Mumbai: Shares of Reliance Nippon Life AssetManagement (RNAM) today got listed at Rs 295.90 on the NSE, with a premium of 17.42 percent over its issue price of Rs252. Within minutes of listing, the stock touched an early high of Rs 299, and a low of Rs 278 on the NSE. On the BSE, the stock opened at Rs 294 then jumped to a nearly high of 298.70 within minutes of listing. At 1015 hours, the stock of the company was trading at285 on BSE and at Rs 290.35 on NSE.
The company’s IPO was oversubscribed 81.54 times during October 25-27 with bids for 3,493 million shares, worth Rs88,022.67 crore. The Rs 1,540-crore offering saw healthy demand in all three investor categories. The portion meant for qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) was over subscribed 118.40 times,non institutional investors 209.44 times and retail investors5.65 times, as per NSE data. It is the first mutual fund listing on Indian stock exchanges.
The company is the country’s third-largest AMC in terms of assets and has a 11.4 percent market share. At the end of August, Reliance Nippon AMC managed assets worth Rs 3.84 lakh crore across mutual funds (Rs 2.3 lakh crore), managed accounts (Rs 1.53 lakh crore) and offshore funds and advisory mandates (Rs 2,223 crore). This was also the first IPO from the Reliance group afterReliance Power in 2008. Other listed firms of the AnilAmbani-led group include Reliance Capital, Reliance HomeFinance, Reliance Communications, Reliance Naval andEngineering and Reliance Infra.
