What is IPO in India?
What is an IPO? IPO or initial public offering is the process of offering shares of a company directly to the public. The public can buy the shares of the company. This is how they obtain a listing on the stock market (private companies may issue stocks but aren’t provided to the public in the form of an IPO) . What is the process to launch an IPO? When a company wants to get listed, they advertise to its underwriters by soliciting private bids or by making a public statement to generate interest. The IPO process is led by the underwriters chosen by the company. Steps to launch an IPO: 1. Hiring an Underwriter or Investment Bank: To start the initial public offering process, the company approaches an investment banker and banker who acts as an underwriter for raising the funds. The investment bank studies the important financial parameters of the company and signs an underwriting agreement. The underwriting agreement has t...