuing loss-making equities trading business, creating a new 'bad bank', and cutting 18,000 jobs. Deutsche Equities India employs 35 people, all of whom could face the job axe.
With the stock markets falling, four initial public offers (IPOs) that opened this week are facing rough times and finding it difficult to get investors.
If the markets regulator has not yet sent an advisory note to Coal India on its chief executive's frequent announcements in the media, it is probably because it is a public sector enterprise.
'There is no need to do anything, let your SIPs get deducted every month, and stick to your allocation between equity, fixed income and emergency funds and your risk covers.'
In a setback to initial public offer (IPO)-ready Coal India, the Jharkhand government has rejected a forest clearance for a railway link being planned for evacuation of coal from the North Karanpura coalfield operated by the coal miner.
India's oldest exchange, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), has approached the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for listing its shares. Sources said the listing would be through an initial public offering. This will make BSE India's first listed exchange.
The initial public offers of eight small and medium scale companies, including Cantabil Retail and Ramky Infrastructure, are opening this week.
The Noida-based company, which filed the draft prospectus in May this year, is awaiting approval from the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India.
Kishore Biyani, the founder of Future Group, is treading cautiously with the initial public offer of his venture capital arm, Future Ventures, this time.
For the first time in the history of the stock market, investors who lost out on allotment of shares due to a scam will receive compensation from money recovered from scamsters.
'Investors should be careful in getting carried away; although a reversal of IPO frenzy this time is taking longer than in the past.'
The country's largest coal producer Coal India is likely to decide in 2-3 days on roping in anchor investors for its upcoming mega initial public offer, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said here on Friday.
Under the 2007 agreement between Vodafone and Essar, the latter has a put option of divesting its stake in the telecom venture.
Last month, the Union Cabinet had cleared the proposal to divest 10 per cent of the government's stake in the world's largest coal miner through an IPO.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange, the last major private exchange in the US, has filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to raise up to $300 million.
Aditya Puri has a higher yearly pay of 9.7 crore, plus stock options, at HDFC Bank.
The Essar group is exploring the option of an $8-billion listing on the London Stock Exchange, potentially making it the first Indian company to enter LSE since Vedanta Resources seven years ago.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India is re-looking at Asba , or Application Supported by Blocked Amount, norms to make the facility more popular.
Punjab & Sind Bank plans to offer 5% each to top institutions
With hopes of raising funds through an initial public offer (IPO) or selling a stake to a strategic investor fading due to stiff opposition from the unions, the government is working on a proposal for a private placement of shares for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), India's fifth-largest telecom company,
There is a strong hint that the proposed IPO will be of 11 per cent instead of the earlier plan of 15 per cent (10 per cent public, 2 per cent employees and 3 per cent land losers).
Commercial banks have not yet reduced their lending rates.
Managing 5-6 investments is easy. But when the number of investments increases significantly, the problem starts creeping in.
Coal India IPO has become a runaway success, beating all records to become the largest public issue in India.
Public sector major NTPC's follow-on public offer (FPO) managed to scrape through today, but raised questions about the state of the primary markets and the government's disinvestment programme.
In the run-up to the Coal India initial public offering (IPO), brokers are offering Rs 500-700 to 'rent' the demat accounts of retail investors not subscribing to the issue. The rent is for the duration of the issue, which opens on Monday and closes four days later.
2010 is likely to be remembered as the year in which India Inc raised record funds through initial public offers.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has cleared Reliance Infratel's draft red herring prospectus for its proposed initial public offering (IPO). Reliance Infratel will offer 10 per cent equity under the proposed IPO.
Real estate developer Oberoi Realty on Friday said it will hit the capital market with its initial public offer on October 6.
The deterioration in the market mood has directly impacted fund-raising plans of real estate developers, many of whom have either delayed their initial public offers or have decided to go slow.
State-run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) says it expects to increase its visibility in the domestic and international markets, besides improving company performance, as a fallout of the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of equity.
The Asian life assurance business of AIG, is expected to set a price range for its initial public offering early next week and hopes to strike agreements with big 'cornerstone' investors who could take one-fifth of the shares sold a few days after that, the report said citing sources.
The IPO grey market premium does not value a company accurately. You may burn your fingers.
A Chinese man and his wife are set to become the country's wealthiest couple after their pharmaceutical firm's initial public offering garnered the highest ever share price in China's history, propelling the value of their stake to $6.24 billion.
Financial shares were among the top Sensex gainers along with auto and pharma shares.
This would be done either through strategic sale or initial public offering, ADAG chairman Anil Ambani told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting in Mumbai.