Indian Journal of Finance
By: Associated Management Consultants (P) Ltd.Single Issue
Single Issue
- IJF-Dec12-Article3-INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS (IPOS) : A BOON OR A BANE?
- Price : 80.00
- Published on March 27, 2013
- Associated Management Consultants (P) Ltd.
- Issues 356
- Language - English
- Published daily
About this issue
IPOs are the most favoured tool adopted by corporates to raise money from the general public. An IPO is the first sale of stock by formerly a private company. The revolutionary reform which took place in the Indian stock market was fair price discovery of IPOs through the book building mechanism. The present paper tries to comprehend the concept of the book built issue, its importance and advantages over the Fixed Price Regime. The paper also tries to bring forth the short term return available to the subscribers of IPOs. The concept of listing gains and intra day gains are studied with respect to short term investors. IPOs issued in the duration of five years, starting from 2006 to 2010 were taken as a base for computing the return and for commenting on the performance of IPOs. Overall, the reasons for high and low performance of IPOs are discussed in the paper. As a part of the study of pre - subscription of IPOs, the paper highlights the importance of IPO grading to be used as a tool to learn about the fundamentals of the company. The paper highlights the quantum of listing gains derived by the investors on listing of the IPOs. JEL Classification: G12, G14 Keywords: Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) , Book Building Mechanism, Fixed Price Regime, IPO Grading, Retail Investors
About Indian Journal of Finance
Indian Journal of Finance, a source of sophisticated analysis of developments in the rapidly expanding world of finance, is a monthly journal with topics ranging from corporate to personal finance, insurance to financial economics and derivatives.