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Representative image Trade Watchlist Portfolio Message Set Alert live bse live nse live Volume Todays L/H More × India’s largest luxury and premium watch retailer Ethos on May 17 mopped up Rs 141.68 crore from nine anchor investors, ahead of its IPO. The public issue will open for subscription on May 18 and close on May 20. The company in its BSE filing said it has finalised the allocation of 16.14 lakh equity shares to anchor investors at a price of Rs 878 per share. ICICI Prudential Flexi Cap Fund bought 5.30 lakh shares in Ethos Limited, Jupiter India Fund purchased 3.73 lakh shares, Saint Capital fund bought 1.59 lakh shares and 1.55 lakh shares were bought by Cohesion MK Best Ideas Sub-Trust in the luxury watch retailer. Jupiter South Asia Investment Company Limited – South Asia Access Fund bought 77 thousand shares while Coeus Global Opportunities fund, Alchemy … [Read more...] about Ethos raises Rs 141.68 crore from anchor investors ahead of IPO

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the country's largest insurer, is listing its shares on the stock exchanges on May 17. But many analysts have suggested flat to negative listing due to volatility in the global equity markets. The grey market premium of LIC is currently in the negative territory, trading at a discount of nearly Rs 30 a share. In the last 10 years, initial public offerings (IPOs) of big state-run firms have not created any blockbusters as such and mostly traded below their respective offer price. Analysts say public sector utility (PSU) stocks by definition are listed due to divestment, and their objective of social good over wealth creation impacts the perception of investors, and in turn valuation matrix. Hence, it does not come as a surprise that PSU IPOs have historically remained lacklustre and have not turned into blockbusters. India's biggest PSU IPO was Coal India, which was listed in November 2010 with an issue price of Rs 245 a share. It … [Read more...] about LIC listing today | Big PSU IPOs laggards on Indian bourses

- A + A DUBAI/LONDON (May 17): Saudi Aramco is considering an initial public offering (IPO) of its trading arm amid a boom in oil prices in what could be one of the world's biggest listings this year, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The state-controlled oil major is working with banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co, and Morgan Stanley as it studies a potential listing of Aramco Trading Co, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is not public. The trading unit could fetch a valuation of tens of billions of dollars, the people said, with two of them saying it could be potentially worth more than US$30 billion. Aramco, which recently became the world's most valuable company, could sell a 30% stake in the division, two of the people said, which would make it one of the world's biggest IPOs this year. South Korea's LG Energy Solution raised about US$10.8 billion in January. Other major oil … [Read more...] about Saudi Aramco said to weigh IPO of trading unit amid oil boom

- A + A MUMBAI (May 17): Shares in Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) slid nearly 8% on its market debut on Tuesday, a fresh setback for the state-owned giant as its record-breaking, oversubscribed initial public offering (IPO) raised far less than expected for the government. India's biggest insurer and largest domestic financial investor closed at 875.25 rupees, compared with the IPO price of 949 rupees. LIC now has a market value of around 5.54 trillion rupees (US$71.54 billion) and is India's fifth-biggest company. The share-price decline reflects weak overall market sentiment and a slump in the broader market since LIC's IPO opened for subscription on May 4, analysts said, even as the blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index closed up 2.6% on Tuesday. "We were not expecting a big listing as markets were jittery, expect it to pick up," LIC's chairman M R Kumar told reporters. The government, which had positioned the sale as the first and biggest of a wave of … [Read more...] about LIC shares tumble in market debut after record India IPO

Representative image. Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal-led tech-driven financial services startup Navi Technologies, which turned profitable in FY21, has filed papers with market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to raise up to Rs 3,350 crore via an initial public offer, sources in the know told Moneycontrol. On December 8, 2021, Moneycontrol was the first to report Navi’s listing plans. “It is purely a primary issue of shares with no OFS or offer for sale component. The e-filing has been done with the regulator,” said one of the persons cited above. A second person said the firm seeks to grow its lending and insurance business. "There could also possibly be a pre-IPO round of up to Rs 670 crore and as of now the plan is to launch the IPO in June-July depending on market conditions,” this person added. Both the persons spoke to Moneycontrol on condition of anonymity. Navi Tech could not be reached for immediate comment. Close … [Read more...] about Sachin Bansal-led Navi Tech files papers for Rs 3,350-crore public offer

India’s largest life cover provider Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) made a lacklustre debut on the bourses on May 17, with declining nearly 9.4 percent after its initial public offering was subscribed nearly three times last week. The stock opened at Rs 867.20, against an issue price of Rs 949 on the BSE and touched a high and a low of Rs 886.80 and Rs 860.10, respectively. At 10.05am, the scrip was trading at Rs 883.40 on BSE, down 7 percent from its issue price of Rs 949 a share. India's benchmark Sensex rose 0.62% to 53224 points. Corrections in the equity markets globally seem to have hit the listing for the biggest public issue in the history of the Indian capital market. The situation was worsened by mounting inflationary pressure, stricter lockdowns imposed in China to combat Covid outbreak, and an unabated war on Ukraine by Russian forces. After the debut in the market, LIC has become the fifth most-valued Indian listed firm with a market capital of Rs 5.71 … [Read more...] about LIC share lists with 9.4% discount, stock debuts on BSE at Rs 867

BEIJING (Bloomberg): China’s top economic official gave an unusual public show of support for digital platform companies Tuesday (May 17), suggesting Beijing may be ready to let up on a year-long clampdown on technology giants as it battles a slowing economy. The government will support the development of digital economy companies and their public listings, Vice Premier Liu He, who is President Xi Jinping’s most senior economic aide, said after a symposium with the heads of some of the nation’s largest private firms. Baidu Inc. founder Robin Li, Qihoo 360 Technology Co.’s Zhou Hongyu and NetEase Inc chief William Ding were among the tech luminaries spotted at the forum, according to a video posted online. Liu’s remarks reported by state media were short on detail but signal further easing of the regulatory risk for China’s technology behemoths including Baidu and Tencent Holdings Ltd., as investors await clues on whether a rout in their shares is near an end. The Hang Seng Tech … [Read more...] about China economy czar vows support for tech firms after crackdown

This article first appeared in The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on September 7, 2020 - September 13, 2020. - A + A IT would not be an exaggeration to say that Solarvest Holdings Bhd is the goose that lays the golden egg for building materials distributor Chin Hin Group Bhd. Founded by low-profile businessman and savvy investor Datuk Seri Chiau Beng Teik, Chin Hin is one of the largest companies in its sector. The group reported a net profit of RM7.47 million in its second quarter ended June 30 (2QFY2020) after recording a disposal gain of RM27.8 million from divesting 25 million shares in Solarvest, representing a 6.4% stake, at RM1.25 apiece. Excluding this one-off item, Chin Hin was expected to report a core net loss of RM20.3 million in 2Q, given that all of its business divisions sank into the red as a result of plant shutdowns and reduced activity on the back of the Movement Control Order (MCO). Bursa Malaysia filings show that Chin Hin disposed of 20 … [Read more...] about For Chin Hin, Solarvest is the goose that lays the golden egg

Sachin Bansal, Founder and Chairman of Navi Technologies. Picture courtesy: Chandra R Srikanth Navi Chairman Sachin Bansal's dream of making the company a banking entity has been brought to a halt after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it found the company's subsidiary unsuitable for a universal banking licence. The announcement from the RBI came when Bansal was addressing a press conference to announce the company's maiden issue of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs). Bansal said it was not the end of the road and the company would also consider appealing RBI's decision. "We haven't received written communication from RBI yet. We are going to look at it once we get it, and then chart the next course of action. There are lots of options in front of us. It is not the end of the road for us. I mean, there are many things to explore including re-applying," he said. "We have to go back and analyse this. We will consider whether we want to appeal this and weigh our … [Read more...] about Sachin Bansal says not the end of the road after RBI rejects banking licence application

Source: AFP Japan’s SoftBank Group on May 12 reported a net loss of 1.7 trillion yen ($13 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31 2022, as the Japanese conglomerate’s listed portfolio companies were hit hard by falling tech valuations across the globe with investors pricing in interest rate hikes and China tightening regulations on the industry. According to Reuters estimates, SoftBank’s Vision Fund investment unit posted a record loss of over 2.97 trillion yen for the Jan-Mar quarter hitting the Japanese investment conglomerate’s profits for the year. The Masayoshi Son-led investment firm had reported a net profit of 4.99 trillion yen ($38 billion) for the previous fiscal year, with the Vision Fund unit clocking a profit of about 4.03 trillion yen. Shares of South Korea’s Coupang Inc and China’s Didi Global, two of SoftBank’s biggest portfolio companies, have plummeted in the Jan-Mar quarter, dragging the Japanese investment conglomerate into losses for the year. … [Read more...] about SoftBank posts $13 billion loss for FY22 as tech shares plunge across the globe