Institutional Investors News

In late August, DLF promoters sold the entire 40 percent stake in its rental arm DCCDL for Rs 11,900 crore.

On the opening day of the sale, which was open to non- retail investors, over 38.66 crore shares were bid till 1425 hours, according to stock exchange data. This was 1.17 times of the 32.98 crore shares reserved for them.

Stock exchanges need to harmonise surveillance mechanism and invest in advance technologies to keep a tab on high frequency trades, which can even be used to manipulate markets, says a government study.

Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said policy makers and market regulator Sebi will have to devise policies for non-discriminatory, fair and equitable access to all market participants.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Wednesday allowed hedge funds registered as category III Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) to invest in commodity derivatives as clients, opening up the market to institutional investors for the first time.

The offer for sale (OFS) opened to institutional investors yesterday, wherein foreign fund houses and domestic institutions bid for 1.84 times the shares on offer.

Global hedge fund investors remain positive about their growth and return prospects and are focused on emerging market this year with a particular emphasis on Asia Pacific and India, says a report.

With an aim to deepen the nascent commodity market, SEBI is likely to give mutual funds the go-ahead to trade in commodity markets in a month, while the regulator is also in talks with the RBI to allow institutional investors like banks and FPIs to trade in the segment.

Indian firms raised over Rs 4,300 crore through issuance of shares to institutional investors during April-November period of the current fiscal, a sharp plunge of 67 percent from a year-ago period.

Government's 10 percent stake sale in manganese miner MOIL on Wednesday saw a robust response from retail investors who put in bids for over 5 times the shares reserved for them, ensuring Rs 480 crore to the exchequer.

Market experts attributed the slump in assets under management (AUM) to sluggish inflow in equity and equity linked schemes.  

Top stock exchange BSE has decided to implement self-trade prevention checks (STPCs) for institutional investors trading in its equity and currency derivatives segments from January 18.

Fund raising by listed companies from institutional investors plunged by 38 percent to Rs 12,658 crore in the first six months of the current fiscal.  

Funds raising by listed companies from institutional investors has fallen to Rs 8,320 crore during the April-August period of the current fiscal, a slump of 54 percent from year-ago period.

Funds raising by listed companies from institutional investors has fallen to Rs 8,320 crore during the April-August period of the current fiscal, a slump of 54 percent from year-ago period.

Financial services firm Ask Group Wednesday said it is expanding its global presence and plans to raise USD 1 billion (about Rs 6,500 crore) from the offshore market in the next three years.

This comes on top of Rs 31,684 crore that was raised by various listed firms by issuance of shares to institutional investors in the entire 2014.

Investors Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss earlier this week filed paperwork to operate a bitcoin exchange called Gemini for both individual and institutional investors in New York state, a spokeswoman said on Friday.

Taking cue from this, Sebi's International Advisory Board has suggested that there is a need for greater participation of institutional investors in the governance of the companies where they have invested.

A majority of institutional investors believe in making responsible investments and will decline to take part in a private equity fund-raising or would turn down a co-investment on environmental, social and governance risk grounds (ESG), says a study.