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Market regulator SEBI today debarred one Chandrakant Amratlal Parekh from dealing in the stock market for one year for his alleged involvement in cornering shares meant for retail investors of Suzlon during its IPO.
Retail and institutional investors will be treated alike in terms of bidding for shares in public offers, a move also likely to bring down the exorbitant levels of over subscriptions in the primary market. A new directive from the market regulator SEBI is coming to effect, as per which institutional investors will have to pay upfront 100 per cent money in primary issues, just like the retail investors.
(i) All banks should obtain RBI approval for IPOs. After listing on the stock exchanges, banks are free to price their subsequent issues. (ii) Issue price should be based on merchant banker’s recommendation. There need be no reference to the CCI formula for deciding on the pricing of such issues.
The disbursement of reallocation amount to 12.75 lac investors from the amount disgorged in the matter of IPO irregularities commenced today. The first set of cheques were handed over by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble Finance Minister of India at a function held on SEBI Foundation Day atNew Delhi today in the presence of Shri Salman Khursheed, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
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. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will on Monday hand over the cheques to investors who lost out because scamsters cornered the shares meant for retail investors in initial public offerings (IPO) during 2003-05.
The initial public offer guidelines for the insurance sector is likely to announced next month, the Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (Irda) said on Monday. “The guidelines could take a month time and Sebi will take the final call,” Irda chairman J Harinarayan said.
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) could soon get more teeth to monitor the end-use of money raised through initial public offerings by companies. The ministry of corporate affairs (MCA), which currently performs this role through the registrar of companies, wants Sebi to be roped in for this task, since companies divert funds through complex mechanisms that require expert hands to track.
“In the primary issuance process, Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) that currently pay only 10% margin while applying will be required to pay 100 per cent money in line with what other investors are required to do for all the issues that open on or after May 1, 2010.”
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) has issued disclosure norms for insurance companies, mandating them to publish accounts on a half-yearly basis. The disclosure norms are seen as a precursor to allowing insurance companies to hit the primary market.
Markets regulator SEBI has decided to allow companies to auction their shares in a follow-on public offer (FPO) to qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) at differential prices above the floor, while retail investors will get shares at the floor price.
