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.
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.
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.
Aditya Puri has a higher yearly pay of 9.7 crore, plus stock options, at HDFC Bank.
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.
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.
Commercial banks have not yet reduced their lending rates.
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).
Managing 5-6 investments is easy. But when the number of investments increases significantly, the problem starts creeping in.
Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook are both a boon and a bane for angel investors, VCs as well as start-ups. If the Big Tech companies get broken up and their powers to acquire get significantly curbed therefore, the whole ecosystem will need to change, says Prosenjit Datta.
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.
In the past few days, many companies, including fashion e-tailer Nykaa, food delivery platform Zomato, logistics and delivery firm Delhivery, insurance discovery platform PolicyBazaar, eyewear retail chain Lenskart, and edtech and online tutoring firm Byju's, have openly spoken about their IPO plans.
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.
Financial shares were among the top Sensex gainers along with auto and pharma shares.
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.
Bandhan Bank has filed a draft red herring prospectus with Sebi for an IPO of up to 119 million equity shares, with face value of Rs 10 each.
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.
The EGM would discuss deleting various Articles pertaining to transfer and acquisition of the company's shares, including 'Right of First Refusal' and ' Tag Along Right', in the company's Articles of Association.
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.
In India, the company serves customers such as stock exchanges, brokers, non-banking financial companies, financial services and insurance, IT and IT-enabled services.
Officially confirming the change in tack for the first time after months of speculation, Kuldeep Goyal, BSNL's chairman and managing director, told Business Standard, "Foreign partners definitely bring in some expertise that will help the company improve its performance."
Last year the exchange had approached market regulator SEBI for a proposed initial public offer and listing.
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