Supervised By - Submitted By -
Prof. Dr Mitchell Bharadwaj Ashish Gupta MBA 1st Year(2nd SEM)
CONTENT
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TOPIC
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Introduction
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Method of Pricing of IPO/FPO in India
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Literature Review
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Rationale of study
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Objectives
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Research Methodology
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Bibliography
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INTRODUCTION Financial capital is one of the most important components of a business. The need for financial capital grows with a growth in the business. At a certain stage, it becomes imperative to raise a large amount of financial capital to expand and sustain the business, and at an affordable cost to the company. An IPO – an acronym for Initial Public Offer – is one of the most popular methods of raising money from the general public and investors.
IPO DEFINITION
An initial public offer, as the name indicates, is the first (initial) instance of a company (called the issuer) offering its commons stock (or shares) to the general public for subscription.
It is a common misconception that only newly formed companies resort to raising money through an IPO. Even long established private companies can access the IPO route to raise capital, and become publicly traded companies as a result. An IPO is considered as a “rite of passage” into the big league of publicly traded stocks. Any company that needs to be listed on a stock exchange has to offer its shares to the public.
In addition to IPO, an already listed and publicly traded company may issue an FPO Follow on Public Offer – to raise further
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