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MUMBAI: Institutional investors usually dominate pre-IPO placement, but a host of star individual fund managers crowded ICICI Prudential Asset Management’s (I-Pru MF’s) pre-IPO book. The family offices of two of India’s software sector pioneers – Azim Premji of Wipro and Shiv Nadar of HCL Group – also invested in this round, merchant bankers said. They…
Zerodha founder and CEO Nithin Kamath cautioned retail investors against blindly chasing opportunities in India’s unlisted market, which is currently experiencing a surge in speculative activity. In a post on X Friday, Kamath said the ongoing IPO boom has fueled what he described as “phenomenally stupid” behaviour, with buyers eagerly seeking pre-IPO shares in hopes…
Sebi has barred mutual fund schemes from investing in pre-IPO share placements but will allow participation in anchor rounds of public issues, a source told PTI citing the move is intended to improve liquidity and ensure clearer valuation of companies ahead of listing.“We have asked mutual fund schemes not to invest in pre-IPO placement of…
MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi has barred mutual funds (MFs) from investing in companies which are in their pre-IPO stage. However, this ban won’t apply to fund houses investing through the anchor investment route, which is reserved for qualified investors only and is done a day before the IPO opens to all investors.The regulator’s logic behind…
Curefoods logo (Image/X@the_curefoods) BENGALURU: Curefoods India, the multi-brand cloud kitchen operator promoted by Ankit Nagori, has raised about Rs 160 crore in a pre-IPO placement ahead of its planned listing. The company allotted about 1.3 crore equity shares at Rs 124 apiece to 3State Ventures, the investment arm of Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal.The placement, cleared…
