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Aavas Financiers on Tuesday said its board has approved plans to raise up to Rs 100 crore by issuing bonds on private placement basis. The executive committee of the board at their meeting held on October 20, 2020, approved the issuance of rated, secured, redeemable, listed, non-convertible debentures having a face value of Rs 10 lakh, aggregating up to Rs 100 crore, Aavas said in a regulatory filing. Promoted by Kedaara Capital and Partners Group, Aavas is primarily engaged in the business of providing housing loan to customers belonging to low and middle-income segment in semi-urban and rural areas. Shares of Aavas Financiers settled at Rs 1,486.85 apiece on BSE, down 0.98 per cent from its previous close.
Shares of Aavas Financiers, a firm focused on providing housing loans to low- and middle-income groups in semi-urban and rural areas, ended six per cent below IPO price during their stock market debut on Monday. Shares of the company closed at Rs 771 compared to the issue price of Rs 821. The stock dropped as much as 13 per cent to Rs 710 intra-day on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), where Rs 2.7 billion worth of shares were traded. Market players said the listing day performance wasn't bad considering that meltdown in the market-and non-banking stocks in particular-seen this month. Aavas Financier's Rs 17.3-billion IPO, which closed on September 27, had garnered only 97 per cent subscription. Through the IPO, the Rajasthan-based housing finance company issued fresh shares worth Rs 4 billion. Private equity firms Lake District, Partners Group and Kedaara Capital also sold part of their holdings in the IPO. At current market rate, the company is valued at Rs 60 billion. Analysts say .