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Initial public offerings worth USD 20 billion per annum are the "new normal" for India and will become an annualised run rate over the next few years, one of the biggest investment bankers said on Tuesday. The market, which has seen a slew of initial share sales this fiscal, has already witnessed USD 21 billion of issuances in 2025, the same as last year, and we should close the year with over USD 23 billion, given the fact that some large issues like the Rs 10,000 offering from ICICI Prudential AMC are in process, said JP Morgan. "Yearly issuance of USD 20 billion is the new normal for India. It is the new watermark and will become an annualized run rate from here on," its head of equity capital markets, Abhinav Bharti, told reporters here. Bharti said nearly a fifth of the demand is getting driven by consumer technology and new age businesses, and the same will go above 30 per cent as well over the next five years. He said at least 20 startups, which command valuations in hundred
Payments firm Cashfree on Tuesday announced a collaboration with J.P. Morgan Payments as part of its commitment to building a borderless payments ecosystem. With this, J.P. Morgan Payments becomes an Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD-I) bank for Cashfree, enabling the processing of import transactions under the RBI's Master Direction on Regulation of Payment Aggregator, a joint statement said. This collaboration addresses the payment-related barriers head on by combining global credibility with homegrown innovation, it said. With J.P. Morgan Payments acting as Cashfree's AD-I bank, import transactions are routed end-to-end in compliance, while offering businesses the assurance of secure, transparent, and reliable settlements through trusted rails, it said. As India continues to set global benchmarks in digital payments, the world is increasingly looking to the country as the emerging hub for seamless digital commerce. The next era of global payments will be defined by enabling ...
SBI MF, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, among others, on Friday cumulatively bought a 1.8 per cent stake in Bajaj Finserv for Rs 5,506 crore from promoter entities. Besides, JP Morgan India, Citigroup Global, Societe Generale, SBI Life, BofA Securities and Barclays Merchant Bank (Singapore) were also among the buyers, as per block deal data on the NSE. These entities bought 2.86 crore shares or 1.8 per cent stake in Bajaj Finserv at an average price of Rs 1,925.20 apiece, taking the combined transaction value to Rs 5,506.07 crore, as per the data. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finserv's promoters entities Bajaj Holdings and Investment and Jamnalal Sons offloaded an equal number of shares at the same price. After the stake sale, the promoters' holding of Bajaj Finserv dipped to 58.84 per cent from 60.64 per cent earlier. Shares of Bajaj Finserv rose 2.30 per cent to close at Rs 1,988.70 apiece on the NSE. In a separate block deal on the NSE, Wabco Asia Pvt Ltd, promoter of ZF Commercial Vehi