Sebi asks bourses to provide QIP details online

Market regulator the Securities and Exchanges Board of India (Sebi) today directed stock exchanges to provide all details related to shares allotted to institutional investors through QIP route on their websites.

"Ensure that the details of those allottees in qualified institutional placements (QIP) who have been allotted more than 5 per cent of the securities offered in the QIP, viz names of the allottees and number of securities allotted to each of them, pre and post issue shareholding pattern of the issuer... Shall be made available on the website of stock exchanges," the Sebi said in a circular.

The order, the Sebi said, would come into effect immediately.

"This circular is issued... To protect the interest of investors in securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate the securities market," it said.

Stock exchanges would also be required to communicate to the Sebi the status of implementation of the requirements of this circular in the next Monthly Development Report, it added.