Tag: BSE

Two companies to migrate to BSE’s mainboard from SME platform

Two firms — Comfort Commotrade and Looks Health Services — will migrate to BSE’s mainboard from the stock exchange’s Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) platform. This will take the total number of companies migrating to mainboard platform to 18. In separate circulars, the e…

27 SME IPO Papers in 2016

To tap the upbeat market sentiment, as many as 27 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have filed draft papers this year to raise funds totalling over Rs 220 crore through initial public offerings. The shares will be listed on the SME platforms of BSE and the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Since t…

Re-imagining SME Fund Raising – The Exchange route!

One of the principal challenges of small & medium enterprises whether in India or anywhere else in the world has perennially been finance. Apart from friends and family, typically MSMEs rely heavily of private money lenders and the unorganised financial markets for their finance needs. Needle…

Regional merchant bankers cash in on SME platforms

Small and medium enterprise (SME) platforms of both BSE and NSE have opened doors for regional merchant bankers. Cashing in on the trend of SMEs raising capital through such platforms, regional merchant bankers have joined the bandwagon by offering services similar to national level merchant bank…

Four SME IPOs to hit capital markets

Riding on the upbeat market sentiment, four companies will come out with initial public offerings (IPOs) to raise about Rs 26 crore and get listed on the BSE exchange’s small and medium enterprises platform. Ruby Cables, Franklin Leasing and Finance launched their initial share-sale programmes on…

Retail participation on SME platforms overwhelming | WFE Study

Most stock exchanges with dedicated platforms for small and medium enterprises, including top bourse BSE, are seeing overwhelming retail participation in SME stocks, a report said. According to a study by World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), retail investors dominate the BSE SME market, with most…