The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to grant any interim relief and stay the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) IPO share allotment on a batch of pleas filed by some policy holders.
However, Delhivery's growth opportunities, its business model and revenue trajectory are positive triggers, say brokerages
Delhivery's IPO size is Rs 5,235 crore, the second-biggest after LIC this year
Move to have a separate quota for policyholders proves a game-changer, say experts
The proposed IPO will comprise fresh issuance of equity shares aggregating up to Rs 500 crore
Industry players said the refund process for LIC's IPO will complete on May 13 - the same day when Delhivery IPO closes
The initial share-sale will be open for public subscription on May 11 and conclude on May 13
The Ahmedabad-based firm's IPO will open from May 10 to May 12
Sees participation from 3.6 mn individual investors; policyholders lead
Interestingly, LIC's IPO will remain open for subscription even on the weekend, given the large amount the government is looking to raise from the market
Didi's shares were down 7% in US pre-market trading, deepening an 85% loss since its initial public offering in the summer of last year
The non-institutional category, consisting of corporates, individuals, and others has seen muted demand, with only 5 per cent subscription so far
LIC management and the investment bankers will embark on road shows in six cities across India - including Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Kolkata
The issue opens April 27 and closes April 29, anchor investors can bid on April 26
Experts question why such endowments in India's new-age companies are not comprehensively linked with performance targets
The government is likely to take a call on the timing of LIC initial public offering within this week, a senior official said. The sale of 5 per cent stake or 31.6 crore shares in the country's largest insurer was originally planned for in March, but was postponed in view of the geopolitical tension. The government has time till May 12 to launch the IPO without filing fresh papers with markets regulator Sebi. The official said it would be a tough call to decide whether to go ahead with the retail and domestic investor demand or to wait for geopolitical tension to ease and FIIs to return to market. "A decision on timing the IPO would be taken this week," the official told PTI. LIC's embedded value, which is a measure of the consolidated shareholders' value in an insurance company, was pegged at about Rs 5.4 lakh crore as of September 30, 2021, by international actuarial firm Milliman Advisors. There were estimates made in certain quarters that LIC's market valuation would be about
Price discovery estimates insurer's value at around Rs 7 trillion
The initial public offering of Veranda Learning Solutions Limited was subscribed 3.53 times late last month
The Bengaluru-based company is primarily engaged in system integration and manufacturing a comprehensive array of cables and wire harness assemblies, and are also involved in kitting
The issue, which kicked off for subscription on March 30, concluded on April 5