Forthcoming PSU IPOs in India

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs have cleared the IPO offerings of the following PSU companies.

  • Power Finance Corporation Ltd – 11,73,16,700 shares equivalent to 10.22% of post-equity capital.
  • Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd – Fresh issue of shares which will not exceed 24% of the paid-up equity capital of the company.
  • Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd – Issue of 15.6 crore shares which is about 20% of the post-equity capital.
  • Bharat Earth Movers Ltd – 49,00,000 equity shares at a price to be determined by current market price of BEML during the issue.

All of these IPOs are likely to hit the market in between Jan-07 and March-07. Stay tuned for more developments.

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Reliance Long Term Equity Fund – Review and Analysis

Reliance Long Term Equity fund will be managed by Sr. Fund Manager at Reliance Mutual Fund, Mr. Sunil Singhania.

Sunil Singhania has a fantastic track record with Reliance Growth Fund and his Reliance growth Fund is also recognized by Lippers for outstanding performance.

Here are two Podcast presentations by Sunil Singhania on Reliance Long Term Equity Fund – focusing on Smallcap and Midcap stocks.

Podcast Presentation – 1 by Sunil Singhana for Reliance Long Term Equity Fund.
Podcast Presentation – 2 by Sunil Singhana for Reliance Long Term Equity Fund.

Investors can subscribe to the issue as the fund manager is upbeat about the prospects of smallcap and midcap companies in India. He says this is a chance to get into the next sunrise sector and the next Infosys.

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Parsvnath Developers application Allotment Status

Take this link to know the application status for Parsvnath Developers Ltd IPO.

Lanco Infratech IPO Allotment Status can be checked here.

Lanco Infratech Ltd: The stock will list on BSE on November 27, 2006.
Lanco Infratech Ltd BSE Scrip Code : 532778.

The Grey Market Premium for Lanco Infratech is Rs40 and for Parsvnath is Rs125 as on Friday.

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SBI Ties up with MotiLal Oswal for Internet Trading.

India’s Largest bank, the State Bank of India has tied-up with MotiLal Oswal Securities to provide online trading and investment solutions to SBI customers throughout India. SBI is the first state owned bank to venture into online trading.

Motilal Oswal already operates on a PAN India basis for retail trading and investment advise to small and high networth individual investors. Earlier this year, Motilal Oswal bought Cochin based Peninsular Capital Markets for Rs50 crores.

Immediately after this announcement, IL&FS announced that they have roped in another PSU bank for Online investment solutions – Oriental Bank of Commerce. Now OBC customers will have access to IL&FS online trading platform. IL&FS will be controlled by E-Trade the pioneers of Internet stock trading in the US.

With the entry of Reliance Money, existing players have woken up to survive competition by tieing up with PSU banks which have a large pool of customers.

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Oppenheimer Fund underwieght on India looks at Brazil

American $220 Billion Oppenheimer Fund has cut India to underwieght due to expensive valuations and finds Brazil much more attractive.

Michael Metz of Oppenheimer said that, India is an exciting market but Brazil is the most attaractive emerging market. Michael further added that market is stretched too high and is vulnerable to a sudden and quick correction. He is worried at the speed the Indian markets have risen and is a major cause of concern.

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