The spectacular revival in the primary markets in the last few months is not limited to large IPOs such as Quess Corp or Mahanagar Gas. Public share sales of smaller companies on the dedicated SME boards of stock exchanges, too, have been on a hot streak. All 13 companies that have listed on the …
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State govts lend support to SME platforms
The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) platforms started in early 2012 by the two national bourses, BSE and NSE, to enable smaller companies to list and raise money, have found support from some state governments. The Gujarat and Rajasthan governments have announced subsidies to pay for the expe…
Reduce minimum float for SME listing | I-Bankers
Investment bankers for SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) want to lower the minimum percentage of shares going public to 10 per cent of equity, from 25 per cent now. Going public is the act of listing certain number of shares on an exchange. Experts believe that, at present, the funding need of …
SMEs take big strides on bourses
Early four years after the equity exchanges launched trading platforms for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the segment is showing signs of maturity, with institutional entities like banks and mutual funds investing in them. Some of the bigger brokerages, once focussed only on the larger comp…
Leading stock exchanges differ on SME trading lots
The country’s two leading stock exchanges — the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange — are unable to form a consensus on the issue of minimum trading lot size for the platform they have created for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Currently, the minimum lot size for the SME s…