Share market today: Market in Asia dragged after worries about a possible US economic downturn slammed Wall Street on Friday. Bajaj Housing Finance IPO opens, while Gala Precision will list.
The IPO market will be bustling next week, with four companies, including Bajaj Housing Finance, set to launch their initial share-sale to raise a total of Rs 8,390 crore. Besides these four main-board IPOs, nine SMEs are preparing to debut with their maiden public issues next week, targeting to collect Rs 254 crore. Together, these 13 firms are looking to raise Rs 8,644 crore through IPO. Munish Aggarwal, Managing Director Head - Equity Capital Markets, Equirus, expects the next two weeks to be hectic in terms of issuance activity in IPO markets. "While this seems to indicate that the markets are overheating, we believe that this is more symptomatic of the attempt by most issuers who have valid Sebi observations and decent traction with investors to try and utilize their financials for Fiscal 2024 to launch IPOs," he said. According to Sebi, financial data in the Red Herring Prospectus (RHP) must be less than six months old at the time of the IPO. Therefore, September is the last
At the upper end of this price band, Bajaj Housing is valued at a price-to-book ratio of 3.2 times on a post-money basis
As of Aug. 28, about 200 companies have raised $7.11 billion through IPOs this year, more than double in the same period last year, according to LSEG data
Bajaj Finance's housing finance arm Bajaj Housing Finance filed its Red Herring Prospectus (RHP) for an up to Rs 7,000-crore IPO
Sebi has also issued the observation letter or approval to IPOs of four other companies, including Rekha Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Baazar Style Retail
The funds raised from Bajaj Housing Finance's fresh issue will be used to augment its capital base to meet future business requirements
Shares of Bajaj Finance gained 4.1 per cent at Rs 7,201 per share on the BSE in Friday's intraday trade
The IPO would include a sale of shares by existing shareholders
The IPO would be subject to market conditions, approvals and regulatory clearances, the company added.
Bajaj Housing Finance is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Bajaj Finance
As per reports, the company is planning an IPO of its housing finance arm, Bajaj Housing Finance (BHFL) at a valuation of Rs 80,000-85,000 crore.
The action stands in violation of certain provisions of the 'Non-Banking Financial Company - Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021' issued by the RBI
In terms of the framework, once an NBFC is classified as NBFC-UL, it shall be subject to enhanced regulatory requirement, at least for a period of five years
Punjab & Sind Bank will raise funds through the sale of certificates of deposit maturing in three months
The company booked 6.76 million loans in Q2FY23, up 7 per cent YoY compared to 6.33 million loans booked in the year-ago period
Mortgage lenders Bajaj Housing Finance and LIC Housing Finance on Monday announced a 0.50 per cent hike each in their lending rates. The revisions come amid a rising interest rates scenario, which has seen the RBI hiking its key lending rate by 1.40 per cent since May to tame inflation. Bajaj Housing Finance hiked its rate by 0.50 per cent, and the lowest priced product for the salaried and professional applicants will be 7.70 per cent now, as per an official statement. Despite the latest hike, the company claimed to be offering loans at competitive rates compared to most of its peers. LIC Housing Finance has increased its prime lending rate (LHPLR) by 0.50 per cent and the new interest rates on home loans will now start from 8 per cent as against 7.50 per cent previously. The company's chief executive and managing director Y Viswanatha Gowd said the RBI's decision to hike the repo rate by 0.50 per cent has caused "minimum fluctuation" in monthly instalments or tenure of home loan
Dividend Rs 20 per share for FY22
Its overall borrowings stood at Rs 39,128 core, and the mix was 62:38 between banks and markets in September 2021
After the process, the effective date for listing of commercial papers (CPs) with the exchange will be January 1, 2020, it added.