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Apparel and jewellery retailer Marri Retail has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), setting the stage for an initial public offering (IPO) aimed at raising up to ₹522 crore through a fresh issue of equity shares. The proposed IPO combines the fresh issue of shares […]

India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) has secured a crucial regulatory green signal as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has issued a no-objection certificate (NoC) for the exchange’s initial public offering (IPO), effectively reviving plans stalled for nearly a decade. The market regulator’s clearance allows NSE, the country’s largest bourse, to formally engage […]

Insurtech startup Turtlemint has filed an updated draft red herring prospectus (UDRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for its initial public offering (IPO), setting the stage for its debut on Indian markets. The proposed IPO will include a fresh issue of equity shares worth ₹660 crore alongside an offer-for-sale (OFS) of […]

Fractal Analytics, one of India’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics firms, is gearing up to launch its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) in the first week of February 2026, according to industry and market sources. The company is targeting a ₹2,800-3,000 crore issue size, marking one of the country’s biggest tech public […]

India’s leading digital payments firm PhonePe has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to launch its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO), marking a pivotal step toward listing on Indian exchanges. The SEBI nod clears the way for what could be one of the largest new-age tech listings in the […]

If you track stocks, you’ve probably had occasions where you found out about something important, like a quarterly result, a rating change, or an acquisition announcement, hours or even days after it happened. By then, the market has usually already priced the event in. The information was always public. Exchanges publish filings the moment they’re […]

Coca-Cola Co. is gearing up for a major initial public offering (IPO) of its Indian bottling subsidiary, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), targeting roughly $1 billion (about ₹9,027 crore) in equity capital, according to people familiar with the matter. The global beverages giant has engaged prominent investment banks, including Kotak, HDFC Group and Citibank, to advise […]

Executive Centre India Ltd, a provider of premium flexible workspace solutions, has received regulatory clearance from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to launch its ₹2,600 crore initial public offering (IPO). The proposed offering will comprise a fresh issue of equity shares with a face value of ₹2 each. As per the company’s […]

Trading commodity futures and options involves more moving parts than equity derivatives. In equities, most contracts follow a common rulebook. In commodities, the rules change depending on what you’re trading, expiry dates, cut-off times, and even settlement methods can differ from one contract to another. Take Gold and Crude Oil as examples. Gold futures are […]

Flipkart-backed logistics services provider Shadowfax Technologies is set to launch its maiden public offering next week, with plans to raise ₹1,900 crore through an initial public offering (IPO) and targeting a post-issue valuation of about ₹7,400 crore.  The proposed IPO comprises a fresh issue of shares worth ₹1,000 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of ₹900 […]

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is poised to grant regulatory clearance for the long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), with the regulator’s approval expected by the end of January. SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey indicated that the market watchdog is at an advanced stage of issuing a […]

Reliance Industries Ltd’s digital arm, Jio Platforms, is considering selling around 2.5% equity through an initial public offering (IPO) in 2026, a move that could result in India’s largest-ever stock market debut. The proposed stake sale could raise $4–5 billion, depending on market conditions and valuation, with bankers estimating Jio’s overall valuation at $180–200 billion. […]

Hindustan Laboratories Ltd, a Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company specialising in the manufacture and supply of generic medicines, has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), indicating its plans to tap the primary market through an initial public offering (IPO). The proposed IPO comprises the issuance of up […]

India’s largest asset manager, SBI Mutual Fund (operated by SBI Funds Management Ltd), is advancing plans for a blockbuster initial public offering (IPO) targeted for 2026. The listing could rank among the country’s largest IPOs in recent years, with the company expected to raise over $1 billion from the sale. The State Bank of India […]

Traders need margin to take and maintain positions. Instead of keeping large amounts of cash idle, many use their existing holdings as collateral to get margin. Until now, the margin from pledging was credited only on the next trading day. That one-day delay often became a problem when margin was needed immediately, whether to adjust […]

Another year ends. Time to look back, find lessons to learn, ignore those lessons, and make new mistakes in style. See, we investors aren’t going to do sensible things. That’s not our style. We’ll keep doing dumb things, and we might as well accept it. But there has to be growth—even when it comes to […]

Investing and trading in Indian markets as an NRI has traditionally involved more friction than it should have, extra bank dependencies, CP codes, physical paperwork, and higher costs compared to what resident investors face. Over the course of 2025, some of these long-standing frictions were removed. Following regulatory changes from SEBI and operational changes on […]

Last month, we had dinner with some of the founders we have backed through Rainmatter. This was in the backdrop of GFF, so the meetup was largely with founders from the fintech ecosystem who were in Mumbai then. Btw, if you’ve not been tracking, we have over 130 startup investments of which a third are […]

The last few years have made something clear: climate volatility is no longer an exception; it’s the new operating environment for our cities. Flooding after routine rainfall, heatwaves that push public systems to their limits, and air quality that shifts dangerously within hours have exposed a simple truth: urban resilience is now a real-time challenge. […]

Most people think of taxes only when filing their Income Tax Return. But tax isn’t an annual event. It has to be paid as the income is earned, and that’s where advance tax comes in. With the deadline for the third installment of advance tax on 15 December 2025, this is a good time for […]

Trading apps rely on a chain of background services to connect you to our servers, including global networks like Cloudflare (powers approximately 20-25% of all internet traffic globally). While these networks make the internet faster and safer, they also mean that if a link in the chain breaks, access to the app can be blocked—even […]

Most Indians will live 10–15 years beyond the traditional retirement age. Yet a large share of the workforce has no structured pension or long-term retirement plan. Over the next 25 years, nearly 20 crore people will reach retirement without adequate savings. The National Pension System (NPS) is one of the strongest retirement products available. It’s […]

We’ve rolled out a set of new improvements and features to charts on the Kite app to make charts load faster, analysing markets easier, and switching between charts more intuitive. Here’s a quick look at what’s new. Quick launcher: open charts from anywhere We’ve added a floating icon called the quick launcher. It stays on […]

Placing multiple orders one by one can be slow, especially when markets are moving quickly. Even a small delay is sometimes enough to miss a good price. If you’re buying several stocks at once or executing a multi-leg options strategy, entering each order separately can become a hurdle. Quick Baskets on the Kite web makes […]

Booking an FD with a bank where you don’t already have a savings account is still much harder than it needs to be. Every bank has its own onboarding and KYC flow, most of which are not designed for someone who only wants to open an FD. This friction keeps most people tied to their […]