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प्रश्न
India’s largest domestic investor Life Insurance Corporation of India has once again come to government’s rescue by subscribing 70% of Hindustan Aeronautics Rs.4,200-crore initial public offering.
a. Which market is being reflected in the above case?
b. State which method of floatation in the above identified market is being highlighted in the case? (Primary Market)
c. Explain any two other methods of floatation. (Private Placement, Offer through prospectus, offer for sale).
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उत्तर
a. Primary market: The primary market is also known as the new issues market. It deals with new securities being issued for the first time.
b. Right issue: This is a privilege given to existing shareholders to subscribe to a new issue of shares according to the terms and conditions of the company.
c. Offer through Prospectus: Offer through prospectus is the most popular method of raising funds by public companies in the primary market. This involves inviting subscription from the public through issue of prospectus. A prospectus makes a direct appeal to investors to raise capital, through an advertisement in newspapers and magazines. The contents of the prospectus have to be in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act and SEBI disclosure and investor protection guidelines.
i. Offer for Sale: Under this method securities are not issued directly to the public but are offered for sale through intermediaries like issuing houses or stock brokers. In this case, a company sells securities enbloc an agreed price to brokers who, in turn, resell them to the investing public.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Mr. Aditya Gupta was the chairman of ‘Vandan Bank’. The Bank was earning good profits. Shareholders were happy as the bank was paying regular dividends. The market price of their shares was also steadily rising. The bank announced taking over of ‘Karur Bank’. Aditya Gupta knew that the share price of Vandan Bank would rise on this announcement. Being a part of the bank, he was not allowed to buy shares of the bank. He called one of his rich friends Nimesh and asked him to invest Rs 6 crores in the shares of his bank promising him the capital gain.
As expected, the share prices went up by 40% and the market price of Nimesh’s shares was now Rs 8.4 crores. He had earned a profit of Rs 2.4 crores. He gave Rs 1.2 crore to Mr. Aditya Gupta and kept Rs 1.2 crore with him. On regular inspection and by conducting enquiries of the brokers involved, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was able to detect this irregularity. SEBI imposed a heavy penalty on Aditya Gupta. By quoting the lines from the above para identify and state any two functions that were performed by SEBI in the above case.
State the protective functions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
What are the objectives of SEBI?
Explain the objectives and functions of the SEBI.
Lalita wants to buy shares of Akbar Enterprises, through her broker Kushvinder. She has a Demat Account and a bank account for cash transactions in the securities market. Discuss the subsequent steps involved in the screen-based trading for buying and selling of securities in this case.
Answer each of these questions in about fifteen words:
When was SIDBI established?
What is the power of SEBI?
What are the protective function of SEBI?
Which of the following stands for SEBI?
The basic purpose of SEBI is to create an environment to facilitate efficient mobilisation and allocation of resources through the securities markets. Who are the constituents of this market for whom SEBI aims at creating a conducive environment?
Which is the apex statutory body of capital market to which customers can complain to redress their grievances?
Read the following text and answer the following question on the basis of the same:
Mr. A. Bose is running a successful business. Mr. Bose is the owner of R. K. Cement Ltd. Mr. Bose decided to expand his business by acquiring a Steel Factory. This required an investment of~ 60 crores. To seek advice in this matter, he called his financial advisor Mr. T. Ghosh who advised him about the judicious mix of equity (40%) and Debt (60%). Employ more of cheaper debt may enhance the EPS. Mr. Ghosh also suggested him to take loan from a financial institution as the cost of raising funds from financial institutions is low. Though this will increase the financial risk but will also raise the return to equity shareholders. He also apprised him that issue of debt will not dilute the control of equity shareholders. At the same time, the interest on loan is a tax-deductible expense for computation of tax liability. After due deliberations with Mr. Ghosh, Mr. Bose decided to raise funds from a financial institution.
In the above case Mr. Ghosh suggested to raised more funds from debt. Higher debt-equity ratio results in:
Which of the following is not a function of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?
SEBI calls for information and issues a show cause notice to stock exchange and its officials seeking explanation and conducting audit and enquiry. Which function is SEBI performing?
SEBI regulates the securities market in India.
Which body is the regulator of the securities market in India?
When did SEBI become a statutory body, and under which Act?
What is SEBI's broad role in the securities market in India?
What are the three major functions of SEBI?
Which examples of fraudulent and unfair trade practices does SEBI prohibit?
How does SEBI address insider trading as a protective function?
Which protective function directly concerns investors?
To whom does SEBI provide training as a developmental function?
What does SEBI educate investors about?
Which entities does SEBI register and regulate?
Which conduct does SEBI prohibit as part of its regulatory functions?
Between whom do stock brokers act as intermediaries?
Which set gives examples of merchant bankers?
In what form do depositories maintain investors' securities?
Through whom do depositories provide their services?
Which symbols may credit rating agencies assign?
Which are the leading credit rating agencies in India?
Which issues may lead to incorrect ratings?
Which investment risk benefit do mutual funds provide?
What additional benefits do mutual funds offer investors?
What role do mutual funds play under SEBI's regulation?
