The flotation, potentially raising $8 billion, likely will continue to drag on LIC's competitors for about a year and could spread to other sectors: Analysts
The PSU holds equity stake worth over Rs 9.5 trillion in listed firms; how it votes on resolutions will now be more actively tracked
When Aramco came out with the world's biggest IPO, the Saudi govt raised $25.6 billion by diluting just 1.5%, valuing the company at $1.7 trn; Indian govt plans to divest 5% for $8.7 bn in LIC
As many as nine virtual roadshows being held daily over 20-day period
Shareholders get more say on how LIC treats its profit and policyholder's interest
State-owned insurance behemoth LIC had unclaimed funds to the tune of Rs 21,539 crore as of September 2021, according to draft prospectus filed for IPO with market regulator Sebi
LIC identifies the problems well in its DRHP but what the markets will watch is how nimble it is with the solutions
The initial public offering (IPO) of over 31.6 crore shares or 5 per cent government stake is likely to hit the market in March
An ideal government builds institutions instead of involving itself in a selling spree. I urge the Union government to rollback this ill-thought-out decision and save LIC India: Stalin
After two years of preparation, the govt on Sunday approached SEBI to sell 5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation through Initial Public Offering. It expects to collect Rs 60,000 cr through this move
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The central government is disinvesting 5 per cent of the shares of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
LIC's listing will have multiple benefits
In first six months of FY22, LIC's income from investments, which includes gross income from interest and dividends, rent, net profit on sale/redemption of investments totalled Rs 1.49 trillion.
LIC will become either the largest or third-largest listed stock in the domestic markets and will get a quick entry into MSCI and FTSE indices
Says previous IRDAI chief retired in May 2021 and FinMin had been planning the IPO well before chief's post fell vacant, but did not name a successor even after 8 months
LIC is mandated to transfer those investments to shareholders' fund at amortised cost, 90 days after such investments are reclassified as "other investments", which it is yet to be undertaken.
The NSE Nifty50, on the other hand, breached below the 16,850-mark to end 532 points, or 3.06 per cent, lower at 16,843. This was the indices biggest intra-day fall since November 26, 2021
Moving one step closer to initial public offering (IPO), LIC on Sunday filed draft papers with the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Landing the listing, which is slated for next month, will test India's capital markets at a time when about $5 trillion has been wiped out from global equities