The Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) plans to relax its norms for direct registration of foreign investors and also fast-track the listing process for companies, including start-ups, as part of efforts to make the Indian stock market more attractive for domestic and overseas investments. This strategic move has been made … Read More →
The Six Main Functions of Stock Exchanges Stock exchanges has many functions which include: 1. Giving a market to the buy and sale of shares in public limited companies and sale of bonds and different securities for the government and local authorities. This helps out both the public limited companies and the national and local … Read More →
The Key Benefits of SME Listing Funding Convenience • Access to capital and financing opportunities : Going public provides SMEs with equity financing opportunities to grow their business from operations to expansion to inorganic acquisitions. Access to equity financing lowers the debt burden leading to lower financing costs and healthier balance sheets. The continuing requirement … Read More →
Leading stock exchange BSE will suspend trading in the securities of eight companies from April 20 as they failed to comply with certain listing requirements. In case they comply with the norms by April 14, they would not face trading suspension. The firms that face suspension are Aviva Industries, Bio Green Papers, Kanika Infotech, Madhur … Read More →
Listing provides an exclusive privilege to securities in the stock ex¬change. Only listed shares are quoted on the stock exchange. Stock exchange facilitates transparency in transactions of listed securities in perfect equality and competitive conditions. Listing is beneficial to the company, to the investor, and to the public at large. The important advantages of listing … Read More →
Despite the benefits associated with public listing, the SMEs were not able to access the capital markets through extant Stock Exchanges due to several factors such as stringent regulatory, disclosure and financial requirements and the like. The creation of a separate stock exchange for SMEs has been on the policy makers’ agenda for quite some … Read More →
Most stock exchanges with dedicated platforms for small and medium enterprises (SME), including top bourse BSE, are seeing overwhelming retail participation in SME stocks, a report said. According to a study by World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), retail investors dominate the BSE SME market, with most being high net worth individuals due to the minimum … Read More →
The following eligibility criteria have been prescribed for listing of companies on BSE, through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) & Follow-on Public Offerings (FPOs): The minimum post-issue paid-up capital of the applicant company (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) shall be Rs. 10 crore for IPOs & Rs.3 crore for FPOs; and The minimum issue size … Read More →
Listing means admission of securities to dealings on a recognised stock exchange. The securities may be of any public limited company, Central or State Government, quasi governmental and other financial institutions/corporations, municipalities, etc. The objectives of listing are mainly to : provide liquidity to securities; mobilize savings for economic development; protect interest of investors by … Read More →