Is Indian IPO market losing steam?
In the calendar year 2022 (till August), 51 companies raised ₹38,155 crore through IPO as compared to the issue size of ₹64,768 crore during the same period of last year.
In the calendar year 2022 (till August), 51 companies raised ₹38,155 crore through IPO as compared to the issue size of ₹64,768 crore during the same period of last year.
What happens when an IPO frenzy sucks out $3.7 billion (₹27,417 crore) in just six months? The answer, according to Nikhil Kamath, co-founder, Zerodha and True Beacon, is—collateral damage.
The pandemic, ultimately, was unsuccessful in denting the country's capital raising confidence, as India Inc. raised over ₹1.88 lakh crore, beating the record of over ₹1.75 lakh crore raised in FY18.
The Covid-19 pandemic did not dampen the market’s appetite for IPOs in 2020. The enthusiasm is likely to continue this year.
Despite the raging Covid-19 pandemic and economic disruptions due to it, Indian investment banking activities grew, hitting a three-year high in 2020, with revenues touching $1.03 billion.
The third IPO from India’s mutual fund industry is worth ₹2,160 crore.
According to Refinitiv, investment banking revenues in India fell 33.6% in the first quarter of 2020 to $222 million from a year ago, the lowest since 2016 ($112.9 million).
Here’s how the key indices moved in a year marred by a slowing economy, rising crude oil prices, and trade tensions between the U.S.and China. But FPI flows were a bright spot.
At ₹98,213 crore, total fund raising in 2019 fell short by over 41% as compared to 2017’s ₹1,66,544 crore; equity was short by 49% while public bonds issuance grew 161.7% from 2017.