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Role of Qib in Indian Capital Markets

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ROLE OF QIB (QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER) IN THE INDIAN CAPITAL MARKET FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS A] Who are the Qualified Institutional Buyers? Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs), as defined under sub-clause (v) of clause 2.2.2B of the SEBI (DIP) Guidelines, can be one of the following: 1. A Public Financial Institution as defined in Section 4-A of the Companies Act. 2. A Bank 3. FII (Foreign Institutional Investors) that are registered with SEBI 4. Development Financial Institutional, both multilateral and bilateral 5. VCF (Venture Capital Funds) registered with SEBI 6. SIDC (State Industrial Development Corporations) 7. Insurance Companies registered with the IRDA (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority) 8. Provident and …show more content…

Also, the retail investors generally look at the subscription levels of the QIB portion of the offer to get an idea about the image of the company in the market. The SEBI guidelines amendment in September 2005 allowed at least 5% of the QIB’s reserved portion to go to Mutual Funds which gave an opportunity for the retail investor to get a bigger share of the pie through the Mutual Funds. THE STATE OF THE QIP (QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL PLACEMENT) SINCE IT’S INCEPTION IN 2006 QIPs are a quick and cost effective method of raising funds by way of private placement of securities or convertible bonds with QIBs. Before the introduction of Chapter XIII -A in the SEBI DIP Guidelines, an Indian listed company intending to raise further capital from the public markets in India had the option of doing so by offering securities through a follow-on public offering or preferential allotments. In May, 2006, SEBI came out with it’s guidelines for raising funds through the QIP route. Since then, a lot many companies have gone this route. The intention of SEBI behind allowing QIP Scheme, is to promote the domestic private placement which is generally considered to have two prime advantages over FCCBs (Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds) and GDRs (Global Depository Receipts), i.e. keeping liquidity in the same market and faster way to get approvals. Through

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