Filing Room

Learning the basics

Indian IPOs, explained from the filings

Written for someone who has never applied for one, with the arithmetic shown for someone who wants to check it.

  1. No. 01 · 18 minHow an Indian IPO is actually priced and allocatedSix things happen between a company deciding to list and shares appearing in your account. Most of them are settled before you are allowed to bid.
  2. No. 02 · 20 minHow the price of an Indian IPO is set, and why bidding below it gets you nothingThe price is read off a public table almost nobody opens. A bid below it is not a long shot, it is an invalid bid.