Markets regulator SEBI on Thursday allowed all exchanges to provide trading in stocks and commodities from October 2018. NSE and BSE Stock exchanges can now launch commodity products on their platforms.  It has also decided to put a 10% cross-shareholding cap in MFs.

The new step may have an impact on the shareholding pattern of UTI Asset Management Co (AMC), requiring its promoters to lower their stake to 10% or below in next one year.

State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda and LIC of India are having their own mutual funds together holding 18.24% stake each in UTI Asset Management Company.

The regulator has decided that any shareholder owning at least 10% stake in an AMC will not be allowed to have 10% or more stake in another mutual fund house operating in the country.  The move enables in strengthening the governance structure for mutual funds and helps avoid any conflict of interest.

Besides, Sebi has also decided to emerge with a fresh consultation paper on Investment Advisor so as to segregate advisory and the role of a distributor.

Lodha Developers intends to raise USD 1 billion via IPO

Realty major Lodha Developers is looking to raise up to One billion dollars through an initial public offering (IPO) that is expected to be launched next year, as per reliable sources from the company. The company has hired Citic CLSA, Kotak & Morgan Stanley for the IPO, and it is further expected that more banks likely to join the syndicate

Lodha Group has more than 30 real estate projects in London, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad covering over 40 million sq. ft of area. It has a land bank of 350 million sq. ft for future development.  The company group has achieved sales bookings of nearly Rs.8500 cr, last year from both domestic market and London.

The BSE Realty Index is up 97% since the start of the year.

ICICI Securities Ltd files DRHP for IPO

Capital market company, ICICI Securities Limited, a subsidiary of private sector lender ICICI Bank, has filed a DRHP with the market regulator Sebi for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) to raise an estimated Rs 3,000 – 4,000 cr.

The issue constitutes a public offer of up to 6.44 cr  equity shares with a face value of Rs. 5.00 each, representing about 20% of the company’s equity capital. The offer includes reservation of upto 32.21 lakh shares for individual investors and Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and shareholders of ICICI Bank.

The ICICI Bank Board, on Nov 7 had approved the sale of a part of its shareholding in ICICI Securities.  The bankers to manage the issues include Citigroup Global Markets, CLSA, BoAML, Edelweiss Financial Services and IIFL Holdings. 

HDFC Standard Life to make stock market debut tomorrow

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Having been recently concluded an IPO worth Rs 8,695-crore, the HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company, makes its debut on stock exchanges tomorrow, 17 November 2017. The shares will be enlisted both on the BSE and NSE.

The IPO, which was open for subscription on 7 to 9 November, has been subscribed 4.89 times at a price band of Rs. 275-290 per share.

The public issue included sale of 191,246,050 shares, amounting to 9.55 percent stake, by HDFC and up to 1,08,581,768 shares, by Standard Life Mauritius.

HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co is one of the top-three life insurers in India by market share in new business premium, as well as the most profitable life insurers based on value of new business margins and among the top five private life insurers in India.

BSE, Ebix to set up Pioneering insurance distribution network in India

Leading bourse, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), today said it has joined hands with Ebix Inc to set up a pioneering insurance distribution network in India.

BSE Investments Limited (BIL) is a wholly-owned arm of BSE, while Ebix Fincorp Exchange is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ebix, signed the pact with the aim of revolutionizing end-to-end sales and insurance processing in the country.

The JV enterprise will allow distribution of outlets, stock brokers, wealth management advisors and financial institutions across life and non-life product segments.

The platform will include the entire insurance lifecycle from customer relationship management (CRM), agency management, multi-quoting, underwriting, policy generation, claims filing and decision to back-end insurance policy administration.