Embattled tycoon Gautam Adani on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court order of a time-bound probe into allegations levelled by Hindenburg Research against his group, saying this will bring finality and truth will prevail. Shortly after a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud passed the order, Adani tweeted: "The Adani Group welcomes the order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court. It will bring finality in a time bound manner. Truth will prevail." The Supreme Court on Thursday asked markets regulator Sebi to complete an investigation into US short-seller Hindenburg's allegations against Adani Group within two months. It also ordered constituting an expert committee to review regulatory mechanism in view of the rout in share prices of Adani firms triggered by the Hindenburg allegations.
Adani Enterprises, the Group flagship company, saw around 38.96 million equity shares (3.4 per cent of total equity) worth of around Rs 5,487 crore change hands on the BSE this morning.
On February 17, the Centre had told the apex court that they would submit their suggestions for the proposed panel in a sealed cover, but the court refused to accept it
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Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's net worth has shrunk to $37.7 billion, taking him to 32nd on the Bloomberg Billionaire Index
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When asked "Are you looking to refinance any debt?" on the sidelines of the Hong Kong roadshow Tuesday, Singh said: "No, we don't have anything major at all"
Australia's corporate regulator earlier this month said it will review the report that has flagged a wide range of concerns about the group led by billionaire Gautam Adani
ITC's climb has accelerated this month, as Hindenburg Research's allegations against the Adani Group has made Adani Enterprises and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone the index's worst performers
A dozen global banks will help host the investor meetings at Singapore's Capitol Kempinski hotel. The conglomerate will then hold meetings in Hong Kong at Barclays Plc office on Tuesday and Wednesday
With Adani scandal putting Modi govt under heightened scrutiny about entanglement of public purpose with private profit, Vedanta's top priority should be to stay out of the headlines
The Adani group stocks don't need to keep going down and hit Hindenburg's estimate of fair value
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) crossed 300 million metric tonne (MMT) of cargo handling on Thursday. The company crossed the cargo handling in just 329 days. APSEZ has registered growth since it started operations over two decades ago and continues to outperform all India cargo volume growth, with its market share rising rapidly, the company said in a statement. "APSEZ's flagship port, Mundra, is outpacing all its closest rivals by comfortable margins and continues to be the largest port in the nation in terms of volumes handled," APSEZ CEO and Whole Time Director Karan Adani said. APSEZ, a part of Adani Group, has evolved from a port company to an integrated transport utility providing an end-to-end solution from its port gate to customer gate.
Gautam Adani was the world's third and Asia's richest man a month back but a damning report by a US firm triggered a massive sell-off in shares of his apples-to-airport group, plunging his own wealth by USD 80 billion and the tycoon slipping to No.30 on the world billionaire index. Adani's sprawling conglomerate, which spans from sea ports to airports, edible oil and commodities, energy, cement and data centres, is under attack by US short-seller Hindenburg Research, which successfully deflated electric-vehicle maker Nikola Motors in 2020. Hindenburg, which held short positions in unidentified shares of Adani Group firms through its US-traded debt and offshore derivatives, on January 24 accused the conglomerate of "brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud" and using a number of offshore shell companies to inflate stock prices. The group has denied allegations, calling them "malicious", "baseless" and a "calculated attack on India". SELL-OFF: Since the Hindenburg report, the .
The group is boosting outreach to investors after its bonds and stock slumped following a critical report from short-seller Hindenburg Research published last month
Last week, SC had reserved orders on constituting an expert committee to review the regulatory mechanism in India to protect the investors
As on December 2022, retail investors held between 1 per cent and 11 per cent in the 10 Adani group stocks
Bank of Baroda will extend loans to the conglomerate if it meets the lender's underwriting standards, said Sanjiv Chadha
"Irrespective of borrower, you have underwriting standards and you stick to them in good times as well as bad times," Sanjiv Chadha, CEO and MD, at Bank of Baroda
The stock meltdown offered an entry point into what's historically an expensive market, according to Kelly, who also sits on PineBridge's management committee