Ashish Rukhaiyar

The fungibility element of the current regulatory framework reduce the importance of the size of the retail portion, say experts though they add that under-subscription in retail segment does impact investor sentiment.

The year 2024 was witness to four IPOs – Waaree Energies, Bajaj Housing Finance, KRN Heat Exchanger & Refrigeration and Unimech Aerospace & Manufacturing – wherein the cumulative worth of retail bids was in excess of Rs 10,000 crore each

Quantity freeze limits are the maximum permissible order size for a particular contract. Exchanges put such limits in place to prevent abnormally large orders – or erroneous orders as well – that could impact the stability of the overall market.

On Monday, SEBI announced a comprehensive framework to monitor intraday positions in equity index derivatives, seeking to curb the risks posed by oversized exposures while preserving liquidity and orderly functioning of the market.

Experts say that the decision of merging GST rates into 5% and 18% -- while reserving 40% for sin goods -- will benefit many sectors like FMCG, auto, insurance, consumer durables and MSMEs among others ahead of the festive season.

Municipal bonds offer a return that is typically higher than a bank deposit. Data from SEBI shows that the coupon rate of some of the municipal bonds is in the range of 9-10 percent as well.

With over 100 SME IPOs with an anchor book portion in 2025, the top five investors featured in more than 20 percent of the issues, with the top three names cornering nearly 30 percent of the total anchor allocation.

The role of a KRA is of utmost importance in the Indian capital market. The presence of a KRA basically ensures that KYC processes need not be repeated every time an investor wants to start investing through a new market intermediary.

Sebi has amended the rules to determine RPTs by linking it in a scale-based manner to the annual consolidated turnover of the companies, marking a huge shift from the earlier one-size-fits-all approach. The move is expected to reduce the compliance burden of listed entities.

According to data disclosed in the draft documents of Groww and Anand Rathi Share & Stock Brokers, the total share of discount broking firms has jumped to nearly 80% from just around 38-40% in FY20